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GARDEN GRAB THWARTED By Philip Varghese
ADC, in its report on December 27, 2013 had highlighted wo days after the ADC that the residents of Colaba, reported how more than under the banner of ‘My 3,000 children of five Dream Colaba,’ a citizen’s iniColaba schools would be de- tiative, had written to the prived of their playground in BMC Commissioner Sitaram Colaba’s Back Garden, Yuva Kunte to immediately stop
Name, the Colaba Municipal School, and many residents of Colaba. According to Cynthia D’Mello and Manjeet Kriplani of ‘My Dream Colaba, construction was to begin of a municipal swimming pool, named after Sabina Chandra Shekhar, the late sister of former Mumbai Corporator, Vinod Shekhar, and daughter of Congress MLA Annie Shekhar. “It was a proposal made in 2004 by Vinod Shekhar, then a Colaba Ward 225 corporator. He has already named the ground after his deceased sister - who has had no participation in Mumbai life, nor made any impact Sena chief Aditya Thackeray the construction of a swim- or contribution to the city or has asked the Mumbai Mayor ming pool in the Wellington to Colaba,” she said. Sunil Prabhu to cancel any Garden in Colaba. Also known Yuva Sena chief Aditya approvals given for the con- as the ‘Back Garden,’ the Thackeray on Sunday posted struction of a swimming pool space was being used by stu- a message on his Facebook on the garden site. dents of Campion, St. Annes, profile based on this report, It will be recalled that the St. Josephs, Scholar, Holy saying “Visited the ‘Back Gar-
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den’ playground behind Campion school... The ground has been much in discussion in the local area because the congress ex corporator Vinod Shekhar had planned to make a swimming pool at the playground.
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Business&Investment Pg13-20 ADITYA THACKERAY INTERVENES, ASKS MAYOR TO CANCEL ANY APPROVALS GIVEN TO THE SWIMMING POOL AT COLABA BACK GARDEN
The locals and the schools opposed it as the playground is a beautiful ground for sports like football, basketball and ground sports, and the swimming pool would render it unusable. After hearing out the local resi-
dents, reading the newspaper report and speaking to Makrand Narvekar (corporator from neighbouring ward), I spoke to the Mayor of Mumbai and asked him to Continued on pg 6 «
ADC IMPACT
Teachers get New Year gift! ADC report spurs government to act. Education department gives ‘salary’ approval to permanent ‘non-grants’ school teachers
ADC IMPACT
MUMBHAI Vikas Sabnis
By Yatin Ingle
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His defection to the AAP is just a rumour! Go nearer, and read the matter on his cap carefully ‘Soniaji’s loyal follower’!!
f 2013 has been a year of protests and strikes for the teaching community, it is ending on a good note as the state government has finally given them a New Year’s gift. It may be recalled that teachers from permanent non-grants schools had been protesting against the government, seeking recognition as government teachers and the corresponding recommended salary grants. The Department of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has now declared that teachers from permanent nongrants institutions and also staffers will be getting their salaries according to their specific entitlements from
the pay commissions. In 2001, the state government had implemented the permanent non-grants commission, under which schools were not to be provided any further amount of grants from its coffers. Due to this, teachers were not entitled to better salaries under the Fifth or Sixth Pay Commissions. ADC had reported in its issue of November 12, that the implementation of the non-grants scheme had even led to non-payment of salaries for thirteen years in some cases. Teachers thus affected had to take up jobs as waiters, gardeners and rickshaw drivers to supplement income or earn a livelihood. Continued on pg 6 «
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