Thane : It is now proving costly to name the Gymnastics Center and Nature Park on Pokhran Road in Thane arbitrarily by the local corporators without considering the demands of the local people. . Because this nomenclature was jointly agitated by the tribal community and the officials of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena protesting strongly.
They have demanded that the gymnastics center be named after Padma Shri International gymnast Deepa Karmakar instead of Baburao Sarnaik and the nature park be named after the tribal pioneer and nature worshiper Birsa Munda. In this regard, a letter has also been given by MNS to the Municipal Commissioner and has demanded that the administration should take a decision respecting the public opinion.
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transferred to Thane Municipal Corporation
The work of Gymnastics Center on Pokhran Road No. 2 of Thane has been completed, but it has not been inaugurated. The local public representative is going to put a plaque in the name of Baburao Sarnaik directly on the project. Also, a short distance away from here, the nature park near the courtyard housing complex has been named after Indira Sarnaik through public representatives. Whereas, both these projects have been constructed by a developer here and transferred to Thane Municipal Corporation.
Demand to replace Indira Sarnaik
All the gymnasts coming to the gymnastics center will find it inspiring, the residents and MNS have demanded to be named after such Padmashree international gymnast Dipa Karmakar. Also, in view of the demand of large number of tribals in the surrounding area, nature worshipers are demanding to name the nature park after Indira Sarnaik in the name of Kranti Surya Birsa Munda. In this context, the tribals here, under the leadership of MNS student wing president Sandeep Panchge, on Tuesday demanded gymnastics from the Municipal Commissioner Dr. Vipin Sharma that public opinion should be respected while naming these two items. . In this movement Amol Rane, Pramod Patade, President of Adivasi Shramik Sangharsh Sangathan Hansraj Khevra, Jitendra Bhoe, Hemant Mahale, local Girish Hegiste, Ganesh Kayastha, Shrikant Adharao, Samadhan Salvi, Sandesh Babardekar, Ashish Dudhavadkar, Shubham Gaikwad etc. were present.