Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation fails to pay building rent, shuts Dadar school

MUMBAI: As many as 132 students of a civic school in Dadar lost their school building as the BMC failed to pay the rent. The lower court had earlier directed the civic body to clear the dues.
The BMC had taken the building on lease since 1932. Last month, students didn’t get the 26 stationery items promised to them as the issue got embroiled in a purchase scam.
Failing to pay the rent to building owner Bakhtawar Irani for four years, the lower court last week asked the BMC to pull the shutters of the school at Bhaktewar Building on Sayani Road, Dadar. Corporators claim that the BMC had over 90 days to appeal in the higher court. Sandeep Deshpande, MNS corporator and standing committee member, said, “When I questioned the authorities, all that they had to say was that they were mulling various options.”
A BMC official said, “We will accommodate the students in some of our other schools.”
Arundhati Chavan, president of PTA United, said, “Students who come to civic schools are generally from a humble background. The students should get their school back.”