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December 31, 2022
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has decided to update the revised guidelines for International arrivals specially from China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Republic of Korea, Thailand and Japan to minimize the risk of importation of variants …
Tags: Covid-19, Health & Covid
December 23, 2022
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has issued revised guidelines for International arrivals in lieu of the recent spike in International COVID cases. These guidelines shall be valid w.e.f. 24th December 2022 (10.00 Hrs IST) till …
Tags: Covid-19, Health & Covid
September 1, 2022
Ganpati Visarjan traffic regulation/diversion, information for Greater Mumbai. The detailed list of specific areas, are contained in the PDF (15 pages) Please refer to the Annexures in the PDF to get specific area information. CLICK HERE for the full document
July 20, 2022
The Maharashtra Environment and Climate Change Department has made amendments in Maharashtra Plastic & Thermocol Products (Manufacture, Usage, Sale, Transport, Handling & Storage) notification of 2018 of the Maharashtra Non Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act 2006 The following additional items are …
July 18, 2022
Sheela had purchased a second-hand motor cycle for her son from Mahesh. The insurance policy for this vehicle had been obtained by Mahesh from Liberty General Insurance, and was valid from September 27, 2016 to September 26, 2017. The registration …
Tags: Be a Smart Consumer, Consumers
July 5, 2022
The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) by it’s Order dated 4th July 2022, has barred hotels/restaurants from adding service charge automatically or by default, in any food bill. Further, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued guidelines on how …
Tags: Be a Smart Consumer
May 17, 2022
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has allowed Covid 19 booster dose for International travellers. The dose is subject to a minimum period of 90 days between 2nd dose and the precautionary dose. CLICK HERE to …
Tags: Covid Vaccination, Covid-19, COVID-19 Vaccination, Health & Covid
April 1, 2022
The Government of Maharashtra has released an order to remove all COVID19 restrictions in the state starting 00:00 hours from April 1st 2022. CLICK HERE to read the full order
Tags: Covid-19, Health & Covid
March 31, 2022
The government of India has announced the removal of all COVID restrictions as advised by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India. CLICK HERE to read the full order
Tags: Covid-19, Health & Covid
March 3, 2022
Govt of Maharashtra has released a new order containing guidelines in response to the COVID19 situation. The guidelines in the new order will come into force from 4th March 2022 from 00:00 HRS and will remain in force till the …
Tags: BMC, Covid-19, Health & Covid
February 11, 2022
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has issued revised Guidelines for International arrivals in supersession of all guidelines issued on the subject on or after 20th January 2022. CLICK HERE to read the full guidelines.
Tags: Covid-19, Health & Covid
February 1, 2022
The MCGM has released a COVID-19 order on the 31st of January 2022 to contain the spread of the virus. The directions of the order will come into force from 1st of February 2022 and will remain in force till …
Tags: BMC, Covid-19, Health & Covid
February 1, 2022
The Government of Maharashtra has released a COVID-19 order on the 31st of January 2022 to contain the spread of the virus. The directions of the order will come into force from 1st of February 2022 from 00:00 hrs and …
Tags: BMC, Covid-19, Health & Covid
January 21, 2022
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India have issued revised guidelines for International travellers arriving via all points of entry (Airports/Seaports/Land borders). These revised guidelines shall come into effect from 11th January 2022 at 00:01 Hrs and …
Tags: Covid-19, Health & Covid
January 17, 2022
THE MCGM has revised the testing and home quarantine rules for International passengers arriving from UAE (including Dubai). The revised SOPs will come into effect from the 17th January 2022 midnight onwards. CLICK HERE to read the full revised guidelines
January 14, 2022
On Friday 14th January’22, the BMC/MCGM launched a dedicated and comprehensive WhatsApp chatbot – ‘MyBMC Assist’ The chatbot for 80 plus citizen services, is available in English and Marathi 24/7. It will allow people to use WhatsApp to reach out …
Tags: Health & Covid
January 11, 2022
The Indian Council of Medical Research has issued a new advisory on who needs to undergo COVID-19 tests. The scope of this testing is for early detection of symptomatic cases for quick isolation and care. The scope also extends for …
January 9, 2022
The Government of Maharashtra has released a COVID-19 order on the 8th of January 2022 and the extension to the order on the 9th of January 2022 to contain the spread of the virus. The directions of the order will …
January 7, 2022
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India have issued revised guidelines for International travellers arriving via all points of entry (Airports/Seaports/Land borders). These revised guidelines shall come into effect from 11th January 2022 at 00:01 Hrs and …
January 7, 2022
CLICK HERE to get the complete updated list of Countries at risk from where travellers would need to follow additional measures on arrival in India, including post-arrival testing. This list is updated as of 7th January 2022 based on the …
January 7, 2022
The MCGM has issued revised guidelines for patients and caregivers to guide them through home isolation. CLICK HERE to read the complete guidelines
January 5, 2022
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India have issued revised guidelines for Home Isolation of mild/asymptomatic COVID-19 cases. CLICK HERE to read the complete guidelines. CLICK HERE to download the Revised Illustrated Guidelines for Home Isolation
January 5, 2022
With the rising number of COVID19 cases in the city of Mumbai in the past few days, MCGM has issued revised protocols for sealed buildings. The revised guidelines have come into effect from the 4th of January 2022. CLICK HERE …
December 27, 2021
In view of the increasing number of COVID19 cases and the rise in the number of Omicron variant numbers, the Government of Maharashtra has released a new order declaring restrictions to be imposed across the Maharashtra State starting on the …
December 13, 2021
The MCGM has approved a list of Budget, 2-3-4 & 5 Star Hotels for Quarantine for International arrivals incoming from high-risk countries at concessional rates. CLICK HERE to find the full list along with the Hotel fares.
December 4, 2021
MCGM Order dated 3rd Dec’21 regarding SOPs for International Travelers arriving in Mumbai CLICK HERE to read the full Order
December 3, 2021
Updated Order of Govt of Maharashtra for International and Domestic Arrivals. Both Govt. of India Guidelines dated 30th Nov 2021 and Order of Govt. of Maharashtra dated 2nd December 2021, to be read together. CLICK HERE to read the full …
December 2, 2021
In view of the recent COVID-19 Variant ‘Omicron’ outbreak, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has once again revised the existing guidelines and protocols for International Arrivals to be followed by airlines, points of entry (airports, seaports and land …
December 1, 2021
The Maharashtra Government on Tuesday, 30th Nov has issued an Order stating guidelines for Air Travel (International and Domestic) in view of the new COVID-19 variant – Omicron CLICK HERE to read the full Order
November 29, 2021
In view of the recent COVID-19 Variant ‘Omicron’ outbreak, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has revised the existing guidelines and protocols for International Arrivals to be followed by airlines, points of entry (airports, seaports and land border) for …
November 28, 2021
The State Government is currently recording fewer COVID19 positive cases consistently over the past few months. The Vaccination drive in the state and the country has seen a reasonable uptake and has contributed immensely to the reduction in pressure on …
November 1, 2021
The Government of Maharashtra has announced on the 30th of October 2021 that Fully Vaccinated passengers can now travel in local passenger trains on all routes and through all kinds of tickets issued by railways including daily ticketing. To read …
October 21, 2021
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has released updated guidelines for International passenger arrivals in supersession of all guidelines issued on the subjection and after 17th February 2021. These protocols will be in effect from the …
October 19, 2021
In the wake of the up and coming festive season, it is felt that the restrictions on time of functioning for various establishments like shops, restaurants, hotels, etc. will lead to more crowding in the shorter duration in which they …
September 26, 2021
Religious places and places of worship for the public will be allowed to open with effect from 7th October 2021. This is an extension to the Break The Chain order released on the 4th of April 2021. To read the …
August 27, 2021
Maharashtra Government has started issuing Universal Pass online to fully vaccinated persons. This Pass is needed for travel by public transport, entry to malls, air travel etc. To know how to apply for your Universal Pass CLICK HERE
August 16, 2021
This is an extension to the Break The Chain order released on the 4th of April 2021. The government of Maharashtra relaxes restrictions on Shops, Shopping Malls, Restaurants, Gyms, Workplaces, Public gardens/beaches/playgrounds etc. These relaxations are in effect from the …
August 3, 2021
This is an extension to the Break The Chain order released on the 4th of April 2021. The government of Maharashtra relaxes restrictions in 14 districts including #Mumbai allowing shops and malls to remain open on weekdays till 8:00 pm …
July 21, 2021
MCGM will start vaccinating bed-ridden persons from 1st August’21 who have been registered. The registration is on. Kindly register with your respective Ward as per details asked in the excel sheet format, mention the Ward and email the duly filled …
July 16, 2021
The Maharashtra government has exempted all fully vaccinated domestic as well as international passengers who have completed 15 days since the second dose of vaccine was administered from the requirement of the mandatory RT-PCR negative report for entering the state. …
July 3, 2021
The MCGM has issued additional detailed guidelines for vaccination drives to be organized at workplaces and housing societies by Private COVID Vaccination Centers having a sufficient number of willing beneficiaries. These guidelines are an extension of the order MGC-F-4456 Dated.07.05.2021 …
June 27, 2021
The State Government is satisfied that the State of Maharashtra continues to be threatened with the spread of COVID-19 Virus. Therefore, modifications/alterations and additions to the order dated 4th June 2021 are promulgated for compliance by all. Please CLICK THE …
June 9, 2021
As part of the revised COVID19 policy, the centre on Tuesday, 8th June issued an order capping the prices for the administration of 3 approved coronavirus vaccines in private hospitals across the country. The maximum prices that can be charged …
June 5, 2021
The Maharashtra Government has released new guidelines for the effective measures of restrictions for containment of the COVID19 pandemic in various administrative units in the State of Maharashtra. Click here to read the new guidelines Maharashtra Govt New Covid Guidelines …
May 31, 2021
This is an extension to the Break The Chain order released on the 4th of April 2021. The state of Maharashtra is going through a COVID19 Crisis. Therefore the Government of Maharashtra has announced certain emergency measures to prevent and …
May 20, 2021
Plasma Therapy dropped from ICMR’s clinical management guidelines for #COVID19. Take a look to know more! #IndiaFightsCorona
May 20, 2021
ICMR approves Home Testing KIT for #COVID19 and also issued advisory for #COVID19 Homes Testing using Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT)s CLICK HERE to read the full advisory
May 13, 2021
This is an extension to the Break The Chain order released on the 4th of April 2021. The state of Maharashtra is going through a COVID19 Crisis. Therefore the Government of Maharashtra has announced certain emergency measures to prevent and …
May 11, 2021
The BMC has issued detailed guidelines for vaccination drives to be organized at workplaces and housing societies by Private COVID Vaccination Centers having sufficient number of willing beneficiaries. Employees, family members, maids, drivers etc above the age of 18 shall …
May 5, 2021
Due to the unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) has issued a new order for local and focused containment framework. Click here to read the full order MHA Order dt …
April 22, 2021
The state of Maharashtra is going through a COVID19 Crisis. Therefore the Government of Maharashtra has announced certain emergency measures to prevent and contain the spread of the virus in the ‘Break the Chain Order’ on the 21st of April …
April 20, 2021
The state of Maharashtra is going through a COVID19 Crisis. Therefore the Government of Maharashtra has announced certain emergency measures to prevent and contain the spread of the virus in the ‘Break the Chain Order’ on the 20th of April …
April 14, 2021
The state of Maharashtra is going through a COVID19 Crisis. Therefore the Government of Maharashtra has announced certain emergency measures to prevent and contain the spread of the virus in the ‘Break the Chain Order’ on the 13th of April …
April 6, 2021
The state of Maharashtra is going through a COVID19 Crisis. Therefore the Government of Maharashtra has announced certain emergency measures to prevent and contain the spread of the virus in the ‘Break the Chain Order’ on the 5th of April …
April 4, 2021
The state of Maharashtra is going through a COVID19 Crisis. Therefore the Government of Maharashtra has announced certain emergency measures to prevent and contain the spread of the virus in the ‘Break the Chain Order’ dated 4th April 2021 to …
April 2, 2021
In view of the evolving situation of COVID-19 in Mumbai, revised guidelines for Home isolation/Home care have been issued by the MCGM. Please click on the link below to read the full order. Revised Guidelines for Home Isolation 31032021_210401_232759
April 2, 2021
The Govt of Maharashtra order Easing of restrictions & Phase-wise opening of Lockdown (Mission Begin Again) as per the guidelines provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs has been extended till 15th April 2021 To read the full order, click …
January 29, 2021
The Govt of Maharashtra order Easing of restrictions & Phase-wise opening of Lockdown (Mission Begin Again) as per the guidelines provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs has been extended till 28th February 2021. Local train services are allowed to …
December 29, 2020
MHA order guidelines for COVID Surveillance, Containment & Caution which were issued on the 25th of November 2020 are now extended till 31st January 2021 vide order dated 28th December 2020. Please find below a downloadable link to both orders issued. …
November 24, 2020
People travelling from Delhi, Goa, Gujrat & Rajasthan require to carry a negative RT-PCR test for COVID-19 to enter Maharashtra from tomorrow, 25th November 2020. Full details of the order issued mentioned below
November 4, 2020
In Greater Mumbai, getting tested for COVID-19 is made easy for the public. The MCGM has FREE COVID-19 Testing at 268 Locations including Civic Body run Clinics and Hospitals. To download the updated PDF version of the Ward wise list …
October 28, 2020
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday issued guidelines for re-opening the country. These guidelines will remain in effect till November 30, 2020. There are no fresh changes and all major activities have already been allowed but strict …
October 21, 2020
Time table courtesy: Western Railway on twitter Railways have permitted women to travel in Mumbai suburban trains from 21st Oct,2020 between 11.00 am to 3.00 pm & after 7.00 pm WR will run 4 more Ladies Specials to ensure social …
October 20, 2020
Picture courtesy: www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com As reported in the Times Of India, Mumbai, a major accident was averted when the bus driver suffered a heart attack while he was driving the bus and carrying 9 passengers at Chembur early on Tuesday. …
September 14, 2020
MCGM to launch ‘My Family My Responsibility’ campaign from the 15th of September along with guidelines at individual & family level to avoid contracting Covid-19.
