Mumbai: Residents of Colaba and the shop owner crossed the sword with BMC after a flower bed at Colaba Causeway “quietly” was destroyed on Monday night.
Residents accused the vendors trying to break into the room.
On Tuesday, the shop owner tried to rebuild flower beds, but, on Wednesday morning, BMC destroyed them.
When residents went to the local ward office, they said that they said that there was no permission to build a flower bed on the path.
Haresh Hathiramani from the Colaba residents and the shop owner association said that if the room was left empty, the peddlers took it.
“By destroying a flower bed, BMC shows who the support …
on Wednesday, we were taken to the police station too,” said Hathiramanani.
Corporator Makrand Narwekar calls it “black day” and said that the flower bed was there for two decades and now BMC said that it was invalid.
“We have video footage about how the flower beds were destroyed secretly …
Colaba Causeway was only left to tolerate this snack trader, without the remaining public space.
We delivered this to Bangsal officers,” Narwekar said.
Assistant Commissioner of Ward City, Chanda Jadhav, said that civil staff surveyed the area.
“We did not find illegal vendors.
We did not want a flower bed and would not tolerate unauthorized hawkers.
The path of the trail, especially near the zebra crossing, needs to be kept open to be moved,” Jadhav said.
BMC Razed Flower Pot for Hawkers’ Sake: Colaba Local Residents
