09-Jan-2025 04:09 PM
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Mumbai Jan 9 (Reporter) Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai and raised various problems Mumbaikars are facing.
This is their third meeting since the new government took office in the state.
“Today we met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ji, and raised a few very important issues with him,” Thackeray wrote on X, adding that these included water access for all, housing for retired police personnel, and a request that a policy for the reduction of premium on conversion of collector land to freehold land be brought in at the earliest.
About the water-for-all policy, the former Minister wrote that the policy brought in by then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray during the Maha Vikas Aghadi government had ensured that every house in Mumbai would get water, irrespective of their legal status, as a right.
The earlier unconstitutional regime of Eknath Shinde had given a ‘stay’ to this policy. We humbly requested that this policy be implemented again so that all Mumbaikars can benefit. We also requested that the penalty for retired police families staying in police quarters be stayed or reduced, and permanent homes should be provided for retired police personnel in Mumbai.
The MVA had made a provision of Rs 600 crore for new police housing. There were also plans for new police quarters in Worli, Mahim, Naigaon and Kurla, which have been pending for two years now. They need to be revived,” Thackeray further wrote...////...