September 2, 2020
August 19, 2020
In view of COVID – 19, MCGM D Ward is providing an online web facility to book the date/time slot for idol immersion of all Sarvajanik Mandal and household Ganesh idols. The list of immersion points of all Wards is …
July 31, 2020
With the last day to procure the QR passes ending on July 30, state government has decided to extend the deadline. While no new deadline has been issued, sources said the deadline is likely to be extended to August 10. …
July 31, 2020
Civic body to bank on jumbo centres for now; says it will acquire the smaller centres again if the need arises. With Mumbai’s Covid-19 cases doubling at 75 days and the average daily growth rate dipping to less than q …
July 31, 2020
Chairpersons of housing societies in K East ward will also have to keep tabs on seniors’ oxygen levels and record details of all houses in which maids are working. https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/civic/bmc-ropes-in-housing-societies-for-screening/articleshow/77273836.cms
July 31, 2020
July 30, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has once again revised the protocol to seal buildings where one or more residents are detected with Covid-19. As per the amended protocol, issued Wednesday, the civic body will now seal a building completely only if …
July 30, 2020
Hours after the Centre issued fresh unlock 3.0 guidelines on Wednesday, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray green-lighted reopening of mall and market complexes starting August 5 from 9am to 7pm. However, the order does not include movie halls, food courts/restaurants or …
July 29, 2020
Your housing societies can collect a fine of Rs 1000 from you if you are found not wearing the face mask inside the society premises. In a first such directive, the office of assistant register of coooperatives department (S Ward) …
July 29, 2020
July 28, 2020
The BMC is considering closing down some of the COVID Care Centres (CCC) where the occupancy is low to save money and manpower, and has directed the ward officials to review the current usage of these facilities. Meanwhile, the civic …
July 28, 2020
Extending the reach of antigen tests to all frontline workers, the civic body, in addition to conservancy workers, will test police personnel and then move to hospital staff. Based on the expression of interest floated earlier this month for antigen …
July 28, 2020
With residential complexes reporting a sudden surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in the past few weeks, the civic body, in a bid to diagnose more patients from housing societies, has decided to screen residents using X-ray machines. For …
July 28, 2020
July 27, 2020
After controlling the spread of COVID-19 in slums, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now shifted its focus on curbing the virus in residential societies and high-rises. The civic body has started awareness campaigns through wall posters on precautions for …
July 27, 2020
The BMC has outsourced over 70% of the beds at five of its biggest Covid-19 field hospitals, which are also known as jumbo Covid health care centres. These were set up at a total cost of over Rs 100 Crore, …
July 24, 2020
The Thane Municipal Corporation on Thursday issued a directive to all housing societies in the city to begin screening residents using thermal scanners and pulse oximeters, in a bid to speed up detection of symptomatic patients. https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/civic/thane-civic-body-tells-housing-societies-to-screen-residents/articleshow/77137719.cms
July 24, 2020
With a spike in the positivity percentage among high-risk contacts (HRCs) in Dahisar, Borivli and Kandivali, the BMC has once again decided to seal entire buildings or at least entire wings if even just one COVID-19 positive patient is found. …
July 24, 2020
As part of its jumbo antigen testing drive, starting July 24, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will begin test 10,000 Covid-19 frontline workers, including police officers, medicos and volunteers. Additionally, eight private laboratories will also begin testing residents quarantined in …
July 23, 2020
Mobile application-based cab services in the city have started putting protective shields in their vehicles, in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus. These transparent screens are being placed between the driver and passengers, to maintain social distancing …
July 23, 2020
July 22, 2020
NEW DELHI: The director general of health services in a letter to state has made it clear that the use of “valved respirator N-95 mask” is detrimental to the measures adopted for preventing the spread of coronavirus, as it does …
July 22, 2020
Civic body begins work on setting up dedicated labs for RT-PCT tests at Sion, Cooper and Nair hosptials. The BMC has begun work on increasing its Covid-19 testing capacity by 1,200 tests a day by setting up dedicated labs for …
July 22, 2020
Despite heavy rain over the past month, the water stock in the seven lakes supplying water to Mumbai was just 28% on July 21, which could last 109 days. The stock was 52.88% of its full capacity on July 21, …
July 22, 2020
The University of Mumbai (MU) on Tuesday released the admission schedule for undergraduate degree courses, less than a week after the last of the Class 12 results were announced. Keeping in mind the current situation, the university has asked students …
July 22, 2020
July 21, 2020
As Covid-19 cases in Mumbai stabilise at 1,200-1,500 fresh cases a day, hospitals are slowly shifting focus to handling patients suffering from other illnesses and bringing on track other specialties. Administrators, however, say it will take several weeks before normalcy …
July 21, 2020
The state reported 8,240 fresh cases on Monday taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3.18 lakh while the city’s daily count continued to hover around 1,000 cases. The F South ward (Parel) became the seventh ward to cross …
July 21, 2020
Residents from South Mumbai have collected over 2,45,000 used milk bags in last ten months including the lockdown period. These bags will go for recycling. The efforts have been made to reduce the landfill and plastic at the dumping ground. …
July 21, 2020
Mumbai: Prominent Ganpati mandals across the city have fallen in line with the state order to forgo large idols for Ganeshotsav 2020. The 10-day festival is from August 22 to September 1. From Khetwadi to Kalachowkie, Lalbaug to Anjirwadi, Tilak …
July 21, 2020
July 20, 2020
July 17, 2020
For early detection of Covid-19 cases, the BMC has started using “smart helmets” to screen residents living in densely populated areas. Officials said two smart helmets have so far been used in slums of R North (Dahisar) and P North …
July 17, 2020
The Central Railway (CR) has tied up with a private company to provide free sanitisers to passengers in local and outstation trains. Under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), 400 local and outstation train passengers will be provided sanitisers and their luggage …
July 17, 2020
July 16, 2020
With Mumbai Police taking stringent action against people stepping out of their houses without any reason amid the COVID-19 pandemic and seizing their vehicles, it has irked those travelling for work and other necessities. According to the police, 2,872 vehicles …
July 16, 2020
Mumbai surpassed its July average for rainfall on Wednesday with 15 days left till the end of the month. Heavy rain with intermittent intense spells on Wednesday led to waterlogging and traffic disruptions at several places. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/in-15-days-city-surpasses-july-average-heavy-rain-likely-today/story-fUsdzv9szbwjPP1jQj9OxO.html
July 16, 2020
July 15, 2020
City locals are being scrubbed and cleaned like never before. The local trains in use by essential workers are being cleaned daily with soap and water along with a final bath with sodium hypochlorite. Both Central Railway (CR) and Western …
July 15, 2020
Municipal Commissioner Vijay Suryavanshi says not shoring up healthcare infrastructure in the early stages of pandemic was a mistake. Kalyan-Dombivali is illustrative of how unpredictable a pandemic can be. Till May 6, it looked like its municipal corporation had everything …
July 15, 2020
The 98-year-old Byculla bridge over the Central Railway track will be revamped and a new cable-stayed bridge will be constructed parallel to it. The British-ear structure is among 11 road over bridges (ROBs) that have been identified as dangerous in …
July 15, 2020
The city nudged closer to its 100% required rain mark for July with heavy rainfall in several parts of Mumbai and adjoining areas like Thane and Navi Mumbai on Tuesday. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/in-14-days-mumbai-nears-100-of-july-rain-target-no-let-up-till-tomorrow/articleshow/76969995.cms
July 15, 2020
July 14, 2020
July 14, 2020
Till June 24, slums and chawls’ daily tally was higher; now multistorey buildings average 50 a day: ward’s growth rate surpasses Mumbai’s average of 1.36% In nearly three weeks, the tables have turned in D ward. From its eight slum …
July 14, 2020
The week began with heavy rain in many places in Mumbai and its adjoining areas, and the showers are expected to continue through the week. The IMD has issued an orange alert for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar for Wednesday, forecasting …
July 13, 2020
Western Railway has now made it compulsory for government employees to carry QR code passes from July 20. They will have to get the passes from their respective offices and show them while entering railway stations, or else they will …
July 13, 2020
Nearly 60 double-decker buses will be back on city roads from Monday to cater to the increased passenger load with lockdown curbs relaxed under the state government’s Mission Begin Again campaign. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-best-rolls-out-the-big-guns-to-fit-passengers60-double-deckers/articleshow/76931013.cms
July 13, 2020
Central Railway (CR) will introduce two new local train services for essential service workers in the city starting Monday. The trains will be introduced on the trans-harbour line between Thane and Vashi railway stations. The first train will leave from …
July 13, 2020
July 10, 2020
The Indian Medical Association, Maharashtra (IMA), has suggested a way to increase COVID-19 testing centres with another 5,000 units in the state. It wants all qualified and Maharashtra Medical Council approved, experienced and qualified pathologists and microbiologists to be allowed …
July 10, 2020
July 9, 2020
With the BEST catering to nearly a million passengers in Mumbai now, It has decided to open us its 29 counters across Mumbai to sell new bus passes and to renew them as well from Thursday. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-best-to-open-bus-pass-counters-from-thursday/articleshow/76859456.cms
July 9, 2020
July 8, 2020
Mumbai: The state government on Tuesday allowed non-essential shops and markets to function for two more hours from July 9. Shops can stay open till 7pm, instead of 5pm, but on alternate days. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maharashtra-non-essential-shops-can-stay-open-till-7pm-on-alternate-days-markets-all-7-days-a-week/articleshow/76844965.cms
July 8, 2020
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday informed Bombay high court that they do not intend to allow street vendors to resume their business during Covid-19 pandemic. Advocate general Ashutosh Kumbhakoni informed the bench of justice Amjad Sayed and justice MS Karnik …
July 8, 2020
Citizens can now get tested for Covid-19 from private clinics without requiring any doctor’s prescription or self-declaration after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday issued an order. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/no-prescription-needed-for-covid-test-in-mumbai-s-private-labs-now/story-zBfgJVuz1oX3AAeOZCipxL.html
July 8, 2020
July 7, 2020
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a letter to the Union Higher Education Secretary, on Monday, permitted the conduct of examinations by Universities and Institutions. “The final Term Examinations are to be compulsorily conducted as per the UGC Guidelines …
July 7, 2020
Common safety items to provide protection against COVID-19 such as masks, face shields and sanitisers, will now be sold at railway station stalls at fixed rates, and will be available once they open at major stations. This will not only …
July 7, 2020
The city has received 60% of its average rainfall for July in the first six days of the month this year. The Santacruz weather observatory, representative of the suburbs and Mumbai, recorded 508mm rain between July 1 and July 6 …
July 7, 2020
July 6, 2020
As feedback from government employees travelling on Mumbai’s 700 suburban trains reveals that there is concern and displeasure over lack of social distancing inside the trains, Western Railway (WR) officials told mid-day that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has agreed …
July 6, 2020
The education department on Sunday launched three educational channels on the JioTV application and one radio channel on the JioSaavn application to allow students of Class 10 and 12 access to classes during the pandemic. https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/state-launches-education-channels/articleshow/76804765.cms
July 6, 2020
The long wait is over for hotels, which were closed for more than three months following the nationwide lockdown in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. They will reopen this week, probably on Wednesday, with stringent SOPs to cap the …
July 6, 2020
July 3, 2020
July 2, 2020
People’s voice was given a platform by VCAN, which stands for V Citizens Action Network, a city charitable trust concentrating on social and civic issues and providing a link between citizens and government authorities. The VCAN held a digital social …
July 2, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued an order on Monday about imposing a fine of Rs 1,000 on those not wearing a mask. But it has already been collecting Rs 1,000 as a fine from April 15. It has also …
July 2, 2020
The BMC issued guidelines for salons and parlours on Wednesday, four days after they were allowed to reopen. All outlets will have to display the guidelines and precautions for customers. https://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-bmc-issues-guidelines-for-salons-parlours-4-days-after-they-reopen/22870202
July 2, 2020
July 1, 2020
July 1, 2020
Thane city and Kalyan-Dombivali will remain shut from July 2 to 12; Mira-Bhayandar from July 1-10. The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) and the Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) have re-imposed a total lockdown from July 2-12. Then Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (BMC) …
July 1, 2020
Maintaining that the Maharashtra government does not have the power to issue an order barring private unaided schools from hiking fees for six weeks for the academic year 2020-21 in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bombay High Court has …
July 1, 2020
MumbaiAround 700 new local train services will be introduced on Wednesday to facilitate the travel of those working in essential services. Currently, Central and Western Railway operate around 200 trains each for those in essential services. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/railways-to-start-700-new-trains-from-today-in-mumbai/story-FjxgJCFnITxxio3RjhxDmM.html
June 30, 2020
June 30, 2020
While no decision was taken in the joint meeting between the Maharashtra government and Indian Railways on Monday about allowing any other category of passengers onboard local trains, railway officials have requested the state to expedite the QR code passes. …
June 30, 2020
Here’s a renewed look at what’s allowed and what’s not in the state. A day after issuing a stern warning to citizens against making a picnic out of lockdown relaxations, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday extended the lockdown till …
June 30, 2020
The Maharashtra government on Monday announced extension of the lockdown across the state till July. 31. The notification issued by the state government has also restricted inter-district travel between municipal corporations within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to that for …
June 30, 2020
Heavy congestion and delays were reported in several parts of the city on Monday as the police put up checkposts and impounded over 16,000 vehicles- Perhaps unprecedented in a single day-for travel without valid reasons. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-cops-target-illegal-travellers-seize-16000-vehicles/articleshow/76700123.cms
June 29, 2020
June 29, 2020
With effect from Monday, WR will add 40 additional suburban services to the existing 162 services currently plying on WR’s suburban section. Therefore, now a total 202 services will be running on WR’s suburban section. https://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-western-railways-to-add-40-suburban-services-from-today/22865204
June 29, 2020
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) will implement a complete lockdown in ten special containment zones from Monday to July 5. All establishments except medical and milk shops will remain closed during this period. Even vegetable shops and provision stores …
June 29, 2020
Western Railway (WR) will introduce automated ticket checking and managing access (ATMA) screens at the city’s major railway stations soon. The ATMA screens will help limit physical contact between passengers and railway employees during the Covid-19 pandemic. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/automated-screens-to-check-tickets-screen-passengers-at-railway-stations/story-VFLprs4fzq1T2XUiDhK2DO.html
June 29, 2020
Even as the state declared several relaxations in lockdown norms under Mission Begin Again, Mumbai Police has appealed to all the citizens to adhere to all the guidelines strictly and to not move beyond the two-kilometre radius of their homes …
June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020
Shut for over two months due to the lockdown restrictions to contain the spread of the raging coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, markets operated by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) across the city are now set to re-open from Wednesday with …
June 26, 2020
Three months into the pandemic, the state has comes out with an ambulance policy to regulate their charges and address the problem of shortage. Primarily, the policy will empower corporations and district collectors to hire private ambulances at a cost …
June 26, 2020
Easing yet another set of curbs, the Maharashtra administration on Thursday allowed salons and beauty parlours to reopen starting June 28 in red zones such as Mumbai, but for select services. According to a notification, entry will be with prior …
June 25, 2020
June 25, 2020
BMC has again changed its discharge policy and decided to test “low symptomatic” patients on fourth day of admission is symptoms disappear and discharge them the next day if the report is negative; instead of discharging them on tenth day …
June 25, 2020
In a new set of protocols to tackle COVID-19, the BEST Undertaking has told its staff to keep 20 per cent of the bus empty at originating stops to allow passengers at subsequent stops to get in and maintain social …
June 25, 2020
Following the bed availability crisis in private hospitals, the civic body is now trying to resolve the growing number of complaints around inflated hospital bills. The BMC has directed private hospitals to submit all COVID bills to auditors after a …
June 25, 2020
Non-essential shops in city’s municipal markets will be allowed to operate on odd-even dates from Thursday. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday gave it nod to open these shops in the markets while ensuring social distancing of visitors and …
June 25, 2020
To prevent the spread of Covid-19 and make autorickshaws safer, drivers are getting protective shields installed between the driver’s and passengers’ seats. Mobile application-based cab operator Ola, which also operates autorickshaws in the city, on Wednesday made it mandatory to …
June 24, 2020
June 24, 2020
Around 108 distilleries in the state that had got a special nod to manufacture hand sanitizers at the start of the pandamic in March have been allowed to continue till December. Foreseeing rise in demand for sanitizers after the lockdown …
June 24, 2020
A day after launching Mission Zero as a part of its rapid action plan to curb the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the city, the BMC launched Mission Universal Testing allowing laboratories testing patients for Covid-19 to accept e-prescriptions. …
June 24, 2020
Uber on Tuesday expanded its recently launched package delivery service ‘Uber Connect’ to Mumbai and 13 other cities for enabling residents to send and receive parcels from each other and also order items from shops within city limits while maintaining …
June 24, 2020
More than a week after state education minister Varsha Gaikwad announced that a separate set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) would be issued for schools that fall under red zones, the government is yet to release guidelines. Teachers said the …
June 23, 2020
June 23, 2020
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner, Iqbal Singh Chahal has asked the deputy municipal commissioners of seven zones and assistant commissioners of 24 wards to check whether the private hospitals in their areas have freed up beds occupied by asymptomatic patients. …
June 23, 2020
Amid increased movement of people due to a relaxed lockdown, residents of Aarey Milk Colony’s tribal hamlets and slum pockets are demanding that entry of outsiders be restricted. The number of people visiting Aarey for jogs and walks has increased …
June 23, 2020
Bringing relief to the families of those who have died of causes apparently other than Covid-19, the BMC has clarified that no Covid certificate is required to get a death certificate. Acting on complaints about private doctors not issuing death …
June 23, 2020
After noticing that a high number of cases are now being recorded from high-rises or housing colonies, as opposed to the earlier trend of more cases in slum or congested settlements, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to issue …
June 22, 2020
June 22, 2020
Mumbai: Family members of Covid patients admitted to private hospitals and have been charged extra can now approach the BMC with billing related complaints. So far, 134 such complaints received from patients admitted to 26 private hospitals. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/excess-bill-at-private-hospitals-for-covid-bmc-at-your-help/articleshow/76501231.cms
June 22, 2020
The BMC will launch a rapid action plan on Monday to control the sudden rise in Covid-19 cases in the suburbs. The case doubling rate in wards lie R-Central (Borivali lies in it) is 18 days compared to the 34 …
June 22, 2020
The seven lakes and dams that supply drinking water to Mumbai have water stock that would last only 42 days. Since it hasn’t rained much in the catchment areas of these lakes, there is no increase in the water stock …
June 19, 2020
The city’s private hospitals are now in a fix over a circular issued by BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal. It mentions that hospitals and nursing homes will not be able to directly admit suspected or positive COVID-19 patients before informing …
June 19, 2020
The state government cautioned societies against imposing unnecessary restrictions even as BMC commissioner I S Chahal sought to rope in office-bearers of housing societies to implement social distancing norms and enforce discipline among members amid rising Covid-19 cases in highrises. …
June 19, 2020
June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020
While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Maharashtra government are finalising details of Quick Response (QR) codes for essential workers travelling by Mumbai suburban local trains, railway officials said that they have also moved a proposal to integrate them with …
June 18, 2020
‘Cap prices charged by private services’ The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the government to explain how it plans to meet the increasing demand for ambulances due to the surge in COVID-19 cases. https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/centre-told-to-chalk-out-plan-on-ambulances/article31856017.ece
June 18, 2020
The first full-fledged 1,024-bed Covid hospital in Thane was inaugurated online by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday. The hospital, which the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has called an extension of its civic-run Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa, was …
June 18, 2020
After deciding to reserve 80% of beds at private hospitals in Mumbai for Covid patients, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday said that they will not allow these hospitals to admit asymptomatic patients as it will be unfair to patients in …
June 17, 2020
