Mumbai: Major lapses have surfaced in the working of Mumbai's civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. An RTI query has revealed that the department has misplaced over 9,000 files.
The RTI query has revealed that BMC's building proposal department has lost the essential construction plans of three landmark buildings, all located in high security zones. The shocker doesn't end here.
Over 8,000 files are missing from western suburbs and eastern suburbs and close to 200 files have been lost from the island city. The Taj Hotel file was lost before the 26/11 attack, while the file of the controversial Patliputra Co-operative Housing Society, which is under scrutiny, is missing too.
"The files of prime location are lost. The civic officials are squarely responsible for this lapse. According to the Maharashtra Public Records Act, they need to strictly maintain the files," said RTI activist Sharad Yadav.
At a time when scams like Adarsh are making headlines, losing constructions plans of important buildings may gravely cost the civic body, especially in the events of disputes and emergencies. Despite this massive lapse, the civic body hasn't taken any punitive action so far.
Surprisingly, civic officials say that some files may have got mixed up. But many say that the role of the builder lobby cannot be ruled out and this certainly calls for a thorough investigation.
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