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Residents of Mumbai are making themselves heard over the new draft heritage list, and how.
Already,
the civic body has received more than 500 suggestions and objections
from Mumbaikars concerned over the proposed grant of heritage status to
their properties.
The figure is expected to rise considerably as
citizens have time till September 30 to send their
suggestions/objections to the draft list.
In comparison, the
citizens’ response to the call for suggestions on the civic body’s open
space policy received a lukewarm response. The BMC got only around 100
responses from Mumbaikars in this regard.
Explaining
the trend, a senior civic official said: “Inclusion on the heritage
list affects citizens directly. Hence, we have seen such a reaction.”
Meanwhile, there seems to be a lot of political interest in the matter as a number of politicians have also participated in the process of providing feedback.
The
draft proposes to include 947 structures and 47 precincts to the new
heritage list. However, several discrepancies have been pointed out as
there has been a delay of five years for the list to be published. It
was compiled in 2005 and completed in 2007. In the process, several structures have been knocked out or been replaced by high-rises.
“The
idea behind having suggestions and objections is to address the
anomalies. The list, which will come out after all the citizen responses
are studied, will be final,” said V Ranganathan, chairman of the Mumbai
Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC).
While some citizens
have said they do not want the heritage status, many have asked for
incentives and funds to maintain their structures. Some others have
agreed to the grade being proposed for their properties.
A
number of structures that have been included in the draft are from the
suburbs, which were left out iof the existing list. “We want the MHCC to
also tell us what incentives we will be entitled to if our building is
included on the new list,”said Harish Mehta, trustee of a 120-yearold
temple in Ghatkopar that features on the list.
CITIZEN VOICE
The new draft list has a total of 947 structures and 47 precincts
The existing list has 633 listed structures with 15 precincts
The BMC has received over 500 suggestions/objections
The last day for sending suggestions/objections is September 30
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