Mumbai News Highlights: The proposed development of Dharavi, the country’s biggest slum, is not making headway as railway land has not been handed over to the state government yet, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said in the state Assembly on Thursday. The issue of land in Mumbai which is under the control of various central ministries must be taken up with the Union government, he said. Dharavi, located in central Mumbai, is spread over 2.1 sq km and is home to over six lakh people.
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and Council on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that aims to establish special courts to ensure speedy trial of cases of crime against women and children under the Shakti Act. State Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil tabled the bill, titled ‘The Maharashtra Exclusive Special Courts (for certain offences against women and children under Shakti Law), 2020’, in both Houses of the legislature.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that aims to make the use of the Marathi language mandatory in official works of local authorities, including civic bodies and corporations formed by the state government. Minister Subhash Desai said the introduction of the bill was necessitated as the Maharashtra Official Language Act, 1964, did not make it mandatory for the local authorities to use Marathi in their official works.
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