BMC panel stalls clearance of 6 proposals after Opposition backlash
Handover of Seven Hill’s hospital to pvt player among proposals
“Today these proposals have been sent back, they have to be scrapped and the BMC must ensure that public spaces and services have to remain public,” said Sena UBT MLA Aaditya Thackeray in a post in social media site X.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) improvements committee stalled the clearance of six key proposals on Wednesday after the Opposition leaders including the Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) opposed clearance of the proposal.
One of the six key proposals included handing over of Mumbai’s Seven Hill’s hospital to a private player for its operation and maintenance.
Seven Hill’s was one of the key healthcare facilities in Mumbai with a 1,500 bed capacity, that has been lying defunct since 2018, after the previous contractor responsible for the hospital’s operation and maintenance failed to oblige by the terms and conditions.
After this proposal was listed in the civic body’s agenda earlier this month it drew criticism from the opposition parties.
After the proposal was tabled on Wednesday, it was referred back by the Mahayuti led committee.
Another key proposal was appointing an agency for running the civic owned blood banks in Mumbai. The proposal also stated that the BMC appointed agency will charge Rs 1,100 from beneficiary citizens.
When these proposals were tabled for clearance on Wednesday they were referred back to the administration by the committee panel.
Committee chairperson Sandhya Doshi however told the Indian Express that even though the proposals have been referred back, it would be tabled again for clearance.
“We have referred back the proposals strictly on technical grounds and there has been no political pressure. In the seven’s hills position, there was some ambiguity given by the contractor on the basis of treatment rates. So we have asked the administration to review it and then send the proposal back to the committee for clearance,” Doshi told Express.
However, the opposition leaders cited these moves of cancelling the tenders as an impact of them creating pressure on the administration.
“Today these proposals have been sent back, they have to be scrapped and the BMC must ensure that public spaces and services have to remain public,” said Sena UBT MLA Aaditya Thackeray in a post in social media site X.
Meanwhile, of the remaining proposals that were stalled from clearing by the committee included changing reservation of a recreation plot in Bandra for a convention centre, changing the status of a reservation of a land in Malabar Hill.
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