Overview
- BMC opened public hearings on 492 submissions to its draft ward map, taking up 189 cases on day one at the Yashwantrao Chavan Centre with sessions scheduled through September 12.
- The proceedings are being conducted by appointed officer Iqbal Singh Chahal, with commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, additional commissioner Ashwini Joshi and special election officer Vijay Balamwar in attendance.
- The draft ward boundaries were published on August 22, and officials accepted suggestions and objections through September 4, generating 492 filings.
- Navi Mumbai’s hearing on objections to its 28-ward draft is slated for September 11 at Vishnudas Bhave Natyagruha in Vashi under IAS officer Vikaschandra Rastogi.
- NMMC issued ward-wise schedules and instructed objectors to arrive early with notices, restricts entry to parties to the case, will dispose of absences ex parte, and kept a nodal office open until 10 pm on September 10 for notice issues.