MNS unfolds ‘Vision Worli’ in Aaditya Thackeray constituency

Ahead of the Assembly elections, MNS’s determination to clasp a nationalist rally astatine Worli has created a flutter. However, Raj Thackeray refrained from making immoderate announcement keeping everybody guessing. But helium minced nary words to onslaught the builders lobby and successive governments for failing Mumbai and its people.

“Every authorities and metropolis has its chiseled character. When you sojourn London you cognize it by its taxis. You sojourn America… In the past, Mumbai had its ain identity. You identified it by its reddish autobus oregon ‘kali-pilli’ taxis. All that has been lost. Everywhere you spot determination are bridges and flyovers,” helium said. While stating that helium was not against infrastructure development, Thackeray said, “The improvement is haphazard. There is nary municipality planning.”

Expressing superior interest implicit redevelopment, helium warned, “I person often visited BDD Chawl… Today, builders are eyeing immense parcels. They are taking distant premier onshore from locals and handing implicit smaller dwellings connected their ain presumption and conditions. The builder lobby and politicians are not bothered astir people. They privation their nett and share.”

Referring to the increasing colonisation successful the metropolis and suburbs, Thackeray said, “Migrants from different states are thronging present burdening the city’s infrastructure and amenities. They archetypal onshore successful Thane and past dispersed to Mumbai and Pune.”

“Thane is 1 and lone territory successful the full state oregon whitethorn beryllium successful the satellite with 8 municipal corporations. It is overpopulated, which has grown implicit the years due to the fact that of outsiders,” helium said.

“Those astatine the helm of governance are slightest bothered leaving the locals to combat their ain battle. And this has happened due to the fact that the natives are not raising their voice. Nor seeking their rights. It is precocious clip they unite and amusement their might,” helium said.

On development, helium said, “When you gully a imaginativeness of immoderate authorities / city, readying should beryllium for 200 to 300 years. It cannot beryllium abbreviated term. When a immense township comes up it should person due roads, schools, hospitals. Otherwise, it is pointless. Unfortunately, radical don’t question these issues.”

Taking a excavation astatine the Shivaji Maharaj statue illness successful Sindhudurg, helium said, “It was Congress authorities which came up with the expansive thought of Shivaji Maharaj statue successful mediate of the Arabian Sea. After sometime idiosyncratic suggested it should beryllium 2 inches taller than Statue of Liberty. All this mindless thoughts without taking into relationship onshore reclamation, expenditure etc. “Imagine, erstwhile a statue connected onshore collapses, who volition built it successful the sea,” helium sarcastically said.