For Lata funeral, BMC grants short-term cremation floor standing to Shivaji Park

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday determined to offer particular clearance to Shivaji Park, permitting it the standing of a cremation floor, to make method for funeral of singer Lata Mangeshkar within the open floor of the premises in Dadar. The final time a cremation was held at Shivaji Park was in November 2012, when Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray was cremated on the bottom.
Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal used powers vested in BMC via part 440 (2) of Mumbai Municipal Corporation (MMC) Act, 1888 that allowed public cremation at Shivaji Park, which is designated as open house within the Development Plan of Mumbai.

Chahal, whereas chatting with a TV channel, mentioned that the preparations had been made for Mangeshkar’s final rites at Shivaji Park following the instructions from the state authorities. The BMC has allowed using a 2000-sq foot portion of the park for funeral preparations. The website the place the 92-year-old singer’s funeral was carried out is about 100-metre away from Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray’s memorial, on the west aspect of the Park.
Officials mentioned that the choice to permit the cremation to be carried out within the open was taken as big crowds, together with dignitaries such because the Prime Minister, had been anticipated to reach for the funeral.

Additional Municipal Commissioner Suresh Kakani informed The Indian Express, “We have granted temporary status of cremation ground to Shivaji Park on security grounds.”
A senior officer of the civic physique mentioned that BMC commissioner Chahal, further commissioners Kakani and Sanjeev Kumar and joint commissioner of Mumbai police (regulation and order) Vishwas Nangre Patil had a gathering at Shivaji Park to debate the difficulty.
Earlier, in 2012, then Municipal Commissioner S Okay Kunte had given the standing of cremation floor to Shivaji Park when Bal Thackeray was to be cremated. He was cremated publicly close to Ganesh Temple in Shivaji Park on November 18 that yr.

Named after Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on the event of his 300 delivery anniversary in 1927, the park is unfold over 27 acres, making it one of many largest public grounds within the metropolis.
In May 2010, Bombay High Court had declared Shivaji Park “Silence Zone” following a public curiosity litigation filed by WeCom Trust (led by a bunch of residents from Shivaji Park space). Locals had been livid over rising variety of political rallies and occasions that had allegedly disadvantaged college students and residents of sports activities actions. The residents dwelling in buildings surrounding the bottom had been additionally indignant over the noise air pollution attributable to non-sporting occasions held on the bottom.