Bhanu Group of Companies: COMMON SPACES SHOULD BE CONVERTED INTO BEAUTIFICATION SPOTS

Thursday, September 20, 2012

COMMON SPACES SHOULD BE CONVERTED INTO BEAUTIFICATION SPOTS

My opinion about Vashi node is that, being a cosmopolitan hub of Navi Mumbai, it is the coolest and the best place to reside in. In Vashi node, one can witness, ethnic values been preserved by various sociocultural organizations belonging to various communities.

    Here, joint family culture still prevails amongst all type like LIG, MIG and HIG. Even business tycoons, CEOs, Managing Directors reside in Vashi, apart from celebrities from film and television industry.
    From religion point of view, Vashi node has a lane stretching from Vashi bus depot till Sector-8, which is specially allocated for temples, gurudwara, masjid and a church. However, the need of the hour, pertaining to further development of Vashi node is the sanction of 2.5 FSI, for which NMMC has completed the mandatory paper work and the citizens are eagerly awaiting the CM's green signal by endorsing the 2.5 FSI approval.
    Once, approved, the 2.5 FSI shall enable in creating wider roads, open space and more community centres, public gardens etc. There are a lot of gardens in Vashi but the need to deploy security guards for vigilance to keep a tab on anti-social elements and young couples, especially outsiders, indulging in indecent behaviour, that too in the presence of elders and children visiting the gardens.
    As a corporator, I am trying to provide the facility of an air-conditioned hall with catering facility for the LIG and MIG families residing in the city who can carry out functions such as marriages, anniversaries, get-together etc.
    I feel a hawkers' zone is required for proper management of the license hawkers and get rid of illegal hawkers mushrooming in Vashi node, especially the stretch beyond Vashi bus depot towards sector-10, who have encroached upon the footpaths thus inconveniencing the pedestrians. I am of the opinion that mini-buses with ring route should be allowed for private bus contractor and the rate chart should be fixed by the RTO authorities.
    I feel citizens are being careless when it comes to keeping the city clean. As a moral responsibility every individual should contribute his/her share in maintaining their neighbourhood, spick and span, which can be done by not littering on the streets and using public dustbins for throwing household garbage, which has been provided by the civic body.
    For ensuring cleanliness, NMMC needs to implement an on-the-spot fine system which shall deter miscreants. Compared to other nodes, Vashi has road side greenery and the water fountains at Shivaji chowk adds to the beautification of the node's sector-17 area.
    Hence, more common space should be converted into beautification spots. I feel that each citizen in this Vashi node should plant one sapling in the tree belt, thus making the node greener.
    Yet another important basic amenity is the health care facility, despite NMMC's First Referral Unit in sector-10, Vashi, still there is a need for more medical college-cum hospital with ultra-modern medical facilities similar to the JJ, KEM and Sion hospital. To sum up, whenever I return to Vashi node after a vacation, I really find solace here.