It is binding on the additional municipal commissioner to study all the proposals before being taken up for discussion in the BMC standing committee. One cannot predict which question should be raised by the committee members. Forgetting this, additional municipal commissioner Pallavi Darade bluntly reported to the committee chairman on Wednesday telling him that questions raised on improvements of Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg in N Ward will be replied in the next meeting. This has raised a question whether the powerful committee is being run by the public representatives or the administrative officers.
On Wednesday, additional proposals regarding improvements on the private road in Garodia Nagar-Ghatkopar and LBS Road were put up in the standing committee meeting. When the committee chairman announced these proposals for discussion, additional municipal commissioner Pallavi Darade informed him that she will reply on these proposals in the next meeting as it was not being studied.
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Meanwhile, Pallavi Darade suggested that the chairman can put these proposals on hold until next meeting. Still, the standing committee passed these proposals worth Rs 90 crore.