Learner and permanent driving licences will be issued again at all 50 RTOs in Maharashtra from Wednesday. State transport commissioner Shekhar Channe told TOI new rules would ensure social distancing and prevent the spread of Covid-19 during tests. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai /maharashtra-rtos-to-resume-issuing-driving-licences-today/articleshow/76416967.cms
June 17, 2020
Following allegations of ‘missing’ data on COVID-related deaths, the state government’s statement said in addition to the 81 deaths reported on Tuesday, an additional 1,328 deaths which had occurred earlier were added to the tally taking the state’s death toll …
June 17, 2020
While the Maharashtra state government has prohibited schools from introducing any fee hike this academic year, it has completely given the reins in the hands of Parents’ Teachers’ Associations (PTA) to decide the future course of action in this regard. …
June 17, 2020
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has completed phase-2 of the Covid-19 hospital in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in 17 days. The facility has 970 beds, including 108 intensive care unit (ICU) beds and 12 with dialysis units. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mmrda-completes-970-bed-facility-at-bkc-in-17-days/story-4DlCVRUcsU2UID2uUoqzUL.html
June 16, 2020
June 16, 2020
The state government on Monday decided to allow schools in non-red COVID-19 zones to reopen in a phased manner, starting July. Physical classes will begin first for Stds IX to XII, then in August students of Stds VI toVIII can …
June 16, 2020
With local trains resuming operations, there are plans to have feeder bus routes from outside prominent stations such as CSMT, Churchgate, Kurla and Dadar for last-mile connectivity. On Monday, serveral autos plied to and from stations in the suburbs. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/best-to-start-feeder-routes-from-stations-soon/articleshow/76396691.cms
June 16, 2020
New Delhi: Mumbaikars will get more domestic flights and a wider network from Tuesday. As reported by TOI on Monday, Maharashtra allowed Mumbai to have 50 schedule domestic arrivals and as many departures daily, double the number allowed when services …
June 16, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Ganesh Murtikar Sangh, an umbrella association of more than 700 idol makers in Mumbai, has instructed sculptors to not make idols taller than five feet for mandals, and limit the height of household idols to two feet, instead …
June 15, 2020
June 15, 2020
Indian Railways has partially resumed passenger train services on important routes in the country by taking several safety measures to prevent the spread of COVID19 infection. In order to effectively scan passengers for symptoms of COVID19, Central Railway has set …
June 15, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced plans to open the reconstructed Hancock bridge in Sandhurst Road by August-end. On Saturday, the bridges department set up a 24-metre structural girder at the bridge site along with part of a plate …
June 15, 2020
The Central and Western Railway along with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday confirmed that local train services would be started on Monday for essential workers as identified by state government. After a meeting between BMC, Central Railway (CR) …
June 12, 2020
June 12, 2020
As several schools start the academic year with virtual classes parents find their children have gone from monitored screen time and rationed gadget use to disconcertingly long stretches before the computer screen. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/screen-time-soars-with-online-school-parents-worry-about-health-impact/articleshow/76313409.cms
June 12, 2020
Anticipating a rise in critical Covid-19 patients, the BMC is set to increase the number of ICU beds by 300 in the coming 10 days, reports Richa Pinto A Surge in cases is exppected from three northern wards-P North (Makad, …
June 11, 2020
UNIONS REPRESENTING autorickshaw and taxi drivers in Mumbai have advised members to install plastic separator sheets in vehicles as safety precautions for their own health as well as to minimise contact with passengers. A L Quadros, who heads Mumbai Taximen’s …
June 11, 2020
Only half of all enrolled students in schools run by Mumbai’s civic administration have remained connected with their studies during the lockdown, according to a new report from the Brihanmunbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) education department, whose findings confirm concerns about …
June 10, 2020
June 10, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will now allow all shops, markets except malls to function for full working hours. But with the night curfew still in place i.e from 9 pm to 5 am, shops will need to be shut …
June 10, 2020
The lockdown has resulted in the market arrivals of fruits and vegetables in the state’s wholesale APMC markets plummeting by almost 53% compared to 2019, shows data from the Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB) This reveals the extent of …
June 10, 2020
The state government on Tuesday told the Bombay high court that with easing of the Covid-19 lockdown, there is no ban on travel and people can use all available means of transport to reach hospitals in case of emergencies. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/patients-can-go-to-hospitals-in-any-vehicle-maharashtra-tells-hc/articleshow/76294765.cms
June 10, 2020
Central Railway (CR) is planning to install automated ticket checking and managing access (ATMA) machines for passengers travelling by outstation trains. ATMA are likely to be placed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) and Kalyan railway …
June 9, 2020
June 9, 2020
Most social distancing rules were flouted at bus stands and inside BEST buses on Day one of reopening of workplaces with 10% staff. On Monday, BEST operated 2,200 buses-63% of its fleet – across the Mumbai metropolitan region to ferry …
June 9, 2020
The BMC has issued fresh guidelines on contact tracing of people who were in touch with or in close proximity to coronavirus patients. According to the new policy, those who were in contact with a patient two days before they …
June 9, 2020
Private laboratories in Mumbai will not be allowed to function if they do not give Covid-19 test results within 24 hours, said Mumbai municipal commissioner, IS Chahal, on Tuesday. In an interview to a leading electronic media house, Chahal said, …
June 8, 2020
June 8, 2020
All direct and high-risk contacts of Covid-19 patients, including asymptomatic ones, will no longer be required to submit a prescription from a doctor to get tested for Covid-19 at a private lab between five and 10 days of coming in …
June 8, 2020
In a first, BEST buses will travel as far as Virar, Badlapur and Panvel to help people reach their workplaces from Monday, when offices are to reopen with 10% staff. “These are special services for those living in the far-flung …
June 8, 2020
With 10% of employees across sectors set to resume work from Monday, organisations across the city have implemented strict safely norms to prevent further spread of Covid-19. At most organisations, only employees who own vehicles have been asked to come …
June 8, 2020
The importance of wearing a mask is now widely understood. Look around you, and almost everyone has a mask strapped on. But how many are wearing the mask properly? How many have pulled it under their noses or their mouths? …
June 5, 2020
June 5, 2020
The BMC has assured the Bombay High Court that citizens would now be able to lodge complaints related to Covid-care facilities on its helpline number-1916. The patients will also be able to get the availability of non-Covid beds through the …
June 5, 2020
Then stamps and registration department, which had earlier allowed only online registration of leave and licence agreements for properties, has now begun to allow registrations at its offices as well since many people do not have access to computers and …
June 5, 2020
The Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to allow inter-district movement in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) without any restrictions from June 5. It means people won’t need passes to travel in the region. From Friday, all shops in Mumbai will …
June 4, 2020
June 4, 2020
Public health minister Rajesh Tope said the doubling time of cases had increased. From 9.27 days on May 1, it rose to 11.56 days on May 15 and subsequently touched 15.26 days on May 30 and 17.35 days on June …
June 3, 2020
June 3, 2020
Power utility firms, BEST, Tata Power, Adani Electricity and MSEDCL, are on high alert of Cyclone Nisarga hitting the western coast. Sources in MSEDCL said the power utility firm prefers to go for a preventive ‘forced shutdown’ of transformers and …
June 3, 2020
In yet another change in testing protocol, BMC decided to revert to its old strategy of testing all high-risk contacts of positive patients irrespective of symptoms between 5-10 days of quarantine. A civic official said high-risk contacts under home quarantine …
June 3, 2020
In view of the threat posed by impending Cyclone Nisarga, the Mumbai Police on Wednesday imposed Section 144 in the entire city from midnight to Thursday afternoon and banned people from coming to places like beaches, parks and promenades along …
June 2, 2020
June 2, 2020
Citizens heaved a sigh of relief on learning that the state government permitted a soft relaunch of business as Covid-19 Lockdown 4.0 ends. From June 5, shops on one side of the road can reopen, restaurants can make home deliveries …
June 2, 2020
As hospitals across the city stretch themselves to care for Covid patients, some of the biggest private hospitals have failed to step up to the task. Ten days ago, the state government has issued orders to reserve 80 per cent …
June 2, 2020
Worrisome incidents are emerging of housing societies demanding Covid-free certificates even from relatives of building residents who wish to come visiting or to live with them. Recently, a young man from the western suburbs drove to his sister’s place in …
June 1, 2020
June 1, 2020
Maharashtra Government on Sunday issued guidelines for its employees to avoid the spread of coronavirus infection after the government offices are being opened in a phased manner. “All employees and visitors at the government offices will be screened by a …
June 1, 2020
With 23 pairs of long distance trains operating in phases from June 1 from CSMT, Dadar, Mumbai Central, Bandra Terminus and LTT, there will be a rush of passengers trying to reach or leave the stations. The transport department on …
June 1, 2020
Bringing relief to lakhs of students, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said final year university students would be awarded the average of their marks in previous semesters with an option to improve their grades by allowing them to appear …
May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020
In a boost for the state to fight against Covid-19, Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is providing 29 ventilators worth ₹3 crore to government hospitals in Maharashtra. The ventilators are being delivered to the Thane health department for use across several …
May 29, 2020
Amid rising Covid-19 cases in the city, almost all intensive care unit (ICU) beds available for Covid-19 treatment are occupied. As of May 28, of the 645 Covid Care ICU beds, 99% were occupied. A total of 65% of the …
May 28, 2020
May 28, 2020
Students who have appeared for their SSC (Class 10) examinations this year will be awarded an average of the marks obtained in the other five subjects for the last paper, Geography, which was cancelled owing to the Covid-19 outbreak, said …
May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020
The civic body has a new slogan to tackle coronavirus – ‘Chase the virus, don’t shy away from it’. This was communicated to all ward officers by BMC chief Iqbal Chahal over video conference on Monday. what this means us …
May 27, 2020
In what could ease the process of bed allocation for Covid patients, the BMC has asked private laboratories to submit test reports by the end of the day without fail. Civic chief Iqbal Singh Chahal said the labs will strictly …
May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020
This paper ran a prominent report about a Mumbai woman who lost her sister to respiratory illness recently. It was a heart-rending story of a frantic drive to different corners of the city, in order to find a hospital bed …
May 26, 2020
In a bid to check the number of Covid-19 deaths, the BMC is fine-tuning its contact-tracing programme and will now quarantine up to 15 high-risk contacts-as against five earlier-of every positive patient from the slums. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bmcs-new-testing-plan-for-slums-for-every-ve-patient-quarantine-15-contacts/articleshow/75989367.cms
May 22, 2020
With bodies of Covid 19 patients piling up in crematoriums, the BMC has issued a short tender for setting up 15 temporary mortuaries inside Hindu electric crematoriums. https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/bmc-to-set-up-15-mobile-mortuaries-in-crematoriums/articleshow/75876625.cms
May 22, 2020
In what could bring respite to uninsured patients, the state on Thursday issued a revised notification to cap treatment charges for Covid-19 and nearly 200 non-Covid procedures in private hospitals. As per the order, the capped rates will apply to …
May 22, 2020
Percy Balsara is a banker who commutes daily despite the lockdown. Since his work involves an essential service, Balsara uses a taxi bearing a sticker that says it’s on bank duty, to get from south Mumbai to Malad. But on …
May 22, 2020
Passengers wanting to travel within Maharashtra by train will not be permitted. The Indian Railways, in a notification issued on Thursday evening, stated that tickets of passengers whose originating and terminating stations are in Maharashtra will be cancelled. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/train-travel-within-maharaashtra-will-not-be-allowed/story-arJdA1zvud6sBAkCD3ZUaN.html
May 22, 2020
May 21, 2020
May 21, 2020
MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER I S Chahal on Wednesday ordered ward officers to register a criminal offence against private hospitals, clinics and nursing homes that have failed to reopen even after repeated orders by the civic body. Anticipating a spike in the …
May 21, 2020
In a major relief to stranded passengers, the Civil Aviation Ministry on Wednesday evening announced that domestic passenger flight services will resume in a calibrated manner from May 25, exactly two months after the nation-wide lockdown started. https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/domestic-flights-to-resume-from-may-25/articleshow/75856706.cms
May 21, 2020
BMC commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal on Wednesday asked ward officers to file police case against general practitioners, nursing homes and polyclinics that fail to stay open to handle regular patients who otherwise head to overloaded civic hospitals. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bmc-to-take-over-1-pvt-hosp-in-every-ward-docs-sitting-at-home-face-firs/articleshow/75857145.cms
May 21, 2020
Of the 200 scheduled train services that will resume from June 1 across the country, 23 pairs of long-distance trains will originate from and arrive at the Central Railway and Western Railway stations here. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/come-june-1-23-trains-to-start-from-mumbai/articleshow/75857203.cms
May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020
The BMC on Monday revised the protocol for sealing buildings, saying an entire housing society or highrise need not be barricaded if a resident tests positive for Covid-19. Instead, BMC officials can decide on sealing the particular floor depending on …
May 20, 2020
The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industries on Tuesday organized a Webinar on “international perspectives on social and behavioral approach of business”. Taking part in the discussion, Nayantara Pal Choudhury, Chairperson, Socio-economic initiative, the Bengal Chamber, said, “Our emphasis is …
May 20, 2020
Stamp duty registration offices began functioning here from Monday. The offices, which resumed work, are outside containment zones and include the office at Old Customs House, Andheri, Kurla and Borivli. Only agreements for sale and mortgage are being allowed to …
May 20, 2020
Thousands of motorists on Tuesday took out their vehicles resulting in traffic on the highways. Mumbai Police impounded 2,438 vehicles of which 873 were private cars and 230 were taxis and 1,335 were autorickshaws. Meanwhile, a total of 191 Mumbai …
May 20, 2020
The Union health ministry has issued new guidelines that allow dentists in the city to resume their practice with certain restrictions. As per the guidelines, patients in containment zones may seek ambulance services to travel to dental facilities. In red …
May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020
The BMC will open several more ‘jumbo’ isolation centres in the city to tackle the rising cases of Covid-19, officials said on Monday, hours after the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) handed over operational charge of its newly built …
May 19, 2020
With the BMC planning to take over the ICU beds and 80% of the general beds in major private hospitals, a meeting was held between civic officials and hospital managements on Monday to discuss details of bed allocation for both …
May 19, 2020
The BMC converted 150 BEST buses and private buses into ambulances for Covid care centres and transportation of Covid patients. The Thane civic transport body modified of its five midi-buses into temporary ambulances, a day after administration received flak for …
May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020
With Mumbai’s local trains, the lifeline of India’s financial capital, shut due to the nationwide lockdown, the Railways is faced with an unprecedented task of keeping the memories of its motormen and guards refreshed. https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/civic/locals-shut-motormen-get-online-refresher-courses/articleshow/75782800.cms
May 18, 2020
Navi Mumbai: The APMC wholesale market in Vashi, a corona hotspot in the city, will open on Monday after remaining closed from May 11-17 for sanitization and health screening of workers. However, possessing the required pass will no longer ensure …
May 18, 2020
New Delhi: Economic activity has started to gather pace with more factories rebooting production and large e-commerce players gearing up to expand deliveries. The twin moves will result in kick-starting the demand and supply cycle, something seen as crucial by …
May 18, 2020
A homoeopathic medication, Arsenicum Album 30, advertised lately as a prevention method against COVID-19, is running out of stock in city markets. The central AYUSH ministry had said in a press release that the medicine could be taken as a …
May 18, 2020
Cab aggregators, Ola and Uber, started service of ferrying train passengers to and from Mumbai Central railway station on Saturday. The movement of passengers has been included in essential services. The facility is only available in Mumbai and passengers need …
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
The BMC on Wednesday revised its Covid-19 testing protocol yet again. The new rules will take into account the amended discharge policy issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the state government. https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/coronavirus/news/bmc-revises-testing-protocol-for-7th-time/articleshow/75727060.cms
May 15, 2020
The postal department, with the railways, will start parcel services within Maharashtra from May 15. the first and last mile of the journey will be covered by India Post, and transportation between the station of origin and destination will be …
May 15, 2020
Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has urged drug National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), the drug price regulator, to ensure availability of N95 masks and PPE kits at a reasonable rate and plug overcharging of these items. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maha-fda-asks-price-regulator-to-cap-cost-of-n95-masks-ppes/articleshow/75747547.cms
May 14, 2020
May 14, 2020
Only patients with symptoms, pregnant women and aged persons will now be tested for Covid-19, according to BMC’s latest testing guidelines. Issued on Wednesday, the guidelines say high-risk asymptomatic contacts be tested once between the fifth and 14th days. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bmcs-new-rules-those-with-symptoms-elderly-to-be-moms-to-be-tested/articleshow/75729325.cms
May 14, 2020
In an order that will impact the way Ganeshotsav is celebrated in Maharashtra, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Tuesday banned the use of Plaster of Paris (POP) in making idols in order to avoid polluting water bodies by …
May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020
CM Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday suggested that some of Maharashtra’s districts can battle the coronavirus by taking a leaf out of Covid free Goa’s playbook, including house-to-house surveys and treating all patients. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/follow-goa-model-to-fight-corona-maharashtra-cm-tells-districts/articleshow/75708501.cms
May 13, 2020
State Reserved Police Force (SRPF) will assist Mumbai Police in enforcing lockdown in the city after increasing cases of policemen testing positive for Covid-19. Sources said the government is likely to deploy in two days five platoons, with each consisting …
May 13, 2020
In a letter issued on Monday, the Maharashtra education department has asked principals of all aided schools in the state to furnish information of teachers so that they can be asked to report for Covid-19 related duties if necessary. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/staff-of-government-schools-to-be-assigned-covid-duties/story-N6BTkhoWIlxVvu22hpdxCP.html
May 13, 2020
In an attempt to provide relief to non-Covid patients that are suffering due to the ongoing lockdown, the Maharashtra government started free online teleconsultation medical services from Tuesday. A patient will have to register online after which he or she …
May 13, 2020
Mumbaiites can expect a three-month delay for Metro 2A (Dahisar-DN Nagar) and Metro -7 (Dahisar East -Andheri East) to get operational, Mumbai metropolitan commissioner RA Rajeev said in a webinar, hosted by a media outlet on Tuesday evening. The two …
May 12, 2020
May 12, 2020
Battling the Coronavirus within and without, the Mumbai police have launched a 24-hour emergency helpline number for its 45,000 personnel. Personnel seeking advice, information on COVID-19 or help to get admitted to a hospital can call on 9137777100 to get …
May 12, 2020
First, it was hydroxychloroquine, then the Ayurvedic drug Zingivir-H and now, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to take the homoeopathic route in the ongoing war on coronavirus. It has now issued a circular, directing officers of the G …
May 12, 2020
In the coming two weeks, the civic body plans to add 200 beds a day in hospitals treating moderately-ill and serious Covid-19 patients, taking the total to 7,000. At the moment, the Dedicated Covid Health Centres (DCHC) and Dedicated Covid …
May 12, 2020
State transport department on Monday decided to issue online permits to kaali peeli and autorickshaws drivers for inter-state commute less than 24 hours after TOI reported that 2,000 havd left Mumbai with migrants. A senior official said permits issued on …
May 11, 2020
May 11, 2020
BMC’s new chief, Iqbal Singh Chahal, is wasting no time and has immediately got cracking on strategies to deal with the city’s COVID-19 situation. In his first meeting with senior officials, he stressed on the need for ‘target-oriented effective management’ …
May 11, 2020
The civic body could not enforce containment rules in the ward as SWM staff, doctors, nurses and BEST employees live there. The F(south) ward, comprising Dadar (east) and parts of Parel, is unique in its demography as several frontline workers …
May 11, 2020
Community elders and volunteers will help municipality reach areas that it is unable to. In a change of strategy, the BMC has decided to work with community leaders and volunteers, especially those with influence among slum-dwellers, to enhance enforcement in …
May 11, 2020
The doctors, who responded to DMER’s call, will be posted at their assigned facilities from Monday onwards. Responding to the state medical department’s call to private doctors to report for Covid duty, a total of 1,172 private practitioners have stepped …
May 8, 2020
May 8, 2020
With over a 100 people testing positive for COVID-19 at the APMC market in Vashi, Navi Mumbai Mayor Jayawant Sutar has demanded that it be locked down. He has threatened to write to the Maharashtra Governor and to the Central …
May 8, 2020
The Union human resources development (HRD) ministry is planning to start 12 direct-to-home (DTH) television channels, each catering to students from one academic year, to serve as virtual classrooms at a time when schools are shut due to the coronavirus …
May 7, 2020
May 7, 2020
