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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Nitin Sardesai is the sitting legislator from Mahim constituency. Ahead of a multi-cornered contest, Sardesai spoke to dna, listing out the improvements that he has brought in, issues he faces, and how the rainwater harvesting project at Shivaji Park has put an end to water shortage in the area. Excerpts:
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What have you done for your constituency in the past five years? High court of Maharashtra and Goa states The High Court of Bombay is the high court of the states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is seated primarily at Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), and is one of the oldest high courts in India. The High Court has circuit benches at Nagpur and Aurangabad in Maharashtra and Porvorim. The first Chief Justice, the Attorney General and the Solicitor General of independent India were from this court. Since India's independence, 22 judges from this court have been elevated to the Supreme Court and 8 have been appointed to the office of Chief Justice of India. The court has original jurisdiction in addition to its appellate jurisdiction. Judgments issued by this court can be appealed only to the Supreme Court of India. The Bombay High Court has a sanctioned strength of 94 judges (71 permanent, 23 additional). The building is part of The Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai, which was added to the list of World Heritage Sites in 2018. As of 2025, the Court is currently understaffed, with only 52 permanent and 16 additional judges. The Bombay High Court was inaugurated on 14 August 1862 by letters patent issued by Queen Victoria, dated 26 June 1862, under powers granted by the Indian High Courts Act 1861. It was of the three High Courts in India established at the Presidency Towns, the others being Calcutta (capital of the Bengal Presidency) and Madras. The work on the present building of the High Court was commenced in April 1871 and completed in November 1878. It was designed by British engineer Col. James A. Fuller. It is a Gothic revival building in the Early English style. It is 562 feet (171 m) long and 187 feet (57 m) wide. To the west of the central tower are two octagonal towers. Statues of Justice and .
Improving the quality of life of the people has been my priority. We have worked on developing several internal roads that were in poor condition. Work on 40-50 per cent of these roads has already been completed and we plan to do the remaining work after the elections. Not just roads, we are also focussing on pavements to make life easy for pedestrians.
Second, this area has a number of old and crumbling buildings. Here, the residents suffer because of the lack of facilities. We have helped them by improving their drainage system and providing them with toilets. We helping them with repair work through MHADA as well as through the MLA fund. While the cops ensure that we sleep peacefully at night, their homes are in a shambles. We are working towards improving facilities for them, while looking to develop and provide state-of-the-art facilities at the Police Colony in Prabhadevi.
Does this include providing access to toilets?
We have repaired several toilets in the constituency. However, we are also looking at providing public toilets for women, as there aren't proper facilities for them.
You have been vocal about your plans to beautify your constituency. How are you doing this?
The first plan is to give Dadar Chowpatty a facelift. Earlier, it was possible to walk from Prabhadevi to Mahim Fort. However, since the construction of the Bombay High Court
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12 top bureaucrats skip crucial meet
Soon after Mumbai collector Chandrashekhar Oke's introductory remarks on the development plan, Congress legislators Amin Patel and Madhu Chavan, and Nitin Sardesai of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), asked Patil why the bureaucrats did not attend the meeting.As Patil, who is also guardian minister of the city, tried to defend them, all leaders at the meeting, cutting across party lines, demanded that it be postponed. "We accepted their demand. The next meeting will be held in the first week of February," Patil said.
Conspicuous by their absence were newly appointed chief secretary Ratnakar Gaikwad, who is also the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) commissioner, municipal commissioner Subodh Kumar, Mhada managing director Satish Gavai and JJ Hospital's dean T P Lahane.
Patel said it was unfortunate that the bureaucrats did not attend the meeting. "Babus are not serious about the city's development. We made it clear to the guardian minister that if heads of the departments and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and MMRDA commissioners are not present, the exercise will be futile. Babus must take the DPDC meeting seriously," Patel said.
He said it was high time the Congress-led Democratic Front government made a provision of at least Rs 100 crore for the island city's development. "In the last three years, the budgetary support for Mumbai city has been dwindling. In the last two years, it has reduced from Rs 64.8 crore to Rs 45 crore. If we provide meagre sums, we will never be able to transform Mumbai into a world class city," he said.