RTI Exposes Political Push In Mumbai's BMC Engineer Transfers, Postings & Promotions; Activist Urges CM Fadnavis To Ban Recommendations
Mumbai: Political interference in transfers, postings and promotions of BMC engineers has come under scrutiny after Right to Information (RTI) documents revealed recommendation letters from ministers, MPs and MLAs, including representatives from the ruling party and Opposition. The RTI records also showed that MPs and MLAs from outside Mumbai had issued recommendation letters. The FPJ tried to…
Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) engineers have faced political interference in their transfers, postings and promotions, according to recently released Right to Information (RTI) documents. The records reveal recommendations from ministers, MPs and MLAs, including those from both ruling and opposition parties, for various engineering roles across departments like water, civil, environment, health, storm water drains and infrastructure.
Some of these requests were made based on personal or family reasons. The affected engineers include junior, sub and assistant engineers, spanning across Mumbai and beyond. Activist Santosh Daundkar, who obtained the records, has urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to ban such recommendations and plans to submit a written complaint if his plea goes unheeded.
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