A slice of the verdant Nehru Science Centre in Worli has been taken over by the civic authorities for what Centre director Dr S Khened thinks must be for “an isolation centre, or for quarantine.” https://www.mid-day.com/articles/coronavirus-outbreak-bmc-takes-over-nehru-centre-for-covid-19-fight/22770234
May 7, 2020
Each road to have one standalone store open, according to BMC order. Electronics and hardware stores – one on each road – will reopen today following a BMC order to this effect. In a directive issued late on Wednesday, BMC …
May 7, 2020
With Mumbai having more than two-third of the state’s Covid-19 cases and more than 2,000 containment zones, other districts and municipal corporations are cautious of allowing entry to those coming from Mumbai. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/civic-bodies-in-mmr-stay-entry-ban-order-after-drawing-flak/story-1qjnST80Ih4xNoOXhD7rGL.html
May 6, 2020
Civic chief Praveen Pardeshi has authorized assistant municipal commissioners to take possession of any private hospital under their jurisdiction during the pandemic, and pay them per day bed charges of Rs 3000-65000 for treating Covid-19 patients. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bmc-lets-top-officials-take-over-private-hospitals-for-covid-19/articleshow/75566153.cms
May 6, 2020
Finally, city’s old and dangerous road overbridges got the much-needed attention, thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown. Central Railway and Western Railway turned the restriction on public’s movement to its advantage by fixing the bridges along their respective lines. https://www.mid-day.com/articles/cr-wr-turn-lockdown-to-their-advantage-fix-old-dangerous-bridges/22765288
May 6, 2020
Mumbai A day after the state government relaxed restrictions to allow non-essential shops, including liquor outlets, to open, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) overruled the order for the city, owing to the huge gathering of crowds outside wine shops, blatantly …
May 5, 2020
City Police on Monday imposed Section 144 of the CrPC in the city between 8pm and 7 am. This order will be in force from May 4 till the midnight of May 17 – the extended lockdown period. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/sec-144-in-city-from-8pm-to-7am-till-may-17/articleshow/75543780.cms
May 5, 2020
May 5, 2020
BMC has linked civic wards to designated private laboratories to streamline and monitor testing. Civic official said it was done to curb “unnecessary” testing being carried out at private laboratories even if the individual was not exhibiting symptoms of Covid-19. …
May 5, 2020
Considering the rise in Covid-19 patients, BMC chief Praveen Pardesi directed ward officials to ensure those testing positive are sent to the right civic facilities. The directive was issued to ensure hospital beds are not occupied by asymptomatic cases. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bmc-tells-officials-to-ensure-patients-sent-to-right-hospitals/articleshow/75546276.cms
May 5, 2020
Civic chief Praveen Pardeshi, in a circular on Monday, asked all Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials including ward and hospital staffers to strictly adhere to the guidelines of admitting only symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with comorbidities in dedicated Covid-19 hospitals. …
May 5, 2020
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has projected Mumbai will have 75,000 cases by the end of May, of which 12,000 cases are projected to be symptomatic, and 63,000 cases are projected to be asymptomatic. While 13,500 hospital beds have been identified …
May 4, 2020
May 4, 2020
May 4, 2020
Officials say 16 of the 20 people who died on Thursday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation decided to monitor slum dwellers with a medical history of hypertension and diabetes. Sixteen of the 20 deceased suffered from ailments including diabetes and hypertension. …
May 4, 2020
To enhance coronavirus screen in Worli-Koliwada, earmarked as a hotspot, and isolate symptomatic patients, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Friday has rolled out its first ‘CovidBus’. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/maharashtra-first-covidbus-rolled-out-for-mass-screening-6392486/
April 30, 2020
April 30, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started mobile dispensaries to curb the spread of COVID-19. Currently they will move about in the areas most affected by the disease such as Worli, BDD chawls, Lower Parel, Currey Road etc. https://www.mid-day.com/articles/bmc-starts-mobile-dispensaries-to-curb-spread-of-novel-coronavirus/22757245
April 30, 2020
With discrepancies in reporting of sample testing data found from certain labs, the Union health ministry on Wednesday launched a dedicated real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) mobile based application, for labs to fill the data at the point of sample …
April 29, 2020
April 29, 2020
Amid concerns over many private hospitals across India either turning away critical patients or having closed down, the Centre on Tuesday asked states to ensure the hospitals kept functioning and also did not insist on Covid-19 tests for every patient …
April 29, 2020
There is no need to seal an entire building if a person living or working there tests positive for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) because disinfection of the affected floor and common areas is enough to stop the spread of infection, according …
April 29, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), as mandated by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), has distributed 1.71 million anti-malarial hydrochloroquine (HCQ) tablets across 85 hospitals and municipal wards, over the last 19 days, as preventive medicine against Covid-19. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/bmc-distributes-1-7-million-hcq-tablets-as-preventive-medicine/story-fuTTJW97yZ1H8DSp7tG9JN.html
April 29, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), as mandated by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), has distributed 1.71 million anti-malarial hydrochloroquine (HCQ) tablets across 85 hospitals and municipal wards, over the last 19 days, as preventive medicine against Covid-19. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/bmc-distributes-1-7-million-hcq-tablets-as-preventive-medicine/story-fuTTJW97yZ1H8DSp7tG9JN.html
April 29, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to stop the collection of medical samples from home by private laboratories for Covid-19 testing. Citizens will now have to go to fever clinics or visit private laboratories to get tested. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/private-labs-can-t-collect-medical-samples-for-covid-19-testing-from-home-bmc/story-9QYYI9EPZ1jwAdVvN2twLN.html
April 28, 2020
April 28, 2020
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April 28, 2020
The city is facing many challenges amid the Coronavirus lockdown, but the one thing in its favour is the water stock. The lakes that provide water to the city have enough water to fulfil the city’s needs through the summer. …
April 28, 2020
In an inspection carried out to see if all private nursing homes and dispensaries in the city were working, the civic health department found 1,068 (75%) of the 1,416 nursing homes and 89 of the 99 dialysis centres were operational. …
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
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April 27, 2020
With increasing number of cases of the novel Coronavirus in the city, the civic body has made public the information about the bed count and availability at the hospitals designated to treat COVID-19 patients. You can just dial the helpline …
April 27, 2020
The state government has decided to make Covid-19 tests and treatment in medical and dental colleges under the medical education department free. Medical Education Minister Amit Deshmukh on Sunday asked people not to avoid undergoing fearing high costs. https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/civic/state-makes-tests-free/articleshow/75396975.cms
April 27, 2020
Dialysis centres cannot shut down operations for more than 24 hours if any of their staff test positive for Covid-19. Instead, they should function with the remaining unaffected staff. In a new protocol issued to dialysis clinics, the BMC has …
April 27, 2020
To keep a tight check on containment zones, the BMC and the police have appointed nodal officers in each of the 24 wards for better implementation of lockdown rules. Officials said it has been observed that in many containment zones, …
April 24, 2020
April 24, 2020
April 24, 2020
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April 24, 2020
Dismissing fears of legal action against manufacturing facilities, including imprisonment of the CEO or temporarily sealing of the factory if an employee tests positive for Covid-19 on the premises during lockdown, the Centre on Thursday clarified that there is no …
April 24, 2020
With many housing societies not allowing visitors inside their premises even for home testing for the coronavirus, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) has now introduced mobile testing vans. These vans will be operated by private labs in the city and can …
April 23, 2020
April 23, 2020
April 23, 2020
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April 23, 2020
After a number of Mumbai Police personnel have requested for arrangement to send their families to their hometowns to ensure safety of their family in case the personnel contract Covid-19 while discharging their duties, Mumbai Police has denied them any …
April 23, 2020
Police across the state have got nearly 75,000 applications for travel passes with the commissionerates of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane and Pune receiving the maximum number of requests. https://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-police-receive-20k-travel-applications-in-month-long-lockdown/22747211
April 22, 2020
April 22, 2020
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April 22, 2020
New Delhi: The home ministry on Tuesday said social sector services excluded from the lockdown covered bedside attendants and caregivers of senior citizens residing in their homes. The exemption for public utilities extends to prepaid mobile recharge, it was further …
April 22, 2020
The BMC’s disaster management control room has been working roundthe-clock out of two separate offices since the news on Monday that two people who worked there – a shift in-charge and a peon-had tested positive for Covid-19. The main control …
April 22, 2020
The unfamiliar silence at Mumbai’s railway stations continues, as Wednesday marks exactly a month since passenger trains were shut in India from March 22. For the first time ever, all power systems of passengers’ amenities at Mumbai suburban railway stations, …
April 22, 2020
Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday launched the ‘COVID India Seva’, which will provide an interactive platform to establish a direct channel of communication with millions of Indians amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. This …
April 22, 2020
The government on Tuesday announced that it will conduct a survey to gather feedback from citizens on coronavirus. The survey will be conducted through phone calls. Citizens will receive a phone call from ‘1921’ on their mobile phones. The government …
April 21, 2020
April 21, 2020
Despite an official relaxation in lockdown restrictions for mithai and farsan shops, carpenters, plumbers and electricians from Monday, most establishments and individuals were unable to restart activity. Until shops open, workers cannot purchase parts, tools and raw materials. Moreover, manpower …
April 21, 2020
Vashi Agriculture Produce Market Committee’s fruit market in Mumbai has resumed operations with some restrictions on Monday after a break of nearly nine days. The onion and potato market, and vegetables and foodgrains market have already begun functioning since last …
April 21, 2020
The BMC had restricted admission of other patients to hospitals where positive COVID-19 staff were found. This created a lot of issues as hospitals had to turn down several patients who had serious ailments. https://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-hospitals-will-now-admit-non-coronavirus-patients/22742208
April 20, 2020
As the bumber of Covid-19 patients in the city keeps increasing, there is a sharp increase in the number of containment zones as well. From 77 containment zones that were marked out initially before March 30, the number has now …
April 20, 2020
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, only two public transport services are functioning in Maharashtra, i.e. the State Transport (ST) buses and the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses. Since a lockdown is in place, all transport services in the state …
April 20, 2020
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April 20, 2020
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April 20, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday asked private doctors to keep their clinics open to treat non-Covid-19 related health issues. Considering all BMC hospitals are struggling under the weight of both, Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 patients, the civic body decided …
April 20, 2020
Starting today, construction activities at private and public projects, courier services, opening of farsan and sweet shops will be allowed in the city. E-commerce websites, too, can begin deliveries, but only of essential commodities. However, these activities will not be …
April 20, 2020
E-commerce companies such as Amazon and Filpkart are not allowed to sell products unless they are in the essential items list, the Union home ministry said in an order on Sunday, clarifying an earlier announcement that did not specify if …
April 18, 2020
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April 18, 2020
The state housing department on Friday issued a circular asking landlords and home owners to postpone collecting rents from tenants for at least three months due to the lockdown. It also said that during this period no tenant should be …
April 18, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) Covid-19 helpline has got most number of calls from wards that house large slum pockets, with requests for groceries or cooked food packets topping the list, the analysis of the data shows. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/bmc-helpline-gets-most-calls-for-groceries/story-r8giu0LjMWxXqg2Ia823tN.html
April 18, 2020
With an increased work-load on police personnel as they are forced to concentrate more on high-risk red zones, cops have roped in society residents to ensure that those ordered home quarantine do not step out of their houses. Home quarantined …
April 17, 2020
Moved by the Mirror report Locked down and forgotten in Mumbai, April 16, on the plight of migrant workers, a housing society has come forward to help such people staying in local slums. https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/coronavirus/news/kandivali-society-buys-supplies-for-migrant-workers/articleshow/75191071.cms
April 17, 2020
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April 17, 2020
Technical colleges, including engineering, management, polytechnic, cannot insist on payment of tuition and admission fees during the ongoing lockdown. These colleges cannot terminate teachers or even hold back their salaries in this period, stated the All India Council for Technical …
April 17, 2020
The police are issuing essential service passes to those who want to travel out of the city for medical services or other emergencies like a death in the family, or if somebody is seriously ill. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-cops-issuing-passes-for-emergency-travel/articleshow/75191411.cms
April 17, 2020
Out of the 24 administrative wards in the city, eight are likely to have red zones, where restrictions will not be lifted from April 20 onwards. Red zones will mark out areas containing a high number of Covid-19 cases. Restrictions …
April 17, 2020
Payments for the renewal of health and motor vehicle insurance policies, due in the lockdown period of April 15 to May 3, can now be paid on or before May 15, 2020, a finance ministry notification said. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/govt-eases-renewal-dates-for-health-motor-policies/story-W13CmFAXyVDIa3PtXnzh2O.html
April 16, 2020
April 16, 2020
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April 15, 2020
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April 15, 2020
Hospitals have been instructed to just screen such patients before Chemo or dialysis and if any of the patients has cough-fever-breathlessness type symptoms then a separate unit within the same facility be carved out for such patient, otherwise he should …
April 15, 2020
The department has tied up with Mahindra & Mahindra to provide transport for citizens, particularly disabled people, elderly and pregnant women. Mumbai police in collaboration with car manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra has started a free round-the-clock cab service between Dahisar …
April 14, 2020
Six buildings in Malabar Hill completed their 14-day quarantine period on Monday and are no longer in the BMC’s containment zone list. The buildings were sealed after one resident from each of them tested positive for coronavirus two weeks ago. …
April 14, 2020
To make sure the supply of vegetables doesn’t take a beating during the extended lockdown, the Mumbai Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Vashi has decided to reopen the vegetables and onion-potato markets from April 15. The decision to reopen …
April 13, 2020
Since March 22, police in Maharashtra have registered 820 cases against drivers accused of flouting transport violations and prohibitory orders, imposing fines worthe Rs 1.34 crore on them, according to sources. The police have also seized 23,554 vehicles, they said. …
April 13, 2020
State health minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday hinted that districts in Maharashtra could be divided into three zones –red, orange and green – depending on the number of cases to decide on the rules to be imposed during the lockdown …
April 13, 2020
In a major relief to around 17 lakh students in the the state, the education department on Sunday has decided to cancel the last paper [Geography] of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam after the Maharashtra government decided to extend …
April 10, 2020
Information technology (IT) companies in Maharashtra have received help from the state police to implement work-from-home (WFH) for their employees. The police have pressed in the Maharashtra Home Guards to help these firms shife equipment from various office premises to …
April 10, 2020
The committee that heads APMC, Vashi, has decided to shut down the market from April 11 in view of a spice trader testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. The decision has also been taken keeping in mind the recent spike …
April 10, 2020
Manisha Mhaiskar will oversee detection and isolation of Covid-19 cases, Ashwini Bhide to monitor contact-tracing and M Ramaswami tasked with developing facilities at SevenHills Hospital. https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/coronavirus/news/three-bureaucrats-roped-in-to-fight-the-pandemic/articleshow/75074621.cms
April 9, 2020
Mumbai: Residents cannot step out anymore without wearing a mask. Violation of the order could mean arrest and a case under seaction 188 of the IPC (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant), which has a minimum punishment …
April 9, 2020
Class 12 students from the Maharashtra state board will no longer have to wait to get their textbooks under the revised curriculum as the state’s publishing bureau, Balbharti, has uploaded a majority of the books in their PDF version on …
April 8, 2020
While there may not be an actual scarcity of vegetables and grocery items in Mumbai, various factors like relocation and demolition of several markets, irregular transportation, as well as lack of manpower have impacted the supply chain of essential goods …
April 7, 2020
The cyber cell of the Navi Mumbai Police has issued an advisory about fake links that have been making the rounds during the lockdown, clicking on which could cause people to lose money. “With the lockdown in place, most people …
April 7, 2020
Anticipating a rise in the number of COVID-19 positive cases in Maharashtra, Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Monday sought an additional 3.25 lakh personal protective equipment (PPE) kits, nine lakh N-95 masks, and 99 lakh triple layer masks from the …
April 7, 2020
Taking a leaf out of South Korea’s model of testing, the BMC has started ‘phone booth’ testing for Covid-19. The phone booths, one which has been placed at Kasturba Hosptial, will also be installed at KEM Hospital and at SevenHills …
April 6, 2020
After a lot of confusion over the procedure to deal with containment zones, the BMC has finally come up with a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). It mentions that as per the cluster containment policy of the central government, there is …
April 6, 2020
With the coronavirus pandemic still growing around the world at alarming rates, scientists are putting their heads together to develop plans to contain the virus once the current infection curves level out and life as we know it begins to …
April 3, 2020
IN VIEW of a shortage of personal protection equipment (PPE) for medicos at the frontline during the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), the Indian Railways has set up three dedicated PPE production units. The railways is also planning to stitch around 50,000 …
April 3, 2020
Indian government already has its MyGov app to spread awareness about the coronavirus outbreak. However, it has now launched a dedicated coronavirus tracking app called Aarogya Setu, which will use the smartphone’s location data and Bluetooth to check if you …
April 3, 2020
To put in place stricter restrictions in the city’s 212 Covid-19 containment zones, the BMC has decided to monitor the areas through its network of CCTV cameras. The feed will be accessible at the civic disaster control room at the …
April 3, 2020
The state has directed IAS officer Ashwini Bhide to lead the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation disaster management’s control war room. Bhide had headed the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation as managing director and was awaiting a posting. https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/coronavirus/news/ashiwini-bhide-to-lead-bmc-disaster-mgmt-control-war-room/articleshow/74903957.cms
April 2, 2020
Within two weeks, Mumbai will have a 1,500-bed isolation centre at the recently-converted quarantine facility at SevenHills Hospital, in Marol. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which gave its final nod to the project on Tuesday, said this would be the …
April 2, 2020
Police will suspend the driving licence of motorists caught repeatedly for violating prohibitory orders. During the nakabandi across the city in the past 12 days (March 20-31), the police have booked 245 motorists for venturing out on the roads without …
April 2, 2020
Even as the Kharghar Central Park is all set for a part of the APMC market to be shifted there, resident associations said that the state administration had given up on the plan because it would increase the risk of …
April 2, 2020
Amidst the Covid-19 scare in the city, the BMC decided to shut its Dadar wholesale vegetable market after almost 5,000 people were seen crowding it on Wednesay. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-bmc-shuts-dadar-wholesale-market/articleshow/74932847.cms
April 2, 2020
New Delhi: Natural gas prices fell 26% on Wednesday to their lowest level since a globally-benchmarked pricing flrmula was implemented in November2014. This will lead to cheaper CNG and PNG services for consumers and lower fuel cost for the industry …
April 1, 2020
Mumbai: Driving licences, permits, vehicle fitness certificates and registrations that have expired since February 1 will remain valid till June 30, state transport commissioner Shekhar Channe said on Tuesday, a day after the ministry of road transport and highways issued …
April 1, 2020
Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday appealed to citizens to avoid playing pranks, especially related to the coronavirus outbreak, on April Fool’s Day on Wednesday. The minister tweeted, “Tomorrow’s April 1st. The annual tradition of making an ‘April Fool’ of …
April 1, 2020
Despite state health minister Rajesh Tope’s assurance that Covid-19 patients in Maharashtra would receive free treatment under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY), the private hospitals in the city that are equipped to treat the disease are not …
April 1, 2020
The Central and Western Railway have begun conversion of coaches of outstation trains into isolation wards for coronavirus patients. As many as 892 outstation train coaches will be converted into isolation wards. “Efforts are being taken by the Railways to …
March 31, 2020
