MUMBAI: Bombay HC on Friday rapped BMC for failing to rigorously implement measures to curb pollution in Mumbai and warned that it would stop the municipal commissioner’s salary.“We come to the conclusion that there is no genuine and sincere effort made by the municipal corporation. We may pass a similar order as proposed against the Navi Mumbai commissioner,’’ said Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekar and Justice Suman Shyam while hearing a 2023 suo motu PIL and related petitions.
When the hearing began, the judges noticed that Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s affidavit did not refer to 11 sites visited by a committee of advocates appointed for monitoring. The NMMC affidavit too was filed by the city engineer and not by the municipal commissioner. The judges called this “a belligerent disregard and violation of this court’s order by the municipal commissioner… against whom we propose to pass an order directing him not to draw his salary till further orders”.
