Pune civic body makes it mandatory display of names in Marathi for residential and commercial buildings
Municipal Commissioner Naval Kishore Ram said , 'The Pune Municipal Corporation under Maharashtra Region Town Planning Act 1966 gives permission for the construction of buildings in its jurisdiction. Thereafter, the actual development of the building takes place at the proposed site. The approved construction of various residential and non-residential buildings within the PMC jurisdiction should display their name in Marathi language in bold font in visible areas. It has been made mandatory from now onwards'.
The demand for the use of Marathi in communication in the state has also been picked up by political parties, mainly Raj Thackeray-led MNS and Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena(UBT).
The Mahayuti government had to recently withdraw its notification of making Hindi language compulsory in schools from class one after the MNS and Shiv Sena(UBT) launched a protest stating Hindi should not be made compulsory while education in primary school should have Marathi language as a subject.
There have also been violent incidents wherein people in commercial and office establishments have faced anger of MNS workers for not speaking in Marathi.
State MNS leader and former corporator Rajendra Wagaskar said, 'We on behalf of MNS and party chief Raj Thackeray welcome the order issued by the PMC commissioner on putting boards in Marathi language on the buildings in civic jurisdiction. He has shown respect to the Marathi language and we are happy for that.'
Wagaskar added that the MNS will continue to press for conservation of Marathi by making its use compulsory for communication across the state.
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