Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone IV, Ashok Dudhe assured the residents of Dadar Parsi Colony (DPC) that the police would endeavor to take effective measures to address their concerns over the deteriorating law and order situation inside the Colony. He encouraged them to form a committee coordinated by Mahiyar Dastoor, trustee of the Mancherji Edalji Joshi Memorial Trust (MEJMT) who would be in direct touch with them. Dudhe was chairing a public-police meeting jointly organized by the MEJMT and the Matunga Police Station at the Dadar Athornan Institute premises on August 1, 2015.
Police officers meeting and interacting with Dadar Parsi Colony residents
The meeting was attended by Assistant Commissioner of Police Vijay Bagwe and Senior Inspector Balasaheb Kakad, along with representatives of the Bombay Municipal Corporation and the BEST (Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport), Parsiana was informed in an email sent by DPC resident Ayesha Mehta. Dastoor hosted the meet, while MEJMT trustee Mithoo Jesia welcomed those present.
Dinyar Panthaky, MEJMT chairman, along with Dudhe, said that such interactions should be organized on a regular basis. The police pledged to use every available resource to address the residents’ problems. These ranged from the alarming rise in house breakings and robberies in DPC, chain snatching and theft of car emblems, to unauthorized parking of taxis after 10 p.m. and the noise caused by drivers while washing their vehicles on the road. The no entry and one way signboards at Five Gardens need to be removed, certain areas should be made silence zones and pedestrian crossings be provided at accident prone spots, the residents requested. Motorbikes are recklessly ridden through DPC with wheelies and other stunts performed and pedestrians are being further endangered by riders on the footpaths. This should be stopped. Signals near the Dadar TT area should be adjusted to enable safe pedestrian crossing. Among the other grievances aired and shared were a need to reduce noise pollution especially during the festival season; ensure that squatters and hawkers do not take over the roads; curb the activities of teens and young adults who drink and take drugs after 9 p.m. in parks; see that trees are trimmed so that they do not block the street lights. All these and more were listed in the email.
Zareen Engineer, MEJMT trustee concluded the meeting with a vote of thanks, the email mentions.