Mumbai Notes

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Delay by MiC rankles BJP leader in BMC

Arun Deo, leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), has joined the opposition in raising doubts about the effectiveness of the Mayor-in-Council (MiC). In a letter sent to Mayor Nandu Satam on December 31, Deo wrote, ``I really wonder whether at all the MiC system is effective or still the entire system is going round in circles.'' What prompted Deo's letter was the four-year delay in issuing a no-objection certificate (NOC) to a social organisation, Vivek Granthalaya, to construct a school at Deonar in north-east Mumbai. The delay occurred because officers of the solid waste management department, after issuing their NOC, forwarded the school proposal papers without specifically addressing it to the ward officer (estate). Later, the ward officer informed the granthalaya that the civic improvements committee should give its approval to the proposal. However, the papers have not been included in the committee's agendayet.

Gulf job seekers duped of Rs 1.75 cr

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch has launched a search for five persons accused of duping aspirants for jobs in the Gulf of over Rs 1.75 crore. The prime accused in the case C P Mansoor alias Chappanratna Kutty (32) and his accomplices Mohammed Kutty, Niyauddin, Saddrudin and Iqbal had opened a travel agency Golden Wing at Dongri in July 1996. They managed to dupe thousands of applicants after collecting money and passports with promises of visas and air tickets. Dongri police are investigating into the case.

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