Aaditya Thackeray slams Maharashtra govt for Coastal Road hoarding plan; Deora hits back
Aaditya Thackeray claimed that the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government was creating space for a minimum of four to five hoardings along the Coastal Road when there is no space for them. Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora, however, asked Thackeray to present a «real agenda» for Mumbai's development instead of writing «love letters» to the civic authorities.
Thackeray claimed the state government plans to prop up huge hoardings in the open spaces near Haji Ali and Amarsons Park/ Breach Candy of the Coastal Road gardens.
«They've delayed the coastal road… escalated the cost...For electoral credit, they opened the wrong lanes without planning. There is absolutely no word or communication with local MP, MLAs and ALMs on landscaping and gardening,» he said in a post on 'X'.
He also tagged his letter to the BMC commissioner in the post.
Thackeray said the government has carved out spaces for a minimum of four to five hoardings in the proposed open spaces along the Coastal Road, even before these areas have been opened to the public.
«We will strongly oppose these hoardings. In our original dream project, the Coastal Road, and in our undertaking to the courts, there is no space for hoardings. Our word to Mumbai is that when we form the government this year, we will take down these hoardings and punish the officials and contractors for ruining our city,» he said.
In his letter to Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, Thackeray cited that the approval for hoardings was contrary to the vision of a
