Shivaji Park falls in a ‘Sena’ ward
MUMBAI: With BMC cutting funding for open spaces by 25%, Congress is crying foul that while BMC approved a plan to spend Rs 6.1 crore on revamping Shivaji Park, which is has corporators and MLAs from Shiv Sena, it is not giving any funds to develop gardens like Kalina’s Joseph Baptista garden or Kalina talao. Congress alleged that BMC is only speeding funds on the G-North (Dadar, Mahim) and G-South (Lower Parel, Worli) wards, which are Sena strongholds.
State environment minister Aaditya Thackeray is the MLA from Worli, Sena’s Sada Sarvankar is the MLA from Mahim. A bulk of corporators from the two areas are also from Shiv Sena.