The Maharashtra state government issued a circular on Monday stating that schools can’t ask for fees from students until the lockdown is lifted. “Amid lockdown, everybody is facing a financial crunch. Considering this, managements of all schools affiliated to different …
March 31, 2020
In a bid to stop people from gathering on footpaths and roads around vegetable and fruit vendors, the North Mumbai police have come up with an initiative to shift the stalls to open grounds wherever possible. Deputy Commissioner of Police …
March 31, 2020
25 women drivers operating on-demand service between 10am and 5pm. If you need an auto-rickshaw for medical or any other emergency, don’t worry – 25 women drivers are ready to serve you. With the approval of the district magistrate, a …
March 31, 2020
Local grocery stores have started to tie-up with online home delivery platforms to facilitate the home delivery of essential items to discourage buyers from stepping out to shop. Around 230 grocery stores have been identified for groceries, fruits, vegetables, medicines …
March 30, 2020
The residents coordinated with the BMC during the weekend to spray chemicals in the commonareas such as staircases. The residents of Thakur Complex in Kandivali (E) undertook a massive drive to spray disinfectants in 200 buildings. They coordinated with the …
March 30, 2020
As the city is overrun with coronavirus patients, there is an urgent need to increase medical equipment, especially ventilators. Taking note of it, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to procure 50 ventilators on an immediate basis. “We have decided …
March 30, 2020
Even as the government has appealed people to not venture out of their homes, housing societies in the city are finding it difficult to restrict the movement of residents within the building premises. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/housing-societies-struggle-to-convince-people-to-not-loiter-in-premises/story-kKJKzGWMykQoq9ugjqJmSI.html
March 27, 2020
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced on Thursday that shops supplying essential commodities and medical stores will be permitted to remain open round-the-clock. The CM’s decision came as a huge relief to the common man on a day vegetable prices soared …
March 27, 2020
BMC will set up 1,000 isolation beds in its peripheral and specialty hospitals following the coronavirus threat. Senior officials, including deputy municipal commissioners, have been told to ensure the beds are ready within five days and all steps are taken …
March 26, 2020
Mumbai police have set up 13 teams to visit people who have been home qurantined to ensure that they are adhering to the order and are well. Local police station personnel have also been advised to visit people who have …
March 26, 2020
The railway board has announced that passengers who wish to travel by train after April 14 can book tickets online,but before this date,no tickets will booked due to the nationwide lockdown. All booking offices will be shut and long-distance and …
March 26, 2020
City police came up with innovative ideas on Wednesday to prevent overcrowding of publish spaces by Mumbaikars rushing out to stock up on essential items such as groceries,vegetables and medicines. Two of the ideas were successfully implemented. One,Marking of square …
March 20, 2020
The Regional Passport Office in Mumbai has opened a control room at its Bandra (east) office and will have dedicated phone lines — 022-26520016/17 and email id rpo.mumbai@mea.gov.in. Applicants are advised not to visit any PSK, POPSK and passport …
March 20, 2020
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued an advisory on Thursday station that no international commercial flights will be allowed to enter Indian airports from March 22. The advisory was issued after the Centre announced that no international fligh …
March 20, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided that shops on busy roads across the city will be open only on alternate days till March 31, in an attempt to reduce crowds to avoid the spread of Coronavirus. The selection of …
March 20, 2020
Mumbai: The Mumbai suburban collector has passed an ezecutive order to take over hostels and guest houses across the city to convert them into quarantine centres. A request for more hotel rooms has also been sent to various hospitality groups …
March 20, 2020
Mumbai: The Central Railway (CR) has cancelled all 16 AC daily suburban service on the transhar-bour route from March 20 (tomorrow) to March 31, in view of the coronavirus outbreak. Out of 16 services, one was from Vashi to Thane …
March 19, 2020
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March 19, 2020
The city is moving towards a partial lockdown as several big markets such as the Mangaldas cloth market, 150-year old MJ textile market, Bhuleshwar jewellery market, Mahatma Gandhi market and a market for vehicle spare parts at Don Taki near …
March 19, 2020
Mumbai: BMC on Wednesday directed nine major private hospitals and a railway facility to reserve, in all, about 90 beds for Covid-19 patients. It said the beds are likely to be offered at concessional rates – at least 50% the …
March 19, 2020
Mumbai: As the total number of Coronavirus cases in India went up to 171 and Maharashtra, with four more patients testing positive on Wednesday, continued to lead the list at 45 (by a wide margin), the Mumbai civic body prepared …
March 19, 2020
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief Praveen Pardeshi on Wednesday said the civic body will within two days start inspection of private offices and corporates found violating the order of ensuring less than 50% attendance in offices can be imposed with …
March 18, 2020
With the city on the verge on a complete lockdown which has resulted in roads being devoid of crushing traffic, the BMC has decided to use the opportunity to complete pending road works. Municipal Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi on Monday asked …
March 18, 2020
In spite of Municipal Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi’s claims that the corporation would not shut down the city’s parks, the BMC on Tuesday closed several gardens citing overcrowding and Section 144 of the CrPC, which bans assembly of people. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/coronavirus-outbreak-bmc-starts-shutting-down-public-parks-6319494/
March 18, 2020
Mumbai: Central Railway has decided to cancel 23 trains,including the CSMT Nizamaddin Rajdhani, Howrah Duronto and Deccan Express for a few days as a preventive measure to curb the spread of Covid-19 and due to low occupancy rate. A CR …
March 18, 2020
Citizens will now be scanned for temperature as they enter city railway stations. In an unprecedented move, the Central Railway on Tuesday installed thermal check points at major railway stations for all those commuters who want to willingly check their …
March 18, 2020
The Mumbai Police Commissioner’s headquarters (HQ) at Crawford market has requested visitors to visit it only if it’s necessary, due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus. Approximately 500 visitors arrive at the Mumbai police HQ on a daily basis to …
March 17, 2020
Mumbai: Normally, at this time of year, doctors, medical coordinators and community health workers attached to Mumbai’s 24 civic wards would be found visiting various areas for immunisation drives. But the Covid-19 scare has shifted their focus to new targets …
March 17, 2020
By the end of this month, Mumbaiites will be able to rent cycles at three more Metro stations in the city as public bike sharing will be made available at the DN Nagar, Azad Nagar and Versova Metro stations. Rental …
March 13, 2020
Thirteen months after the BMC shut down SevenHills Hospital in Marol over nonpayment of dues, the hospital will reopen today- as the city’s biggest quarantine facility – even as two fresh cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Mumbai and Thane. …
March 13, 2020
Mumbai: A survey on helmet usage across 18 Indian cities has shown that riding short distances is the most common excuse given by motorcyclists for not wearing a helmet. Of the 2,400 motorcyclists interviewed, 80% of those from Delhi, Kolkata, …
March 13, 2020
Western Railway (WR) will soon deploy semi-skilled personnel to man the functioning of escalators and elevators on its suburban railway stations in the city round-the-clock. The decision has been taken after several instances of malfunctioning of escalators and elevators came …
March 12, 2020
The city will soon see a remarkable decrease in visual clutter. The BMC has approved a new hoarding policy, which mandates a minimum distance of 100 metres between hoardings. This means that clusters of multiple hoardings on buildings at prime …
March 12, 2020
On the first three days of the drive, the BMC will assess the number of unclaimed vehicles before issuing seven-day notices to owners; MMRDA offers land in Taloja to dump clunkers. The state government has asked the BMC and Mumbai …
March 11, 2020
Mumbai: Responding to complaints of commuters against errant auto drivers, the BEST has started a new AC bus service from Andheri station to the T2 international airport terminal on the occasion of Holi. This is in addition to two other …
March 11, 2020
In the past 10 days, after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) relaunched its drive against single-use plastic, it has seized around 2,253 kg of plastic and levied fines of around ₹29 lakh. The civic body visited around 29,000 spots randomly …
March 9, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) launched its phase two of the drive against banned plastic last Monday. It has so far found less plastic than during phase one. In past seven days, the civic body seized on an average 4 …
March 9, 2020
Residents of G North ward will have to pay Rs 1,050 a month to park their cars right outside their buildings; fee for two wheelers is Rs 440 a month. The BMC has arrived at a parking plan for residents …
March 9, 2020
BMC joins hand with police to crack down on khataaras posing security and health hazards. Toughening its stand against khataaras, the BMC has now decided to book those who abandon their vehicles on the City’s roads or streets. https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/civic/now-owners-to-be-booked-for-abandoning-vehicles/articleshow/74533179.cms
March 6, 2020
Mumbai: City roads are bursting at the seams. Mumbai’s vehicle density of 1,900/km is 15 times than that of Maharashtra’s 123/km, the 2019-20 state economic survey report shows. With the city’s road length almost the same for nearly a decade—around …
March 5, 2020
Mumbai: The state government will set up 138 fast-track courts across the state under the centrallysponsored national mission for safety of women, for time-bound disposal of pending cases of atrocities against women and cases registered under Protection of Children from …
March 5, 2020
Mumbai: After giving a “special” exemption to residents of Shivaji Park area in the island city, the civic administration has now decided to waive off penalty for residents across Mumbai parking on roads near their homes despite having a public …
March 5, 2020
Metro-3’s (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz) upcoming underground station at Cuffe Parade will have a pay-and-park facility for 192 cars. It will be the only underground station among 27 stations on the 33.5-km line to have exclusive parking facilities, officials from the Mumbai Metro …
March 5, 2020
The recently appointed commissioner of police (CP) Param Bir Singh on Wednesday held a meeting with officers, in which he directed all police stations in the city to set up a welcome desk with two constables to greet those coming …
March 4, 2020
Mumbai: Four municipal hospitals where isolation wards can be set up at short notice in case of a Covid-19 outbreak have been identified by the BMC, said additional minicipal Commissioner Suresh Kakani on Tuesday. Currently, only Kasturba hospital has an …
March 4, 2020
Mumbai: The BMC has initiated the process of revoking the hoarding licence of a contractor who cut three trees and poisoned four others in Worli so that passers-by get a clear view of the board. Activists allege that the firm …
March 4, 2020
State home minister Anil Deshmukh informed the legislative Assembly on Tuesday that the government was planning to make changes to the building proposal rules to make installation of closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras mandatory in all private buildings in Mumbai. …
March 3, 2020
Mumbai police have purchased new riot gear to face stone-pelting and mob attacks. The body suits made of fibre are the second innovative purchase by the Mumbai police force in a span of one month, to tackle mob attacks. Recently …
March 3, 2020
With the state’s new plans for grievance redressal in schools, parents will soon have recourse against issues like fee structure, teaching and evaluation process, sexual abuse and caste atrocities at the school level itself. With the tremendous increase in the …
March 3, 2020
Mumbai: The BMC seuzed 1,028kg of single-use plastic bags and plastic material in the city and collected Rs 3.7 lakh as penalty from violators on Monday. Civic officials visited 4,081 shops, hawkers and establishments on Monday, to check for use …
March 2, 2020
The Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation has launched a drive to remove abandoned vehicles after the Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray, directed the newly appointed commissioner of the body, Vijay Suryavanshi, to spruce up the city. Suryavanshi took over as commissioner in the …
March 2, 2020
Mumbai: A day after the BMC announced the revival of the ban on single-use plastic, its men collected Rs 55,000 in fines from 11 shopkeepers and hawkers. The action came after state environment minister Aaditya Thackeray announced on Friday that …
March 2, 2020
Mumbai: Motorists driving on the perennially congested Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) road in the eastern suburbs can expect some relief in the coming days as civic authorities have demolished around 1,000 structures along the route in three months. The final …
February 28, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is looking for an alternative for Tilak and Elphinstone bridges. With the Elphinstone bridge likely to be razed down for the upcoming Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), and with the recent incident on Tilak bridge …
February 28, 2020
Mumbai: Speed limit on JJ flyover in south Mumbai has been increased to 60kmph, with a maximum of 35kmph on its curves, following repeated complaints of congestion. Speed limits on 10 other arterial roads have also been revised by traffic …
February 28, 2020
For better management of streetlights, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) committee has introduced a centralised system — automatic streetlight monitoring system (ASMS) and has given its nod to install 462 streetlight pillars (SLP) to monitor streetlights in the …
February 27, 2020
The Sion flyover will remain shut for four days — from February 27 to March 2 — as the second phase of repairs will be undertaken by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC). This is the second such block …
February 27, 2020
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Thursday will begin accepting online and offline applications for its first ICSE and CBSE schools in the city. For the nest academic year classes will begin from pre-primary to standard II and the civic …
February 25, 2020
Mumbai: With the financial year nearing an end, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun action on the property tax defaulters to recover tax dues. It has started to disconnect the water supply as action for failing to clear the …
February 17, 2020
The ‘water & sewerage charge’ that you pay to the civic body as part of your property tax will have a revised nomenclature. From April, it will be shown as ‘garbage, sewage & water fees’. This will, however, not increase …
February 17, 2020
Commuters will have to face traffic on Monday too as the Sion flyover will open on Tuesday morning due to ongoing repair works by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC). MSRDC, which undertook the work on Friday morning, was …
February 14, 2020
You can expect traffic jam at the Sion flyover (over Sion T-Junction) on Friday morning. The first of eight traffic blocks, each lasting four days, will begin from 5 am on Friday (Feb 14) and will continue till 5 am …
February 14, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) committee on Thursday cleared a proposal for the transport body towards going cashless. Passengers would be able to buy their bus tickets and renew passes on three mobile wallets – PhonePe, Paytm and …
February 11, 2020
Six years after the concept’s approval by the Indian Road Congress (IRC), the city is set to get plastic roads. The civic body has issued orders to all asphalt plants to provide road material that has a mixture of waste …
February 11, 2020
The reconstructed bridge will connect Dongri to Mazgaon. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to open the reconstructed Hancocl bridge near Sandhurst railway station by May-end. The authority encountered several roadblocks since it demolished the British-era road overbridge in January …
February 11, 2020
Mumbai: Two new AC bus routes have been started for Bandra West from Monday. A 5km ride in the bus will cost Rs 6. The mini AC bus routes are A-219 between Bandra Station (W) to Bandra Reclamation and the …
February 10, 2020
After dismantling the girders for British-era Frere Road overbridge, the Western Railway announcd on Sunday that it had decided to expedite rebuilding of this ROB and inaugurate it a month before the stipulated deadline of July 16. The primary reason …
February 7, 2020
Mumbai: Three years after Bombay high court directed the railways to install CCTV cameras in coaches for the handicapped, they have been installed in one 12-coacg Central Railway rake. Disabled commuters have long demanded cameras for security as other commuters …
February 7, 2020
Causing some inconvenience to commuters, the foot over bridges (FoB) at Byculla station and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) will remain closed as the railways will be undertaking repairing work. The FOB toward the Kalyan side at Byculla station which …
February 7, 2020
Starting February 14, brace for traffic snarls on the eastern express highway (EEH), as the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) begins its repairs of the Sion flyover. Till April 6, the flyover will be closed from 10pm to 6am …
February 7, 2020
While several Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) run schools are facing dull prospects due to linited enrollment, they will now get a new identity along with a logo. A new logo for all municipals schools of the BMC along with their …
February 6, 2020
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has set up a committee to reform the norms under which property taxes are charged. The BMC officials said the new rules will be to ensure maximum recovery of bills from citizens, unlike the current …
February 6, 2020
The BMC has started marking hawking zones on pavements in residential areas in Dadar West and Mahim, much to the anger of residents. A tota; of 14 roads have been identified to accommodate 1,485 licensed hawkers in G North ward. …
February 6, 2020
Dilapidated British-era road bridges over train tracks across the city, which were set to be demolished to make way for new bridges, are now likely be spared/ Over a century old and made of stone, these bridges will instead be …
February 6, 2020
while the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and other agencies claim large-scale roll-out of dedicated FASTag card lanes has been glitch-free, instances have emerged of motorists being charged twice for a single journey-with money being deducted from two different …
February 6, 2020
An exhaustive survey by Mumbai traffic police has found gaps in road dividers at 177 locations across the city, many of them outside commercial establishments. The gaps are a concern for road safety as motorists, particularly two-wheeler riders, use them …
February 5, 2020
The BMC plans to soon commence a waste treatment plant at Ambernath. The solid waste management department is in the process of acquisition of land at Karavale in Ambernath taluka. While the government had given possession of 30 acres of …
February 5, 2020
Mumbai: The BMC will soon undertake the hydro-electric powet generation project at Middle Vaitarna dam to provide 25 mega watt (MW) of’clean energy’ to run electric buses and light up streetlights in the island city, said civic chief Praveen Pardeshi …
February 5, 2020
Facing backlash for its lackadaisical implementation of the plastic ban, which came into effect nearly two years ago, the state government has now set a new deadline of May 1 to make Maharashtra free from single-use plastic. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/state-firms-up-plans-to-enforce-single-use-plastic-ban-from-may/story-inGNGn4DXtCFHFu1u0lGiI.html
February 4, 2020
Mumbaikars have the dubious distinction of being among the worst car honkers, with mind-numbing noise amin the city’s punishing traffic being an everyday affair. In an effort to put an end to this, the Mumbai police have decided to install …
February 3, 2020
Registrar won’t entertain complaints if flat owner fails to pay maintenance charges If a flat owner refuses to pay maintenance charges levied by his/her housing society. S/he not only loses the right to file maintenance complaints, but will also be …
February 3, 2020
Nashik: The Commission (EC) of India has decided to extend the “postal ballot for absentee voters” facility to the voters aged 80 years or more as well as people with disabilities. According to senior officials of district administration, the Chief …
January 30, 2020
If you feel like life has passed you by while negotiating Mumbai’s notorious traffic, you aren’t completely off the mark. On an average, Mumbaikars spent 209 hours-eight days and 17 hours-stuck in peak hour traffic last year, a study of …
January 30, 2020
Central Railway (CR) will begin operating its first AC local train between Thane and Panvel stations from Thursday. The AC local will operate 16 daily services, five days a week, excluding Saturday and Sunday. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/cr-s-1st-ac-local-to-begin-operations-between-thane-and-panvel-on-thursday/story-EwBjOAjwhyElk56kDtTs9M.html
January 28, 2020
Mumbai: By 2026, commuters will be able to travel from one end of the city to the other withinn60 minutes as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority plans to wrap up its entire Metro network of 337 km. Currently, MMRDA …
January 28, 2020
In an effort to detect and eliminate major risk factors leading to crashes along the Mumbai-Pune expressway, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), Maharashtra State Highway Police and the non-governmental organisation Save Life Foundation (SLF) will deploy drones on …
January 24, 2020
A unique drive launched by Mumbai Police to evaluate the eyesight of drivers on Mumbai’s streets has showed that nearly a third of drivers have poor vision. The eyesight of drivers was checked as part of a drive launched by …
January 24, 2020
After setting up pick-up points at railway stations, e-commerce giant Amazon India will now ferry parcels in local trains on the Central Railway. The parcels, which till now were ferried via road, will use the luggage compartment of a local …
January 24, 2020
The Central Railway’s (CR) first air-conditioned (AC) local train on the Thane-Panvel route is likely to be flagged off on January 30. Suresh C Angadi, minister of state of Indian railways, will carry out the launch from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj …
January 21, 2020
Soon you will be able to shop inside the Churchgate-Virar AC local train. While Western Railway introduced ‘Shopping on Wheels’ in long-distance trains last year, this will be the first time that it will be rolled out in a suburban …
January 21, 2020
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has cracked down on school buses across the state for various traffic violations and collected over Rs 36 lakh in fines. The Bombay high court directed the state to file an affidavit within two week with …
January 17, 2020
Under the schemed, it will cost Rs 700 a month to park a car in a purely residential area, Rs 1,350 in a semi-commercial area, and Rs 2,000 in a purely commercial area; NoC from traffic police will be mandatory. …
January 17, 2020
Mumbai: The extension of the Easter Freeway to the north till Thane, and south till the GEneral Post Office, will be explored by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). Urban Development minister Eknath Shinde said MMRDA will appoint a consultant …
January 17, 2020
Living up to its reputation as the city that never sleeps, Mumbai will now have malls, multiplexes, shops and restaurants that can stay open 24×7, without serving any alcohol. The authorities — the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Mumbai Police …
January 15, 2020
The corroded Britishera Frere road overbridge (ROB) at Grant Road, that connects Lamington Road (DB Marg) to Nana Chowk, will be shut for traffic from January 16 as Western Railway commences regirdiring work. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/grant-road-bridge-shut-for-6-months-from-thursday/articleshow/73261098.cms
