The legislative assembly was adjourned twice on Tuesday when treasury benches opposed Congress' demand to split the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) into three separate units, for ease of governance and administration. The demand was raised in the wake of the fire that killed 12 workers of a food factory in Sakinaka. Congress MLA Naseem Khan told the house that administration, governance and provision of service had become difficult for the BMC because of the huge area under its jurisdiction. He suggested that the richest civic corporation of the country be split into three, one for the island city, and the remaining two for eastern and western suburbs.

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