The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation&rsquo;s E Ward has issued a notice to the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-junagadh-man-walks-770-km-to-meet-lalbaughcha-raja-23244605" rel="nofollow">Lalbaugcha Raja</a> Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal, asking it to pay a fine of Rs 3.66 lakh for digging holes on roads and footpaths.
&ldquo;Pits cannot be dug on roads or footpaths. The civic body allows mandals to erect mandaps on the road on this condition,&rdquo; an&nbsp; official stated.
According to the notice, the BMC found 53 holes on the footpath and 150 pits from Dattaram Lad Marg Junction to Nekjat Maratha Building on T B Kadam Marg.&nbsp;
The notice also states, &ldquo;A civic team on September 5 found illegal barricades on the stretch.&rdquo;
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The civic body has asked the mandal to pay Rs 2,000 per pothole.
Balasaheb Kamble, president of mandal, denied receiving any such notice. &ldquo;Our mandal falls under the jurisdiction of the BMC&rsquo;s F South Ward. How can E Ward send us a notice? There are many mandals in that area,&rdquo; he added.
The BMC has forwarded a copy of the notice to activist Mahesh Vengurlekar, who had filed a Right to Information (RTI) application regarding potholes dug by the mandal.
Ajay Yadav, assistant municipal commissioner, E Ward, said, &ldquo;We have issued notice to the mandal to pay a fine for illegal potholes. The mandal will pay up.&rdquo;
Every year, the mandal pays a fine of Rs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakh for digging potholes. In 2018, the civic body asked the organization to pay a five-year fine of Rs 60 lakh for the period 2013 to 2018. A Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal official stated that the organization has paid its dues.
Rs 2k The fine being levied by civic body for each pothole
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Organisation denies receiving notice, says E Ward had no jurisdiction in its area

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