E-portal for mandals okay, but what about NOCs, ask organisers

  • | Monday | 13th August, 2018

While this is perfectly acceptable, the other departments like RTO and fire brigade told me that none of the permissions will be issued beforeSeptember 3. There are different rules for different departments. We will still convey to all the departments to hand over the approvals as soon as possible so that work of setting up pandals can begin on time,” said the Mayor. What is the use of this online facility if we have to go physically to all the departments with documents and get permissions so late despite submitting documents in advance?”Civic officials said that they will try their best to co-ordinate with the other departments and ensure that an application does not remain pending for too long.“We have made this online provision only for seeking permission from TMC. THANE: Aimed at simplifying the process of obtaining various permissions for festival organisers, the e-facility plan of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) appears to have invited bitter criticism from around 400 Ganpati mandals in the city.The mandals claimed that although civic permission would be acquired in a matter of a few days thanks to the new e-portal , the No Objection Certificates (NOC) from various departments like fire brigade, police and Regional Transport Office (RTO) will be given only 10 days prior to the commencement of the festival, raising issues about co-ordination between authorities.The first of its kind initiative was launched on July 27 with an intention of providing the required approval almost 1.5 months in advance from the TMC to the city mandals.To put forth their demand of making the initiative a single window facility with all the departments working under a single roof, the agitated mandals came together last week to meet Thane Mayor Meenakshi Shinde at the civic headquarters.Sameer Sawant from Bal Mitra Mandal in Thane’s Shreenagar area, said, “The civic administration said that they will clear our approvals after site inspection and adhering to the rules laid down by the high court.

THANE: Aimed at simplifying the process of obtaining various permissions for festival organisers, the e-facility plan of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) appears to have invited bitter criticism from around 400 Ganpati mandals in the city.The mandals claimed that although civic permission would be acquired in a matter of a few days thanks to the new e-portal , the No Objection Certificates (NOC) from various departments like fire brigade, police and Regional Transport Office (RTO) will be given only 10 days prior to the commencement of the festival, raising issues about co-ordination between authorities.The first of its kind initiative was launched on July 27 with an intention of providing the required approval almost 1.5 months in advance from the TMC to the city mandals.To put forth their demand of making the initiative a single window facility with all the departments working under a single roof, the agitated mandals came together last week to meet Thane Mayor Meenakshi Shinde at the civic headquarters.Sameer Sawant from Bal Mitra Mandal in Thane’s Shreenagar area, said, “The civic administration said that they will clear our approvals after site inspection and adhering to the rules laid down by the high court. While this is perfectly acceptable, the other departments like RTO and fire brigade told me that none of the permissions will be issued beforeSeptember 3. What is the use of this online facility if we have to go physically to all the departments with documents and get permissions so late despite submitting documents in advance?”Civic officials said that they will try their best to co-ordinate with the other departments and ensure that an application does not remain pending for too long.“We have made this online provision only for seeking permission from TMC. There are different rules for different departments. We will still convey to all the departments to hand over the approvals as soon as possible so that work of setting up pandals can begin on time,” said the Mayor.

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