BMC is struggling to regain school auditoriums, classrooms of the Electoral Commission

02 April 2025 08:48 AM IST Some of these auditoriums have been converted into up -to -date units, while others have been closed for more than a decade, hindering the schools’ ability to perform academic and cultural activities: The Municipal Corporation of Brihanmumbai (BMC) is in the maharashtra state commission in the municipality commission in the municipality commission in the municipality commission 78 to evacuate classrooms. City that has been under its control for years. Some of these auditoriums have been converted into up -to -date units, while others have been closed for more than a decade, hindering the school’s ability to carry out academic and cultural activities. BMC is struggling to regain the school’s auditoriums, classrooms of the Electoral Commission despite the BMC’s efforts to improve municipal school infrastructure, the prolonged occupation of these spaces remains an important obstacle. “School auditoriums are essential for presenting cultural programs, meetings and other students, but it is converted into warehouses. This affects students’ overall development,” says Nitin Dalvi, a student of a student at City of Los Angeles School, Matunga. Dalvi added that parents repeatedly raise concerns about school administrators, but that their complaints were unanswered. While the city of Los Angeles has two closed halls, two auditoriums remain at the World Sea Face School under the control of the election authorities. At Dharavi TC Marathi School and New Zion School, election officials have occupied classrooms and auditoriums since 2012. About 9,000 students are enrolled at the New Sion School, where reconstruction has stopped because one auditorium and five classrooms are still occupied. To handle the deficit, BMC used the merger of classrooms for temporary use. In addition, election -related equipment has been stored in various schools across the eastern and western suburbs, forcing institutions to hold opportunities in classrooms or open areas instead of proper auditoriums. In the comments on the impact, an officer of the BMC’s education department said: “Auditoriums are essential for holistic student development. While we understand the importance of election-related work, these spaces were built for students. Now we cannot use it for their intended purpose.” However, the BMC has achieved some success in recycling occupied spaces. Prachi Jambhekar, Deputy Municipal Commissioner at the BMC Education Department, acknowledged the Electoral Commission’s cooperation to vacate some schools in Colaba. “We wrote to the Electoral Commission and requested them to release these spaces so that students can benefit again,” she said. HT tried to contact the city’s election commission officer, but he was not available for comment.