January 15, 2020
Extending its deadline of January 15, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is now looking at implementing FASTag across the city and state by the end of January. The move comes as the required tests to check the efficiency …
January 14, 2020
Observing that traffic in Mumbai is chaotic, Bombay high court on Monday said there was day and night double parking on every road. A bench of Justices Satyaranjan Dharmadhikari and Riyaz Chagla, hearing a PIL by Tekchand Khanchandani regarding illegal …
January 14, 2020
Private developers whose properties are close to metro routes can opt for direct connectivity to the closest metro station to enable easy access for those residing / working on these properties. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-all-metro-lines-can-have-link-from-private-property-to-station/articleshow/73238416.cms
January 14, 2020
Reviving its year-old experiment of installing safety light indicators above train doors, Central Railway (CR) will have them on all its rakes soon. The feature includes a blue light that switches on just before the train is about to leave …
January 14, 2020
The state transport department has made it mandatory for all new taxis and autorickshaws to get rooftop indicators in Mumbai from February 1. According to the notification issued on November 2019, green light will indicate the cab is available for …
January 13, 2020
In the past three months, the Mumbai Regional Transport Office (RTO) has suspended the driving licenses of 1,247 motorists in Mumbai for repeated rash driving and signal jumping. Such violations earlier attracted only a fine of between Rs 200 and …
January 13, 2020
Another air-conditioned local train is set to be inducted by the Western Railway (WR) to increase its existing services but without withdrawing any other train. The additional services will be operated between Virar and Churchgate. According to plan, one train …
January 13, 2020
A city-based not-for-profit group has entered the Limca Book of Records for the second year; this time for its efforts on plastic waste management. The group was mentioned in the Limca Book of Records 2019 for its campaign to protect …
January 10, 2020
As part of the upcoming Road Safety Week, the Home department has instructed all road- constructing companies and civic bodies across the state to identify accident-prone ‘black spots’ on roads built by them, and take immediate as well as long-term …
January 10, 2020
Central Railway’s 1st AC local to run on Thane-Panvel route Central Railway (CR), on Thursday, confirmed that its first air-conditioned (AC) local train will soon operate on the trans-harbour route between Thane and Panvel railway stations. The train is likely …
January 10, 2020
South Mumbai is set to get its first electric vehicle charging station with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) deciding to set one up inside the civic body-owned parking lot at Hutatma Chowk. The BMC plans to have charging stations at …
January 9, 2020
Starting from January 11, the Maharashtra government is going to carry out the Road Safety Week. When it comes to road accidents and fatalities, figures registered in Mumbai in 2019 have come down. As part of Road Safety Week, the …
January 9, 2020
The Western Railway (WR) has decided to shut the British-era Frere road over bridge (ROB) at Grant Road from midnight on January 15. The WR said the structure will be unable to bear the weight of vehicles. Ravinder Bhakar, Western …
January 9, 2020
Mumbai: BEST will introduce AC mini-buses for hospital patients and relatives. It launched the A-217 route on Wednesday from Dadar station (E) to KEM. The buses attracted scrores of passengers, especially kin of patients, said an official. “Commuters are happy …
January 9, 2020
The work on the new Patripool railway over bridge (ROB) will be completed by March this year, claimed officials of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC). The officials reviewed the on-going work of the bridge on Wednesday. “All the technical …
January 8, 2020
Mumbai: The eletric ehicle ppopulation, including two-wheelers and buses, is growing slowly, but steadily, across Maharashtra, with registraions crossing the 20,000-mark in January 2020, said sources in the state transport department on Tuesday. The state government had formulated a policy …
January 7, 2020
The Central Railway has decided to convern 16 existing non-AC local trains into air-conditioned services. Out of these 16, six will run during rush hours (three in the morning and three in the evening). As a result, hundreds of commuters …
January 7, 2020
After facing backlash for levying hefty fines up to ₹10,000 for illegal parking, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to bring down the amount. It will now charge up to ₹4,000 for illegal parking within 500 metres of a …
January 6, 2020
It has been three months since the BMC sanctioned Rs 4 crore for purchasing 20 underground bins, but they are yet to find spots to install them. The civic body decided to go ahead with it even after it took …
January 6, 2020
Three months after it first floated tenders worth Rs 861 cr, Civic body to cap rates at 10% above its own estimates The BMC will not pay a ‘bonanza’ to road contractors who had bid high rates and were causing …
December 31, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport &BEST) has planned to operate 20 additional services on New Year’s Eve (Wednesday night) in order to cater to the traffic which will be generated at various part of the city. As Mumbaikars gather …
December 31, 2019
The Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR) havee announced special suburban trains on the occasion of New Year’s eve for the convenience of commuters. Two CR suburban special trains will run on January 1, 2020 (after the midnight of …
December 31, 2019
Home department expands pilot project launched in 2018 following positive results. The state home department has decided to expand a pilot project launched in 2018 and provide body cameras to all traffic police personnel in Mumbai. The project, under which …
December 26, 2019
Mumbai: The Railways on Tuesday announced that instead of having multiple helplines, there will now be just two helplines – 139 and 182 – from January 1, 2020. Passengers can also use the services of Rail Madaf, an Indian Railway …
December 26, 2019
Thane: Motorists making the daily trip from here to Mumbai and back have a better drive to look forward to in 2020 as the first phase of the Kopri bridge widening project is expected to be completed by May. The …
December 26, 2019
Mumbai: A Moter Accident Claims Tribunal has held that an insurance company cannot absolve its responsibility of paying insurance if the driver of the offending vehicle is drunk. The tribunal made the observation while awarding a compensation of around Rs …
December 24, 2019
After numerous delays and the threat of cancellation, plans for the ambitious Juhu-Vile Parle Development Scheme’s (JVPD) flyover are back on track. The alignment of the flyover that will connect the Western Express Highway (WEH) and the Bandra-Versova Sea Link …
December 24, 2019
The civic body’s disaster management department will soon monitor live feeds from CCTV cameras across the city to keep illegal debris dumping, unauthorised installation of banners and digging of roads, and mangrove hacking in check. Additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani, last …
December 24, 2019
For every 17 kilograms of fish they catch, fishermen in the city end up with a kilogram of plastic waste, found a study by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) – Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Versova. Also, …
December 24, 2019
Mega-block to construct foot bridge in Thakurli will lead to the cancellation of 124 local and 16 long-distance trains. Central Railway (CR) has an unpleasant Christmas offering for rail passengers travelling on the line on December 25. The Central Railway …
December 24, 2019
Mumbai: Fourteen state universities, including Mumbai University, will set aside 3% of their total budget for making their campuses disabled friendly. In a move to improve accessibility in educational institutions and to offer better redressal, the state higher education department …
December 24, 2019
Mumbai: From Monday, there will be “Zero” waiting period to get an appointment for a permanent or learner’s driving licence at three city RTOs Tardeo (Island city), Wadala (Eastern suburbs) and Andheri (Western suburbs, Bandra to Jogeshwari), officials said on …
December 23, 2019
After multiple trials, and permutation and combinations, Mumbai Traffic police on Sunday finally decided to shut down the dilapidated bridge on Hans Bhugra Marg in Vakola. Traffic towards CST Road in Kurla-Kalina will be closed, while motorists heading towards Western …
December 23, 2019
Mumbai: A two-storey air conditioned toilet is being built at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) for the comfort of passengers. The Railways will spend Rs 50 lakh for this facility that they plan to have open for passengers by …
December 23, 2019
Mumbai: Experts who conducted a brief survey this week, revealed that less than 1 percent of vehicles accessing the BKC-Chunabhatti connector were BEST buses. The connector is a smooth freeway that saves nearly 30 minutes travel time from Bandra to …
December 20, 2019
According to a new formula being devised, the fine amount will be more than halved. Formal announcement likely today. The BMC has conceded defeat in its battle with motorists over the Rs 10,000 a violation parking fine it recently introduced. …
December 18, 2019
Mumbai: State advocate general Ashutosh Kumbhakoni informed the Bombay high court on Tuesday that the traffic authorities had begun a drive against unsafe school buses. A total of 257 school buses and 278 other vehicles that ferry school children in …
December 18, 2019
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for the Rs 14,000 crore Mumbai coastal road project, planned to ease flow of traffic between northern and southern areas of the metropolis, by staying a five-month-old Bombay HC verdict …
December 17, 2019
Concerns that the new feature and add to suffocation and impact punctuality. More than four years after toying with the idea of introduction automatic door closing system in the non-AC local trains in Mumbai, the Western Railway is ready with …
December 13, 2019
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is looking to improve the experience of commuting on the western express highway (WEH) in 2020. The authority has appointed Louis Berger group to study the shortcomings and suggest recommendations to reduce traffic …
December 13, 2019
Imagine making your way to the nearest Metro station from your office or home via a walkway or subway. Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) hopes to make this a reality, and is looking to collaborate with developers to enable direct …
December 12, 2019
Mumbai: The state transport department caught parents and relatives of 146 helmetless children across Maharashtra while going to school on a bike. Action was also taken against 624 auto drivers for illegally ferrying school children. This is a part of …
December 12, 2019
Mumbai: Central Railway (CR) will introduce a new timetable from December 14 on its main line, with timings of 42 trains revised, the length of few services extended, and some slow services converted into semi-fast ones. CR chief spokesperson Shivaji …
December 12, 2019
The ‘Mumbai 24×7’ initiative allowing malls, shops, and eateries that do not serve alcohol to remain open all night with police permission, has found momentum again with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) approaching prominent malls to remain open 24 hours …
December 12, 2019
A total of 2,936 school vehicles have been found violating the guidelines mandated by the state transport department for the safety of children. Of these, around 487 vehicles including school cabs, autos, and buses were recently confiscated according to data …
December 11, 2019
For the past three to four days, dozens of khataaras – cars and autorickshaws – have been lying on the right and left lanes of the Western Express Highway (WEH) alongside a flyover near Kandivali. The residents have raised the …
December 11, 2019
Residents who have been opposing a kabootar khana near Khar market heaved a sign of relief as the BMC sealed the place yesterday. Residents have been complaining that the spot was responsible for spreading infection, leading to respiratory ailments. The …
December 11, 2019
The civic body has decided to standardise the design of all footpaths and signages of shops across the city with an aim to revamp the public spaces and make them pedestrian-friendly. The decision was taken in a meeting headed by …
December 11, 2019
At a time when Mumbaiites are struggling to find parking facilities, ministers and staff of the state government are all set to get a multi-level, underground car-parking facility below Mantralaya at Nariman Point. The 700-car facility will be exclusive to …
December 11, 2019
Central Railway (CR) on Tuesday said its first air-conditioned (AC) suburban local will be operated by two motorwomen – Mumtaz Kazi and Manisha Maske. “The two motorwomen will be trained along with 100 other employees to operate the new local, …
December 10, 2019
Mumbai: Charging stations for electric vehicles will be allowed at 28 public parking lots in basements, stilts and on parking floors by the month-end. Municipal commissioner Praveen Pardeshi, in a speaking order, has directed insertion of charging stations for electric …
December 10, 2019
Mumbai: The BEST received 30 more AC Mini buses in its fleet on Monday, taking the total number of new buses to 55. BEST also announced that the new AC buses were being operated on 12 special routes, with minimum …
December 10, 2019
Mumbai: State transport commissioner Shekhar Channe on Monday announced that anyone aged above four riding pillion without a helmet will be punished. This came after the death of a 14-year-old pillion rider, not wearing a helmet, in Wadala during the …
December 10, 2019
Mumbai: A longstanding proposal to start evening OPDs at 15 dispensaries as a pilot project was cleared at the BMC standing committee meeting on Monday. A third-party agency has been given the contract to provide doctors and attendants to run …
December 9, 2019
Parking Authority head says BMC has no right to charge fines for illegal parking on roads The Mumbai Parking Authority’s new head Gautam Chatterjee is on a collision course with the BMC over the latter’s Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 …
December 9, 2019
After running new midi buses without conductors now the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) has decided to run 50 old midibuses on point-to-point routes without any conductors. BEST general manager Surendra Bagde said, “This conductorless point-to-point service will provide …
December 9, 2019
Seventeen months after the state imposed a ban on use of plastic, its implementation remains poor, with the blue squads in charge of raiding shops, virtually disappearing from the streets. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/despite-ban-single-use-plastic-still-seen-in-markets-across-city/story-GZicgTNYffBxoi58ZlsDgN.html
December 6, 2019
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Thursday in an interim order vacated a stay it had granted in September on the environmental clearance for the expansion of the Kanjurmarg landfill site. The expansion is required to operate an integrated scientific …
December 6, 2019
Home dept decides to make it mandatory for them to install lit-up sighs that display ‘For hire’, ‘Hired’ and ‘Off duty’ in English and Marathi. The home dept has decided to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 to make it …
December 6, 2019
State home department seeks help from the traffic police to move 25 abandoned vehicles; says they are impeding movement of emergency vehicles; police ask for special powers and extra land. Even Mantralaya needs a helping hand with the growing menace …
December 5, 2019
The BMC is likely to reach out to the Central government for converting Seven Hills Healthcare hospital in Marol into an All India Institute of Medical Sciences-like facility, even as it is looking into options to convert the hospital into …
December 5, 2019
Mumbai: The entire Mumbai corridor of Vashi bridge will be opened on Thursday for vehicles, as resurfacing work will get completed on Wednesday night. MSRDC executive engineer S S Jagtap said, “Two hundred metres of the total 1.8km for one-and-a …
December 5, 2019
While the Central government is looking at making radio frequency identification (RFID)-based FASTags mandatory on national highways from December 15, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is looking at making it mandatory on all state roads from January 1, …
December 4, 2019
After the G north ward office assistant municipal commissioner, Kiran Dighavkar came up with an initiative on November 8 to collaborate with the citizens over maintaining of footpaths, the ward office has repaired footpaths at 85-odd locations. Further, the ward …
December 4, 2019
Mumbai: With more than 63 lakh unpaid echallans, the state traffic department has come up with a new tack to make offenders shell out pending fines. The traffic department’s app is being tweaked to allow motorists to pay just the …
December 4, 2019
Hundred more midi and mini buses are likely to hit the roads by the end of December, a senior Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) official said on Tuesday. These buses will be produced on a wet lease contract basis, …
December 3, 2019
Mumbai: Mumbaikars will face water cut by 10 per cent from December 7 to 13. Earlier, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had proposed December 3 to 9 time period for it. BMC official said that the reason for postponding the …
December 3, 2019
The Central Railway (CR) will be introducing four new trains on its Trans-Harbour line between Thane and Vashi/Panvel. The trains will be introduced by March 2020. “The plan is to replace all 10 local trains, as they are old. Four …
December 3, 2019
Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Barve on Monday said that the number of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the city will be doubled. At present, there are 4,800 CCTV cameras operative in Mumbai and a proposal to expand the CCTV network …
December 2, 2019
Mumbai: The BMC will issue identity cards to 15,000-odd hawkers found eligible during a registration drive. The plan is to either hand over bar-coded cards or embossed cards, said senior BMC officials. “Bar-coded cards will be helpful as all data …
December 2, 2019
A brand-new AC local for the Central Railway’s (CR) Mumbai suburban network has been rolled out of the integral Coach Factory’s Chennai workshop. It is slated to reach Mumbai within a fortnight. This will hopefully end the CR commuters’ two-year …
December 2, 2019
Mumbai: Stepping out on Sundays can be a nightmare for those using public transport. While the Railways carry out megablocks, the situation on the roads is no different as BEST plies fewer buses on Sundays. The waiting period for a …
December 2, 2019
You may soon be able to rent out your parking space to motorists or book a parking spot near your destination in advance through your mobile phone, as the civic body is considering tying up with a start-up firm which …
November 26, 2019
The next set of local trains for Central (CR) and Western Railway (WR) will have closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras that will allow the guard and motorman to monitor what is happening in compartments in real-time. Live monitoring will first …
November 26, 2019
Mumbai: Less than a month after the BMC began to transform the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) junction on the lines of New York City’s predestrian-friendly Times Square, the project is already staring at a bleak future. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-one-month-on-pedestrian-spaces-at-csmt-junction-endangered/articleshow/72234013.cms
November 26, 2019
Mumbai: The metro rail body, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, has achieved 70% of tunnelling work that is required for Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro-3 corridor. The Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro -3 corridor is the first and only fully underground corridor for Mumbai. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-70-tunnelling-work-for-colaba-seepz-metro-done/articleshow/72234282.cms
November 21, 2019
The Bombay high court (HC) on Wednesday came down heavily on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for failing to control encroachments and illegal hawkers on pavements. A division bench of justice SC Dharmadhikari and justice RI Chagla said, “People like …
November 19, 2019
MPCB proposes several measures like congestion tax, expensive fuel, higher parking charges for pvt vehicles to battle pollution. Even as the national capital struggles to solve its escalating air pollution crisis, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has proposed a …
November 19, 2019
Central Railway (CR) claimed its new system has reduced the delay in train services on the Harbour and Trans-Harbour line by five to 10 minutes, making it more punctual. The local train services on Harbour and Trans-Harbour line faced delays …
November 18, 2019
After setting up on-street parking on five stretches in the city, the Mumbai Parking Authority (MPA) is trying to decongest roads leading to malls by prohibiting parking within a 100-m radius of them. They have roped in 13 malls across …
November 18, 2019
The number of accidents in the city dropped by 10% between January and October 2019 to 2,348, from 2,619 during the same period in 2018, data from the state transport department revealed. However, the data showed Mumbai witnessed the most …
November 18, 2019
The regional transport offices (RTOs) are ignoring flouting of norms by city-based automobile dealers while installing high-security registration plates (HSRP) on newly-registered vehicles, experts and motorists have alleged. According to Rule 50 (3) of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, …
November 15, 2019
Walmart-owned Flipkart on Thursday said it will now collect plastic packaging back from consumers in seven cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Dehradun, as part of its sustainability effort. The pilot project aims at ensuring existing plastic packaging in the …
November 15, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is all set to do away with the rate slabs it currently uses for water charges beyond its subsidy cap for domestic users. It has revised the base usage to 180 litres/capita from the old …
November 15, 2019
Mumbai: The BEST will operate buses on the newly inaugurated BKC-Chunabhatti connector from Friday, thereby reducting travel time and providing affordable and faster service for commuters between Bandra and Sion. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/best-buses-on-time-saver-bkc-flyover-from-today/articleshow/72063749.cms
November 15, 2019
Mumbai: Central Railway has two motormen travelling on a single train each on either end of a 12-coach rake – to ensure the turnaround time at Asangaon station is reduced from eight to two minutes. This experiment, whcih was kicked …
November 14, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified 158 stretches, which witness recurring potholes, and plans to redesign and rework them as a long-term solution. An expert agency will be appointed to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) to study, design …
November 14, 2019
Mumbai: Traffic police will take two weeks to study traffic movement before it decides on whether BKC-Chunabhatti connector can be opened to two-wheelers and auto-rickshaws. People are livid as they cannot use the flyover, which cuts travel time by 30 …
November 13, 2019
Mumbai: The School Bus Owners’ Association has clicked more than 90 pictures of illegal vans plying in the suburbs in the past one week, and the same will be submitted to the Bombay high court during the next hearing on …
November 11, 2019
After the appointment of consultants for big as well as small projects, now the country’s richest civic body appointed consultants for Swachh Survekshan also. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has already announced awards worth rupees 25 crores to improve people participation. …
November 11, 2019
The civic body has planned to carry out work on the Bhandup water pumping station on Thursday, November 14. As a result there will be 10 per cent water cut across the city coupled with low pressure. The station is …
November 11, 2019
IN A step towards road safety, the BMC is set to identify plantations on major road junctions across the city that act as “blind spots” for motorists. The civic body will make a list of all junctions where plantation or …
November 11, 2019
Mumbai: The 1.6-km long BKC-Chunabhatti connector, expected to reduce travel time by 30 minutes, was thrown open to motorists after several months of delay on Sunday evening. Caretaker CM Devendra Fadnavis announced the opening of the flyover over twitter on …
