Municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta has asked all 24 assistant commissioners to identify and prepare a list of amenities required in their wards.
The civic body wants to go beyond its duty for the city. As part of its new 'social responsibility' project, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), besides the basic facilities, wants to provide special amenities for the urban poor and middle class.
Municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta has asked all 24 assistant commissioners to identify and prepare a list of amenities required in their wards. Mehta has emphasised that the ward officers should treat this project as an "administrative manifesto" and start working on it soon.
In the 2016-17 budget, it has committed itself towards "social responsibility for the city". Assistant commissioners will identify what's needed in their areas and prepare a report on that along with the existing facilities. All the seven zonal deputy municipal commissioners will be presenting this report in the third week of February.
"It's been decided to make available such facilities so that the urban poor can avail them and improve their standard of life. The facilities will be provided at each administrative ward," said a senior civic official.
Under this project, the BMC has decided to construct one toilet block every two kilometres. "The civic chief has asked us to identify the locations and start working on the formalities soon. We are instructed to construct as many toilets as possible in each ward. This is a part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and BMC's open defecation-free city endeavour," said an assistant commissioner.
During the current year, 7,500 women beneficiaries belonging to self-help groups will be provided training for basic skills. The training will be completed before the end of the current financial year. The BMC has decided that handicapped women in the city will be provided with flour mills so that they can earn a livelihood. During the current fiscal, 2,043 flour mills will be distributed to the eligible handicapped women.
The BMC plans to provide...
Multi-purpose housing for women, one per administrative ward. The location of the structures should be near commercial office establishments or institutions of higher learning. These could be used either as a hostel for working women, or hostel for women in distress, or hostel for single women, or dormitories for women.
Aadhaar Kendra, one per administrative ward. The location should be near markets, railway stations and main roads.
Care centre, one per electoral ward. The location could be ground floor in any residential housing space, which could be used as creche for children.
Old-age homes, one per administrative ward, with preferable location either near residential area or next to hospitals or gardens.
Student hostels/dormitories, one per ward. The location should be near institutions of higher learning. These could also be used as multi-purpose community welfare centres.
Shelters for homeless; preferable location could be near markets, railway stations and bus depots.
Ground-plus-one structures of public convenience, as many as possible, at least one every two kilometres. These structures could be used as public toilets, toilets for women, drinking water hubs, and restrooms or changing rooms.
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