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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010
TIMES CITY
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Fire Act in
10 years later,
‘8L illegal bldgs in Thane district’
Maid denies
minor walks
being thrashed
Yogesh Naik I TNN
place, but no
free in kidnap,
We have told
was ordered. Thane district told the officials to first tar-
has seven municipal corpo- get those which have come
Mumbai: Rough estimates
the authorities
rations and nine municipal up on government land, man-
by employer
from a survey commissioned not to wait for the survey councils. In addition, there groves and nullahs,’’ said T Navi Mumbai: A 24-year-old
murder case
by the urban development
but start the demolition
are properties of the collec- C Benjamin, principal sec- domestic help who was beat-
department shows that there
drive. We told them to
tor, MIDC and CIDCO, which retary, urban development. en up allegedly by a flat own-
penalties yet
could be over 8 lakh illegal
first target those which
are encroached upon. Commissioner of Mira- er at the posh NRI Complex
Swati Deshpande I TNN houses in Thane district,
have come up on
The high court had or- Bhayander Municipal Cor- in Navi Mumbai, has now de-
said urban development of- dered the survey to be com- poration, Shivmurthi Naik, nied that she was assaulted.
Mumbai: A minor arrested and ficials. The survey was
government lands,
plete by December 31, but said the survey could not be On Wednesday, Stella Au-
convicted of the kidnap and mur- commissioned following a mangroves and nullahs the civic bodies asked for completed due to heavy op- gustine lodged an NC com-
Sharad Vyas I TNN months were spent in sur- der of a six-year-old boy in PIL by NGO, Harit Vasai,
T C Benjamin | PRINCIPAL
more time and were given position from the people in plaint with the NRI police, sa-
veying structures and look- Nashik was acquitted by the and will end by March 31.
SECRETARY, URBAN DEVELOPMENT
an extension till March 31. Uttan. Naik said that there ying she was beaten up by two
Mumbai: Even a year after ing at illegalities. “But now, Bombay high court this week. The survey has found th- So far, the survey is on the are about 20,000 illegal struc- brothers of the NRI Complex.
it was passed by the assem- we will start prosecution. We The case highlights the apa- at there are a little over 1 lakh Municipal Corporation com- verge of completion in Vasai. tures in the area, including Stella was admitted to NMMC
bly, the Maharashtra Fire Pre- will send public notices in a thy of the criminal justice syst- illegal structures in Vasai missioner Govind Rathod “The authorities wanted to 11,000 on government land. Hospital in Vashi but on Frid-
vention and Life Safety Mea- couple of days,’’ said fire em in ascertaining the age of an and Virar. The state urban said there were 67,197 ille- wait till the survey was over. The survey in Thane city ay she was shifted out. Till Fri-
sures Act, 2006, is yet to be chief Uday Tatkare. accused who may be a juvenile development department has gal structures in the area. But we have told them that is almost coming to an end. day evening, no FIR was reg-
The public notice will in- at the time of the crime. In the asked the Cidco—the special UD officials said Harit they must not wait for the Thane civic chief Nandkum- istered against her ‘tormen-
form citizens that those vio- case that caught the attention of planning authority for Vasai- Vasai had filed the PIL about survey and start the demoli- ar Jantre said there could be tors’. But at night, Stella asked
lating fire safety norms wo- the media when the crime was Virar—to start demolition two years ago. Following tion drive immediately. There over 2.5 lakh hutments, wh- the cops to cancel her NC and
uld be penalised or prosecu- committed in 2000, the accused immediately. this, a survey of illegal are over a lakh illegal struc- ile the list of illegal build- said she had injured herself.
ted, depending on the extent was, as it turns out now, less than The Kalyan-Dombivli structures in Thane district tures in Vasai-Virar and we ings is yet to be compiled. The police have not done so. TNN
of the violation. Until now, 18 years old. He was a minor and
the fire brigade was only a ought to have been tried by the
recommending body, which Juvenile Justice Board meant to
could be overruled by the mu- punish minors.
nicipal commissioner. Before his conviction, he sou-
Officials said there was The fire brigade has come ght bail from the HC on the gro-
a delay because a few
under frequent criticism for unds that he was a minor and so
months were spent in
failing to implement fire safe- should be tried under the Juve-
‘
surveying structures
ty norms in the city’s high- nile Justice Act, which punish-


rises. The officials said the es a guilty for a maximum of th-
and looking at
new Act will fix responsibil- ree years. He was granted bail.
illegalities. “But now, ities and increase penalty. But as he did not say he was a
bh
we will start According to civic officials, minor during the trial, he was
e
ho ywaIIaS
prosecution. We will
the Act’s primary benefit is to convicted by a regular sessions
send public notices in a
make fire services user-friend- court and sentenced to life impr-
couple of days,’’ said
ly. “The Act will empower the isonment for murder. The trial
licensed agencies so that they moved fast and in less than two
fire chief Uday Tatkare
too are made accountable. Li- years in 2002, he was sentenced.
censed agencies are middle Later, when he challenged his
implemented by the Mumbai links that have the power to conviction his lawyer Ghanshyam
fire brigade. There has not carry out fire safety work in Upadhyay pointed out that he was
been any prosecution either, accordance with the norms born on September 16, 1983 and
even though the Act gives laid,’’ said an official. on the date of the offence on De-
teeth to the fire department. The idea behind the Act cember 4, 2000, he was 17 years, 2
Officials said there was a is to provide elaborate norms months and 18 days old. He also
delay because the initial few regarding fire safety. cited a Supreme Court judgment
on the minor accused, which said
that the age issue could be decid-
No rooftop travel from Sunday
ed even after conviction.
A bench of Justice B H Marla-
palle and Justice R Y Ganoo di-
Roana Maria Costa I TNN AC, a person can suffer elec- rected the sessions judge in Na-
trocution in a 2-metre radius shik to decide the age on the ba-
Mumbai: The Western Rail- from the overhead wires. In sis of evidence. In January 2010,
way (WR) is sticking to its gu- the DC system, a person got the sessions court in Nashik said
ns of not running a train if th- electrocuted if he came in the accused had proved he was
ere is a single rooftop traveller. contact with the wire. a minor on the date of the crime,
The decision would come On Thursday, a street play based on the school-leaving cer-
into effect from Sunday when was staged at Borivli station. tificate and witnesses.
A group of youths from the The HC said the trial of the
WR TAKES A STAND Lower Parel railway work- accused had to be separated and
shop urged commuters not transferred to the Juvenile Board
the traction on all four lines to risk their lives by travel- under the Juvenile Justice Act,
between Borivli and Virar ling on the train’s roof. WR which was brought into force in
would switch from 1,500 volt will also put up hoardings, January 2001. But noting that he
direct current to 25,000 volt radio jingles, ads and make is no longer a minor and cannot
alternating current. The de- announcements at stations be sent to a juvenile board now,
cision has been taken as in to drive home a strong point. the HC set aside his conviction.
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