November 11, 2019
Mumbai: After adding a 90m hydraublic ladder, a firefighting robot and a Hazmat vehicle to fight chemical blazes in its fleet in the last few years, the Mumbai Fire Brigade now plans to buy a 55-m tall tower to tackle …
November 8, 2019
With constant complaints of congestion on the Kalyan-Shilphata stretch, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) announced on Wednesday that it will begin the work of concretisation and expansion of the road next week. The four-lane 21-km Kalyan-Shilphata road will …
November 7, 2019
BMC is exploring a plan to reserve the existing road over-bridge (ROB) at Mahalaxmi station for pedestrians after two new links for motorists are constructed, hopefully within three years. BMC floated tenders for the new bridges and is in the …
November 7, 2019
If all goes well, Central Railway (CR) commuters can finally avail of an air-conditioned local by December end. In 2016, Suresh Prabhu, who was railway minister at the time, had allotted an AC rake for the CR, but the train …
November 7, 2019
Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has started taking action against illegal hoardings, encroachers and hawkers. Jameer Lengrekar, deputy municipal commissioner, said, “We were busy with Lok Sabha elections, then festivals and Assembly elections. Now that these are over, we have …
November 7, 2019
In order to ensure that citizens are well-equipped to deal with water shortages in the future, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will spearhead a campaign to encourage housing societies to install suction tanks to store drinking water. It also plans …
November 6, 2019
Mumbai: BEST administration has received three of 37 Tejaswini buses, which will be deployed exclusively for women within 15 days. A BEST official said,”We not run a ladies special double-decker bus between CSMT-NCPA. But the women workforce has increased, which …
November 6, 2019
Mumbai: Residents in many parts of Bandra and Khar have been receiving dirty water from their taps these days. The H-West ward office started receiving complaints from Thursday and residents said the contamination problem had aggravated since. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bmc-water-raises-stink-in-parts-of-bandra-khar/articleshow/71932301.cms
November 6, 2019
Mumbai: Even as the BMC has started rolling out its property tax rebates to housing societies segregating and composting waste and recycling greywater, the rebates will not come easy. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bmc-gives-graded-tax-rebates-for-waste-processing-but-not-everyone-is-pleased/articleshow/71932177.cms
November 6, 2019
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has come up with a new policy, under which the concessions have been reduced for consumers who install small generating units to produce power from renewable sources such as sun and wind. The draft, …
November 6, 2019
The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) last week started work on the much-awaited subway that will connect the Mantralaya, Vidhan Bhavan and the new administrative building in the area to the upcoming Metro-3 (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz) station at Nariman Point. It …
November 5, 2019
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Monday told the state government that the central law that allows school bus permits to be issued to vehicles with a seating capacity of 13 and above will prevail. “Don’t put interests of school bus …
November 5, 2019
Two high-tech traffic surveillance vehicles, equipped with speedometers and cameras to catch violators along highways, were inaugurated by the Thane traffic department on Monday. The ceremony was conducted by Amit Kale, Thane traffic deputy commissioner of police and senior officers …
November 4, 2019
The Mahim Foot-Over Bridge (FOB) on Senapati Bapat Marg, which had been declared dangerous and closed to pedestrians since August, was finally brought down early on Sunday. Commuters who used the FOB for east-west connectivity can look forward to a …
November 4, 2019
Claiming that BMC and police are targeting school buses while turning a blind eye to illegal vans ferrying students, the School Bus Owners Association has decided to click picture of such irregular vehicles and upload them on social media and …
November 4, 2019
Utility wants commuters to avoid the hassle of looking for change BEST has appealed commuters to use a mobile app to buy bus tickets and renew passes, following a surge in collection of coins. The utility wants commuters to use …
November 4, 2019
Mumbai: The airport’s main runway will be closed for re-carpeting from Monday onwards, eight hours a day, six days a week, for about five months. During the closure, till March 28, 2020, flights will continue to land and take off …
November 4, 2019
In a relief for commuters, the Central Railway (CR) said the construction of a new foot overbridge (FoB) at the Kalyan-end of Dombivli station will be complete by April 2020. Work on the new FoB started recently, after the old …
November 1, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided that it will not charge entry fees from citizens to enter open spaces. This includes 1,068 gardens and playgrounds in the city. Ashustosh Salil, joint municipal commissioner, BMC, said, “We have drafted the …
November 1, 2019
Since a downward revision of fares in July, the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) has been seeing a remarkable increase in the number of passengers and has reportedly eaten into the passenger-share of autorickshaws and taxis by 15 to …
November 1, 2019
Mumbai: The main runway of the Mumbai international airport will remain closed for eight hours everyday, except Sundays and select days, from November 4 to March 28, 2020 for carrying out re-carpeting work. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) …
October 30, 2019
Navi Mumbai: From mid-November, those driving between Mumbai and Pune won’t be able to cruise at 120kmph, as the state traffic police has reduced the speed limit for cars on Expressways to 100kmph. A notification from the ministry of road …
October 30, 2019
Mumbai: There ill be no BEST bus fare hike till March 2021, the undertaking announced in its budget tabled at the committee meeting on Tuesday. But the deficit will escalate to a record Rs 2,250 crore for 2020-21, which is …
October 30, 2019
For those stuck in traffic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to procure multi-utility toilet blocks mounted on vehicles which will move around on busy stretches. The vehicles, called the Relief Facilities, will be stationed at traffic junctions and busy …
October 24, 2019
If all goes according to plans, Mumbaikars will be able to take the Metro between Andheri and Dahisar by next Diwali. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) commissioner R A Rajeev told mid-day that the civil work on the Dahisar-Andheri …
October 24, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday revealed the proposed redesign of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus traffic junction, which it hopes will improve traffic flow and make it safer and more friendly for pedestrians. Advertising The changes, which include …
October 24, 2019
In an initiative to go green, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) Commissioner RA Rajeev launched the ‘MMRDA Green Initiative’ in which as many as 51,151 saplings were planted at Shilphata, Thane. This is the first time the authority …
October 23, 2019
Mumbai: In a first, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) completed plantation of 51,151 trees in a degraded forest at Gotheghar in Shil Phata, Kalyan and Titwala. Metropolitan commissioner RA Rajeev planted the 51,151 st tree on Wednesday. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mmrda-plants-51151-trees-in-mumbai-metropolitan-region/articleshow/71708231.cms
October 23, 2019
Mumbai: For the third consecutive year, Mumbai was ranked third among the 19 cities that topped India’s crime chart, though the total number of cases registered has dipped marginally to 39,035 in 2017 against 39,617 in 2016, according to the …
October 23, 2019
Mumbai: The city will get its first conductor-less buses on Wednesday on two routes – route number 111 from CSMT to Gateway of India and route number 100 from Churchgate to Nariman Point (Free Press Journal Marg). BEST will commence …
October 22, 2019
BMC’s vigilance dept finds they are not fulfilling defect liability period clause: this monsoon has seen 11 deaths owing to potholes in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. In a sharp reminder of the 2016 road scam, 35 contractors have been issued show …
October 22, 2019
Keeping with the motto of making polls accessible to all, the state election commission moved nearly 5,200 polling booths that were on upper floors during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls to the ground floor. It also ran an outreach exercise …
October 22, 2019
In what could be the first step towards making polls more inclusive towards persons with disabilities (PwDs) and senior citizens, the Election Commission of India (EC) ensured that nearly all polling centres in the city had booths on the ground …
October 22, 2019
Mumbai: From helping residents to locate their polling centres to keeping vehicles ready to ferry senior citizens and the differently abled to their booths, residents; associati- ons and housing societies are undertaking various initiatives to ensure a better voter turnout …
October 22, 2019
The Election Commission deployed the SEEDEE at a number of locations in the City, which helped Senior Citizens and the Disabled to reach higher floors of polling booths, with ease.
October 18, 2019
Over a week after CR said that it would demolish the rusty remains of the Dombivli foot-over-bridge (FOB), the authorities have announced a traffic and power block on the night of October 18 and 19 on the Diva-Kalyan and Dombivli-Kalyan …
October 18, 2019
Mumbai: BMC chief Praveen Pardeshi shed his bureaucratic trappings and chose the smarter option to get to an event on time. He took a Western Railway local from Ram Mandir to Churchgate to get to the launch of an Indo-Dutch …
October 18, 2019
The Election Commission’s Social Media Monitoring and Controlling Cell (SMMCC) has warned against spreading of fake news and rumours about Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT). It has asked the cell members to look into …
October 17, 2019
Kalyan With residents starting their Diwali shopping, Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) have urged shopkeepers and traders asking them to not use plastic bags. Civic chief Govind Bodke recently met shopkeepers and traders at Anand Bal Bhavan in Dombivli and appealed …
October 17, 2019
Online road safety forumn MNCDF (Mumbai North Central District Forum) and Roads of Mumbai made an RTI plea to the traffic police after receiving “significant number of complaints about motorists blatantly driving in the wrong directin.” The two forums have …
October 16, 2019
The collapse of a footbridge at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in March, which killed six people and left 35 seriously injured, has sped up an old plan by the Western Railway to replace rickety, old-technology bridges on its suburban …
October 16, 2019
Mumbai: Planning to drive to Goa for Christmas? Better get a FASTag, a reloadable RFID tag linked to a pre-paid account that enables automatic deduction of toll charges as you pass the gate, since they will be mandatory at national …
October 15, 2019
Iron beams and bamboo sticks are being used to support ceilings of these schools in south Mumbai, Bandra and Santa Cruz: five school buildings have been declared dangerous and need to be razed soon. The BMC’s school Infrastructure Cell (SIC) …
October 15, 2019
Six horses have been procured from the Mahalaxmi Racecourse for Rs 50,000 each; 25 cops undergoing training in Pune. Mumbaikars will soon be seeing the daunting sight of policemen charging at them riding horses. After a gap of almost 90 …
October 14, 2019
Residents take matters into own hands after BMC delcares area no-parking zone The residents of Gokhale Road (North) in Dadar (West) and adjoining bylanes, who are against the BMC’s attempts to turn the streets into no-parking zones and impose a …
October 14, 2019
An 11-storey apartment complex in Ghatkopar (East) has been using solar energy to power the electricity requirement of its common areas since March, which has brought down their power bills to zero. Before installing the power plant, Raji Cooperative Housing …
October 11, 2019
Mumbai: Rs 11 for a cup of tea, Rs 5 for a topi, Rs 12 for a vada pav. That’s the most a candidate can spend for the upcoming assembly elections in the country. The election commission has capped the …
October 11, 2019
Mumbai: As many as three lakh new voters have been added in the final leg of the voter registration drive, which ended in September, taking the total voter base in Maharashtra to 8.89 crore, of which 4.28 crore are women, …
October 10, 2019
Mumbai: For the first time, Mumbai Traffic Police have asked Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) to suspend driving licences of motorists who have been previously caught with fancy number plates, warned to rectify them but were caught again. Between January and …
October 9, 2019
Mumbai-Pune Expressway will remain closed on Wednesday for a duration of two hours from 12 pm to 2 pm Commuters are advised to avoid travelling on the expressway during the closure time and plan their travel accordingly. Commuters can take …
October 9, 2019
Central Railway (CR) on Tuesday said the dangerous remains of the bridge at Dombivli station will be brought down in October and a new bridge built by December. CR was reacting to mid-day’s October 8 report on the dangerous bridge. …
October 9, 2019
This week, interceptor vehicles equipped with speeds guns, breathalysers, and tint meters will be deployed on Maharashtra’s highways to curb the flagrant violation of traffic rules. Advertising The Maharashtra State Highway Police has recently purchased 96 Maruti Ertigas and converted …
October 9, 2019
Taking a local train beyond Thane gives jitters to anyone, but commuters are forced to travel inside these jam packed trains. There has been a considerable increase in number of daily commuters travelling on the Thane-Karjat/Kasara belt, making travel a …
October 4, 2019
To check under-declaration of campaign spending by candidates, the Maharashtra State Election Commission has fixed the rates of items that nominees tend to under-report to show they haven’t breached the poll expenditure limit. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-rs-15-for-vada-pav-rs-15000-for-chariot-election-commission-fixes-spend-on-nominee-rallies-2794120
October 4, 2019
Here’s how much you litter, Mumbai! Just on railway tracks and premises, the Western and Central Railways has collected close to 122 tonnes of garbage in a mere 15 days — between September 16-30 — as part of special cleanliness …
October 4, 2019
One completely AC local and four 15-car rakes each with a 6-coach air-conditioned section. This is the plan that the Western Railway is giving shape in its efforts to offer more climate-controlled coaches to commuters, DNA has learnt. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-1st-class-may-soon-become-ac-on-15-coach-western-railway-locals-2794472
October 4, 2019
Navi Mumbai: In what is being perceived as an attempt to teach by example, the iconic Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation head office at Belapur has been formally declared as a ‘single use plastic-free building’. NMMC hopes this will send out …
October 1, 2019
Mumbai: Mumbai airport will be 100% free of single-use plastic by October 2, announced the GVK-run airport on Monday. “The airport has banned all single-use plastic items including disposable cutlery made up of thermocol (Polystyrene or plastic), PET/PETE bottles (less …
September 27, 2019
Mumbai: The number of polling stations in the rural parts of the state stands reduced by 6,248 compared to the 2014 figure, while the urban number has risen by 10,392. The figures reflect the rise in urbanisation in the state. …
September 27, 2019
Mumbai: Mumbai: In a first-of-its-kind initiative to encourage motorists to use a public parking lot, the BMC plans to start a BEST shuttle service from Dadar’s Kohinoor Square from next week. The service will ply from the parking lot that …
September 27, 2019
Mumbai: Adopt the best practices, advised a Bombay high court-appointed panel on Thursday, as it batted for improving the survival of trees removed and transplanted for the underground Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro 3 corridor. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/adopt-best-practices-to-save-trees-shifted-for-metro-3-bombay-high-court-appointed-panel/articleshow/71322262.cms
September 27, 2019
Mumbai: For the assembly polls, one can collect one’s voter slip from the president or secretary of one’s housing, who have been asked to ensure maximum voting from residents, said district election officer and suburban collector Milind Borikar. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/maharashtra-assembly-election-collect-voter-slip-from-your-housing-society/articleshow/71303757.cms
September 23, 2019
Mumbai: The state election commission has decided to issue duuplicate voter identity cards to the over six lakh residents from the flood-affected Sangli and Kolhapur districts in Western Maharashtra, ahead of the state assembly polls that will be held on …
September 19, 2019
Mumbai: Western Railway has decided to shut the British ere Frere road over bridge (ROB) at Grant Road to heavy vehicles, as it says the structure will be unable to handle their weight. The Frere ROB across the railway tracks …
September 19, 2019
Mumbai: Ballot paper is history and will not make a comeback, said Chief Election Commissioner (ECE) Sunil Arora who is in the city, along with election commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sunil Chandra, to review the preparedness ahead of the Maharashtra …
September 19, 2019
Mumbai: Watch your phone while travelling between Kurla-Mulund railway stations. This belt of Central Railway reported the most phone thefts (nearly 2,500) in the first eight months of this year. Nearly 17,000 mobile thefts were reported on Mumbai railways and …
September 19, 2019
30,000 people cleared the tracks as part of a cleanliness drive on Tuesday and found an astonishing amount of waster, mostly plastic, from Churchgate to Virar. Eleven days after trains on the Western line came to a grinding halt when …
September 17, 2019
When free bus passes were added to the list of free things for students studying in the BMC schools two years ago, many, especially the ones hailing from financially poor background, heaved a sigh of relief. However, years later things …
September 17, 2019
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora with two commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra will be on a two day visit to Mumbai on September 17 and 18. They will hold review of the assembly poll preparations with the state …
September 16, 2019
Mumbai: The railways will focus on ‘collection of plastic waste’ on September 17 as part of the ongoing cleanliness drive. Central Railway will create awareness campaigns for creating impact against plastic: vendors to be educated not to use plastic due …
September 16, 2019
In a massive crackdown against illegal auto-rickshaw drivers plying across the city, a sustained Regional Transport Office (RTO) drive caught more than 8,000 errant auto-rickshaw drivers from February 26 to July 31. The RTO began action after mid-day published a …
September 16, 2019
A week after the inauguration of Bandongri Metro Station in Kandivali (E) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, work on an important link to Kandivali railway station connecting the metro station was inaugurated. On September 15, Bhoomi Pujan for widening the …
September 16, 2019
With the introduction of a first-of-its-kind contract system, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) aims to build seven bridges, currently shut after being declared dilapidated, latest by May 2020. According to the new design-build-transfer system, contractors will suggest the latest and …
September 16, 2019
More than 76 lakh youngsters in the age group of 18 to 30 are out of the voters’ list, according to the latest electoral roll published by the Election Commission on August 31. The number of voters after the recent …
September 16, 2019
With the impending medium-to-long-term water crisis faced by the city in mind, the With the impending medium-to-long-term water crisis faced by the city in mind, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to ensure that the societies use their sewage treatment …
September 11, 2019
Intensifying the drive to keep a check on cooking oil consumption at restaurants, the state food watchdog has decided to acquire equipment to test the overuse of oil. It will also come in handy for the government’s plan to covert …
September 11, 2019
The highest September rainfall in 25 years has left the city with potholes on almost every road but going by BMC records, there are only 233 potholes that are yet to be filled. Since June this year, the BMC has …
September 11, 2019
MUMBAI: Spelling relief to a large number of regular commuters and tourists, Western Railway announced it would run air-conditioned local services throughout the week from this weekend. WR introduced the AC local on December 25, 2017, but services were run …
September 11, 2019
As the war over the Metro car depot at Aarey Milk Colony wages on, city tree huggers have something to smile about: The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) will replace each tree cut to make way for the Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro …
September 11, 2019
Almost four years after introducing local trains with limited seats — so as to make space for more passengers who can stand and travel — the Railways will be scrapping them. The Central Railway is in the last stage of …
September 11, 2019
For the first time, school buses in and around the city will get dedicated bus stops, similar to the ones for buses, taxis and autorickshaws. Parents would have to pick and drop their children from these stops, once the locations …
September 11, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday took the first step to avoid frequent digging of roads in the city by deciding to shift the myriad underground utilities below the 2,000-km road network into underground ducts. The civic body plans …
September 10, 2019
Mumbai: Six AC and four non-AC electric buses will hit the road on route 302 Pratiksha Nagar-Mulund in the eastern suburbs from 5.30am, Tuesday. This was announced by the BEST undertaking after the launch of the electric buses by Shiv …
September 10, 2019
PUNE: Several outreach programmes by the Election Commission of India (EC) have not helped the registration of youth voters improve much in the run up to the Maharashtra assembly elections. The draft electoral roll released on August 31 revealed that …
September 10, 2019
Amid growing concerns over hefty fines for violation of traffic laws, Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said even he has been fined for speeding on the Bandra-Worli sea link. Gadkari was talking to reporters in Mumbai about …
September 10, 2019
Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) on Monday launched its new mobile app – BEST Pravas – that will let the 30 lakh commuters of the transport body track the buses on any route. They will also be able to …
September 10, 2019
After scrutiny and spot surveys to find out the reason for waterlogging after heavy rain on September 4, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday attributed it to the overflowing of Mithi river. Municipal commissioner Praveen Pardeshi came up with a …
September 10, 2019
As the ongoing protests against the construction of the Metro-3 car shed in Aarey Colony gather steam, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chiefs threw their weight behind the need for axing 2,185 trees to …
September 9, 2019
Taking note of demands from citizens and activists to keep civic gardens open for 24 hours, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Saturday cleared decks to keep 23 gardens in city open round-the-clock. The change in timing will come into effect …
September 9, 2019
Mumbai: Soon, BEST buses will ferry you ‘non-stop’ with not a single stop en route. The undertaking has now been granted permission by the transport authority for three such routes in the city-Andheri station to Seven Bungalows, Kandivali station to …
September 9, 2019
The new laws with revised fines are likely to be implemented soon after receiving a nod from state government. Under the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act, 2019, motorists can be fined up to Rs 5,000 for jumping red light, using a …
September 9, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued directions over using 16 rail overbridges (RoB) to Ganesh devotees during immersion of the idols to prevent any mishap. In its notice ahead of Anant Chaturdashi, the last day of celebrations on September …
