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THE RAIN REIGN BEGINS
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By A Staff Reporter
GOPAL’S VRINDAVAN? TIMELY ARRIVAL OF THE MONSOON IN THE CITY: The giant clock at the much-photographed Mumbai CST bears a mute testimony to the much-awaited arrival of the rains in the city. Both the suburbs and south Mumbai witnessed a fair amount of rain, signaling the arrival of the monsoon season.
hile the Monsoon for the city is expected on June 10, Mumbai has already started feeling the pre-monsoon showers. Yesterday, some parts of the city, including South Mumbai, experienced premonsoon showers. It rained heavily in the eastern suburbs whereas parts of the western suburbs experienced thundershowers. V.K Rajeev, Director, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Mumbai, said “The city is experiencing premonsoon showers along with thundershowers. Mumbai will also experience dark clouds in some parts as the monsoon is to arrive soon”.
3,000 families may become homeless
BJP MLA Gopal Shetty’s supporters attack AAP members led by Anjali Damania
By Zuber Ansari
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cores of activists of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), led by Anjali Damania, were reportedly attacked by BJP party workers led by Borivli MLA Gopal Shetty while the activists were conducting a signature campaign over the MLA’s alleged takeover of the Veer Savarkar Garden, on Sunday evening. The AAP members were attacked by around 30-35 BJP worker, including a few women, who started pushing the activists and ordered them to go out of the garden. Members of AAP party are alleging that Shetty has usurped 40,000 square feet of land in the Veer Savarkar Garden located at Borivli West, and was being used by his henchmen for private functions, who barred common citizens from entering it. They also did not allow the garden’s caretakers to develop the part of the garden that they were using for such purposes.. The space has been clearly reserved as a garden under TPS III, but Gopal Shetty has report-
campaign, BJP party workers landed up and began pushing and assaulting the AAP volunteers. The police, who were alerted, reached the garden and separated the two groups. Talking to the ADC, Anjali Damania said that Gopal Shetty is controlling around 20 gardens in his constituency, but when we came to know he was seeking 40,000 square feet land of the Veer savarkar Garden to construct his recreational club, we started a peaceful signature campaign to make people aware about his activity. On May 14, the BMC had published a notice in various newspapers announcing that it was going to sanction 40,000 square feet of land to Anjali Damania Gopal Shetty Gopal Shetty and if anyone had objections, they edly started constructing a club house there and should revert within one month. “The Veer Sawarkar Garden is spread across is in the process of changing ‘land use’ through the BMC. Many residents had approached the seven acres and the BJP activists who attacked AAP, and therefore volunteers, led by Anjali Da- the AAP activists kept shouting, ‘We have made mania, began a signature campaign on Sunday it!’ We have not filed any complaint because the evening, to give voice to the citizens’ demand to police rushed on the spot,” said Damania. Sevpreserve the last few green lungs left in Mumbai. eral attempts to reach Gopal Shetty on his cell However, within minutes of them starting the phone were futile.
The danger of being rendered homeless this monsoon looms large on thousands of families in Mira Bhayandar. Left with no ‘other option’ the MBMC has decided to act tough and resort to some strong-arm tactics in a bid to evacuate people from rickety buildings.
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