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Bombay HC to reopen case over parking fire truckinside Priyadarshini Park

The fire truck at Priyadarshini Park , DNA file photo

The Bombay High Court will on Friday hear an application filed byBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation that seeks to once again deploy afire truck at Priyadarshini Park in South Mumbai.

Last year, the BMC had on its own withdrawn the fire engine, after thecourt passed several strictures. The HC had come down heavily on thecivic body, as it had continued to station the fire truck, even after aprevious order had directed it to maintain status quo. Following this, theBMC moved the Supreme Court, seeking directions for re-deploying theengine and with a direction to the HC to hear its application expeditiously.

Senior Advocate Joquim Reis, appearing for corporation said that the apexcourt on Monday has asked the high court to hear and decide the BMC’splea in the next 10 days. The Malabar Hill Citizens Forum, which is thecare-taker of the park, has been involved in a legal fight with the civicbody, over the issue of taking the park under its purview.

In 2006, the forum, filed a public interest litigation challenging thedecision of the corporation for posting a fire engine. It was on June 5, 2017,

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that the petition came to be dismissed for default (non-availability ofpetitioners advocate). On June 14, 2017, the BMC posted the fire engineinside the park. Residents moved plea for restoration of the PIL and byorder of June 19, 2017, direction for maintaining status quo was given.

The BMC while stressing on the need for a fire engine has said it is theresponsibility of the corporation to protect and preserve the life of citizensof Mumbai, and therefore there is a necessity to meet the requirement offire safety of citizens living in and around Malabar Hill, which can befulfilled by establishing a fire brigade at the plot allotted and reserved forthe same.

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