Civic body U-turn on ALM role change

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to include aclause in the amended draft guidelines on Advanced Locality Management (ALMs) under which issues like hawkers, illegal constructions, encroachments and parking will be brought under the purview of ALMs. 

    The civic body had recently modified the draft guidelines to the effect that ALMs would mainly deal with disaster and solid waste management. TOI was the first to report about the modified draft guidelines on December 2. ALMs across the city were up in arms against the suggested modifications. 
    Adelegation of members from different ALMs met additional municipal commissioner Mohan Adtani on Thursday to voice their concerns on the guidelines, which they said curtail their rights to take up pressing issues like hawkers and illegal constructions. 
    Adtani said, "We will make it mandatory for ALMs to cover issues like hawkers, drainage, parking and illegal constructions as we have received many objections from residents. The clause will be included in a day or two."