Green body asks BMC for report on temp stage

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) on Tuesday directed civic commissioner Sitaram Kunte to submit a "comprehensive report" on the makeshift memorial to Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray at Shivaji Park. Hearing a complaint filed by activist S Daundkar, MCZMA member secretary asked the BMC commissioner to "confirm whether the said location is in (the) Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) as per the Development Plan and approved Coastal Zone Management Plan of (the) Mumbai municipal corporation". The MCZMA has further sought to know "whether the activity (about which the complaint is lodged) is permissible in open spaces as per the Development Control Regulations".

The edifice where Thackeray's funeral pyre was lit on November 18, 2012 has been converted into a makeshift memorial by his followers.

The complaint filed before the MCZMA last week has alleged that the state and BMC have turned a blind eye to what it claims is "an illegal act in permitting a structure to be erected in Shivaji Park" . Former bureaucrat and lawyer Abha Singh, who is representing Daundkar, said the structure was in violation of CRZ rules. "If the state wants to allow a memorial , let it change the laws of the country," said Singh.

According to a CRZ notification of 2011, open spaces, parks, gardens and playgrounds in CRZ-II areas have been categorized as CRZ-III , which means they are "no-development zones" . "The notification has been violated as Shivaji Park is now a CRZ-III area," said Singh. The complaint urges the MCZMA to invoke the Environmental Protection Act and order the authorities to remove the "unauthorized structure".

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