September 6, 2019
The state government is not done eating away at Aarey yet. After the state-government controlled Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation took away 82 hectares of Aarey-equivalent to nine. Oval maidans – for an administrative building, a casting yard, and a car …
September 6, 2019
Nearly a week after the on-street parking was implemented in five stretches of Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has collected Rs 3.4 lakh as fines between August 30 and September 3. The Mumbai Parking Authority is now focussing on …
September 6, 2019
Mumbai: The BMC and traffic police will intensify action near 14 public parking lots that are not being fully utilized by motorists, and will focus on Borivli, Vikhroli and South Mumbai. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bmc-cops-to-get-tough-on-illegal-parking/articleshow/71002840.cms
September 6, 2019
Mumbai: Election Commission of India on Thursday took stock of Maharashtra’s preparedness for elections in a month. Deputy commissioner Umesh Singh held a meeting with the state election office review the situation and ensure the code of conduct is followed …
September 6, 2019
Mumbai: The country’s first inter-city electric air-conditioned bus was launched at the Mumbai Central ST bus depot on Thursday. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray launched the bus, days before the code of conduct for the impending assembly polls kicks in. …
September 5, 2019
Mumbai: Maharashtra, which is heading for assembly polls, has added a whopping 21 lakh voters to it electoral rolls in the last seven months alone. The rise in women voters is higher. The number of male voters has increased bt …
September 5, 2019
The tree authority of the Brihamumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) informed the Bombay high court on Wednesday that it has not yet granted Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) a formal permission to cut 2,185 and transplant 461 trees for the Metro-3 …
September 4, 2019
Good news for Mumbaikars! Finally, you can now track your local train in realtime. The M-Indicator app, that is popular with 8 million commuters, has now gone live, by community-sourcing. It manages to track down realtime train timings by sharing …
September 4, 2019
The Goregaon-CSMT route was nixed after CR found that the AC local wouldn’t be able to pass through the low overbridges along the way. The Central Railway (CR) is now likely to run its first air-conditioned train on the Trans-Harbour …
September 4, 2019
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has firmed up plans to build a multi-modal transport hub in Wadala spread across 18.44 hectares. The hub, which will be built near the Wadala mono rail station, will include all public transport …
September 4, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will install water ATMs at Marine Drive and Girgaum Chowpatty in January next year, civic officials said. Citizens will get water from these ATMs at a nominal cost of ₹1 per litre. The project is …
August 30, 2019
Abandoned vehicles were a hindrance to traffic movement. At least 30 khataaras have been cleared from the vicinity of Bandra station and Bandra Terminus in the last two days. Additionally, at least 150 two wheelers and autorickshaws that were illegally …
August 30, 2019
Mumbai: The BMC has decided to keep all its open spaces in the city open to for public till 10pm. According to an order passed by the civic body on Tuesday, the gardens will be kept open from 6am-10pm. The …
August 30, 2019
Mumbai: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Tree Authority on Thursday cleared the proposal for cutting or transplanting 2,702 trees in Mumbai’s Aarey Colony in Maharashtra for Metro-3 car shed. Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd’s (MMRCL) proposal for cutting 2,232 trees (to be …
August 30, 2019
In parking space-starved Mumbai, where on the one hand the civic body is charging fine up to ₹23,000 for unauthorised parking, its 19 amenity parking lots, with a capacity of 1,502 vehicles, are lying vacant since 2017, with the space …
August 30, 2019
With 96% stock available in the seven lakes that supply water to the city, Mumbaiites are unlikely to face water cuts this year, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has said. As of Thursday, the water level in the seven lakes …
August 30, 2019
Thane traffic police have deployed more than 800 traffic police personnel at major junctions in the city to manage the traffic during Ganeshotsav. The police have asked the Ganesh mandals to inform them about their processions in advance so that …
August 29, 2019
Mumbai: The BMC and the traffic police have declared five arterial roads across the city as no-parking zones, but with demarcated exceptions. The plan, a pilot project, will be implemented from August 30, said a BMC official. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/no-parking-on-most-stretches-of-5-arterial-roads-from-tomorrow/articleshow/70884238.cms
August 29, 2019
The Maharashtra government has decided to provide property cards to flat owners that will grant them ownership title of their property. The decision was taken in the state cabinet meeting on Wednesday. The cabinet has approved rules that will allow …
August 29, 2019
The Mumbai traffic police recently nabbed a 22-year-old man for using a fake number plate on his two-wheeler to avoid e-challans. The accused, Mohammed Hussain Shaikh, was arrested by the Dharavi police on charges of cheating and forgery. In the …
August 29, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday decided to increase the timings of its gardens, and said they will be open for 16 hours daily, between 6am and 10pm. Currently, BMC gardens are open for around 12 hours and are …
August 29, 2019
The Central Railway (CR) plans to make it easier for passengers to get tickets for suburban and outstation trains by setting up self-ticketing zones at its stations. Sixty-eight self-ticketing experience zones (STEZs) set up at 27 railway stations will have …
August 28, 2019
Happy to see our #SocialSanchar with @mumbaimetro3 MD, Smt Ashwini Bhide covered by a cross-section of the press. Those who missed it can catch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2zLY7AuZsE
August 28, 2019
Mumbai: In the almost two months since the BMC began implementing its new no-parking rule, over 1,300 vehicle owners have been penalised, adding over Rs 83.9 lakh to civic coffers. The BMC began collecting steep penalties ranging from Rs 5,000 …
August 28, 2019
Ganpati might bless Mumbaikars and spare them another round of strike this year by the employee union of Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST). On Tuesday, Shashank Rao led BEST Sanyukt Kaamgar Kruti Samiti (BSKKS) declared that they will go …
August 28, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to push for strict action against private buses that repeatedly park illegally. The civic body plans to write to the Mumbai Traffic Police and Regional Transport Office (RTO) stating that registration of such …
August 28, 2019
After inviting suggestions from citizens ahead of drafting a new open spaces policy, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday held a conference with public stakeholders, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and citizens groups, to brainstorm on key aspects of the policy. …
August 27, 2019
Crowd control will be a nightmare as no more than 200 people together will be allowed to cross any of the three bridges – Currey Road, Chinchpokli or Elphinstone. Weight restrictions on three ageing bridges in central Mumbai during the …
August 27, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will bring down weight of road-over-bridge (RoBs) and bridges connecting to railway stations in central and western railway following the recommendation of Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B). The civic body will bring a proposal for …
August 26, 2019
Mumbai: The new AC Electic buses will hit the roads from first the week of September, a senior BEST official said on Sunday. BEST will start training at least 20 drivers of private contractors from Monday to familiarise them with …
August 26, 2019
Mumbai: A week prior to Ganeshotsav, over 74% of the community Ganpati mandals that had sought permission to set up pandals on roads and footpaths got the go-ahead from the civic body. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bmc-approves-over-2000-ganpati-pandal-requests/articleshow/70834418.cms
August 26, 2019
Mumbai: Two-Wheeler riders are the most indisciplined on Mumbai roads, if e-challans issued by the traffice department are anythings to go by. There was a six-fold rise in numner of bikers challaned between January to mid-August compared to the same …
August 26, 2019
A total of 442 buildings that caters to 1,187 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run schools will soon have fire-fighting training sessions for its students and teachers. The fire department of the BMC will be providing training on a weekly basis which …
August 26, 2019
Garbage mounds at the Deonar dumping ground may soon go higher – up to 50m (height of a 15-storey structure) from the current 25-30 (height of an eight-storey structure) – to make space for a waste-energy plant. The dumping ground, …
August 23, 2019
Mumbai: Bombay high court directed BMC on Thursday to inspect some 15 buildings and commercial establishments within three days and submit a report stating whether they are friendly to the differently abled. A bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and …
August 23, 2019
Mumbai: The state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday stated that it would give school and college canteens another few months to rejig their menus. Around 25 colleges and schools were felicitated for transforming their menus for healthier options …
August 23, 2019
With a few days left for the city’s first air-conditioned local to undergo a long-pending overhaul, the Western Railway finally managed to get a second AC local on tracks on Thursday. With this, commuters won’t all have to sweat it …
August 23, 2019
The state branch of the Election Commission (EC) will undertake a special drive to issue duplicate voter identification cards for locals from the flood-affected areas of Sangli and Kolhapur districts, ahead of the Assembly elections, which are likely to be held …
August 23, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in its affidavit to the Bombay high court (HC), said the Bandra (East) skywalk had been shut owing to a structural audit being carried out by the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) and will remain …
August 22, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has received around 290 suggestions and objections from citizens for drafting a policy on the upkeep of gardens in the city. However, citizens are divided over the entry charges and allowing pets inside the garden …
August 22, 2019
Each of the seven holes fined at Rs 2,000: pandal to be dismantled in 48 hrs: BMC. The BMC’s G (South) ward issued a notice to MahaPrabhadevi Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal at Prabhadevi Chowk for erecting a pandal without taking requisite …
August 22, 2019
After report on how constables were asking truck drivers for cement-concrete to fix potholes on Western Express Highway in Dahisar, MMRDA fixes the stretch. After Mirror published a front-page last week on policemen taking help from truck drivers tp repair …
August 22, 2019
The hawkers’ issue in Mumbai, which is lingering around for almost three decades now, is nowhere to see an immediate solution, as there is a doubt among citizens that there will be any positive development despite Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) …
August 22, 2019
The construction of the city’s largest sewage treatment plant (STP) along Malad creek has been stalled by the Union environment ministry. The move comes despite the state mangrove cell recommending the project, and a parallel tendering process having been initiated …
August 22, 2019
The civic body’s tree authority on Wednesday refused to clear a proposal to cut 2,238 trees and replant 464 trees in Aarey Milk Colony to make way for the upcoming Metro-3 car depot, seeking more details from the civic administration. …
August 21, 2019
Mumbai will soon get a package of Rs 891.34 crore for the intelligent traffic management system (ITMS), with the state cabinet granting its approval to the project on Tuesday. The key features of the project include non-intrusive traffic detection technology …
August 21, 2019
Bandra residents have demanded improved fire safety, emergency services and solid waste management at the fair held annually at the Mount Mary Basilica. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) last week rolled out the final policy for the Bandra Fair 2019. …
August 21, 2019
With a budget of Rs 25 crore for each of the 155 Metro stations across 12 corridors, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is looking at 17 components or facilities in the 500-m radius of each station to improve …
August 21, 2019
The vehicle tracking system (VTS) was on Tuesday activated on 956 Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) buses that ply on Mumbai, Pune, and Nashik routes, including 115 air-conditioned Shivneri buses. A total of 23 locations including Dadar-based stand of …
August 21, 2019
In an effort to abide by the Bombay high court (HC) directions of 2017 to improve safety measures during Dahi Handi celebrations, Mumbai Police and Dahi Handi Samanvay Samiti (DHSS), the umbrella body of mandals, have asked organisers to allow …
August 21, 2019
Mumbai witnessed 1,496 road accidents between January and June this year — the highest among 10 cities and 33 districts in Maharashtra — according to data from the state government. A total of 206 people died, while 1,538 others were …
August 20, 2019
Yellow demarcated boxes will soon identify halting places for BEST buses at their stops. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is expected to approve this by month end whereby later these boxes will be drawn in front of every bus stop. …
August 20, 2019
As a part of a crackdown against motorist riding vehicles with fancy number plates, the Mumbai Traffic Police (MTP) has registered a total of 2,272 cases registered from January 2019 till the early weeks of August. The traffic cops have …
August 20, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has warned it will take strict action against private buses for illegally parking around 500-metre radius at BEST bus depots or its terminus. The civic body has set a deadline of September 1 time to …
August 20, 2019
After its plans to develop vertical gardens under 23 flyovers in the city, the Mumbai civic body will now join cities like Delhi and Bengaluru with its proposal to develop vertical gardens on Metro and Monorail pillars, and the pillars …
August 20, 2019
Continuing its drive against illegal parking, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), along with Mumbai Police, will now seize and auction private buses found parked illegally a second time, starting September 1. On Monday, civic chief Praveen Pardeshi released a press …
August 19, 2019
In a serious bid to improve the service delivery, the Maharashtra government has firmed up an ambitious plan to implement blockchain technology in agriculture marketing, supply chain, registration of vehicles and document management system. The Maharashtra Information Technology Directorate will …
August 19, 2019
In order to ensure the environment around them stays green, a college in Malad has adopted numerous eco-friendly measures: generating solar energy, recycling waste, vertical gardens and botanical gardens. The Smt Kamaladevi Gauridutt (KG) Mittal College of Arts and Commerce, …
August 19, 2019
The state has issued 75,434 permits for autos and 1,604 permits for taxis in the city between June 2017 and March 2019, data from the state transport department revealed. In 1996, the state had stopped issuing new permits for autos …
August 19, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued notices seeking citizens’ response over its plan to cut 675 and transplant 1,146 trees for three Metro lines. The garden department has scheduled a hearing on citizens’ objections on August 27. The notice …
August 19, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will set up three sewage treatment plants (STP) along Dahisar river and install sewage pipelines on the banks of Poisar river, along with nine STPs, as part of its water quality improvement program for Dahisar, …
August 16, 2019
Weeks after mid-day reported about a snack corner allegedly functioning without proper civic permissions under the Himalaya Bridge at CSMT, the BMC has issued a notice to it, asking the owner of the stall to remove the encroachment and illegal …
August 16, 2019
Work on both upcoming metro networks in the Western suburbs is around 70% complete and trial runs are expected to start in June 2020, according to the city’s apex planning and development body. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) …
August 16, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) standing committee on Wednesday approved a proposal to slash water charges for fitness centres in residential societies. The decision is set to reduce water costs for in-house gyms at residential societies by more than 90% …
August 16, 2019
In a relief for daily commuters between Mumbai and Pune, Central Railway (CR) said that it will resume five train services between the cities from Friday. Two trains — Sinhagad Express and Deccan Queen — will run from Mumbai, while …
August 14, 2019
The plan to develop a transport hub at Anik bus depot in Wadala got a boost as the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) committee gave its nod on Tuesday to participate in the Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) project, which …
August 14, 2019
The Bombay high court (HC) has directed the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to explain why the skywalk, which connects Bandra railway station to Bandra-Kurla Complex, was shut last month, and on whose authority the decision was made. The …
August 14, 2019
While Metro-7 (Dahisar E-Andheri E) will have 82 escalators, Metro 2A (Dahisar-DN Nagar) will have 105 escalators at its stations. The two elevated corridors are expected to be operational by December 2020. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has …
August 14, 2019
Repair work on the Sion bridge will finally begin next month as the ball-bearings and jacks needed for it are ready to be shipped from Nashik and Bangalore to Mumbai by the end of this month. Motorists on the Eastern …
August 14, 2019
At a time when the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has failed to take back 27 open plots from different organisations given for maintenance, the civic body has moved ahead with a proposal to give open spaces for underground parking across …
August 13, 2019
For the convenience of its 4 lakh daily commuters, Mumbai Metro Line 1 (MML1) has installed a coin vending machine (CVM) at Andheri Metro station with the help of which commuters can get change of up to Rs 200 without …
August 13, 2019
Mumbaikars can now hope to find a parking spot for their vehicles at railway stations as Railway Protection Force (RPF) has kick-started the process of clearing abandoned vehicles from spaces around railway stations in the city. A total of 390 …
August 13, 2019
Mumbai: Now, find a public parking lot (PPT) abywhere in the city by downloading the “MCGM 24×7” app on your mobile phone. The app lists all PPLs in the city that are managed by the BMC as well as BEST. …
August 13, 2019
Mumbai: Three agencies from different places came together to provide a green corridor for a patient who was in urgent need of surgery. The patient was brought in an ambulance from Nashik to Mumbai for a liver operation on Monday. …
August 13, 2019
More than 600 volunteers from the Koli community in Colaba cleared out 500 tonnes of trash from the beach near Cuffe Parade on Monday. The volunteers, including children and women, started the clean-up at 2.30pm. While volunteers cleaned out most …
August 13, 2019
A total of 1,578 pothole complaints were lodged with the civic body in 30 days. With more than a month to go till the monsoon ends, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has already received 2,648 complaints from June 10 to …
August 12, 2019
Mumbai: All suburban railway stations will have their own police in-charge and a tiny army of constables to handle any eventuality from next month, in a new strategy by the railway police commissioner. They will be responsible for everything at …
August 12, 2019
The civic body has decided to install solar panels on the rooftop of its four-storeyed engineers’ hub building in Worli. This is the first office of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) which will run on solar power and the panels …
August 12, 2019
Central Railway (CR) has asked the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) to shut the Dombivli rail overbridge (RoB) for all types of vehicles by August 28 to carry out repair works. A CR official, requesting anonymity, said, “The RoB needs to …
August 12, 2019
The Blue Squad of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) may soon start visiting shops to check single use of plastic which is banned across the state. The squad reportedly stopped conducting checks around a month ago. To implement the plastic ban, …
August 12, 2019
After facing acute shortage of water during this summer, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to cut down the water supply to housing societies or commercial establishments if they have a provision of common sewage treatment plant (STP). A …
August 12, 2019
When a developer handed over a parking space to a homebuyer on the ground floor instead of basement as per the agreement, he was ordered by Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) to stick to the deal or return the …
August 9, 2019
The Brihanmumbai municipal corporation (BMC) is now looking for private land in the space-starved city to set up and operate construction debris processing units for its ‘Debris on Call’ service. The units will be responsible for setting up a 24×7 …
August 9, 2019
The city administration has decided to collect property tax from individual flats rather than entire buildings in a move anticipated to both hold the individual flat owner more accountable as well as facilitate the tax payment for Mumbaikars. The Brihanmumbai …
August 9, 2019
The state government has invited suggestions and objections from citizens on its decision to convert more than 2.03 hectares of land, reserved as a no-development zone (NDZ) in Aarey Colony, for construction of “Metro Bhavan and Metro Rail-allied users”. Citizens …
August 9, 2019
Traffic movement in and around south Mumbai might be affected as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to start repair works on India’s first flyover, the Kemps Corner flyover, which is used by motorists plying towards the business hub of …
August 8, 2019
Within a month of launching a policy against parking on roads within 500-mt-radius of public parking lots (PPLs), the BMC has already collected over Rs 67 lakh in fines from 1,041 vehicles. The average collection has been around Rs 2.22 …
August 8, 2019
Mumbai: Come up with a comprehensive solution to prevent waterlogging on railway tracks in Mumbai division and win Rs 1 lakh, the railways has told its staffers. The announcement for the group award comes after the recent spate of train …
August 8, 2019
Mumbai: Two crucial connectors are being reopened to light vehicles in Andheri. Oshiwara bridge was reopened on Wednesday evening, while another at SNDT, Juhu, will be reopened on Friday. Both were declared dilapidated by BMC, with restrictions being imposed on …
August 8, 2019
Navi Mumbai: Heavy vehicles will not be allowed to run on the first right lane on city roads and all state highways. Additional director general of police (traffic), Vinay Kargaonkar, was likely to issue the notification this week as a …
August 8, 2019
The hawkers’ issue is not going to end soon as a decision on eligible hawkers in the city will take a little more time. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Council has given additional time to hawkers to submit documents to support their …
August 8, 2019
You can put out your complaints about the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) on social media, and get timely updates about bus services, as the operator is now on Twitter. The two handles – @MyBESTBus and @MyBESTElectric – were …
August 8, 2019
Following complaints by passengers that automatic doors of Mumbai’s first suburban air-conditioned (AC) train at times open on the wrong side of platform, the Western Railway (WR) plans to install automatic sensors. Currently, the guards open the doors manually, and …
August 7, 2019
Despite all its awareness campaigns, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has failed to convince more than 50 per cent of the city’s bulk waste generators (generating more than 100 kg of solid waste daily) to process their own waste. After hotel …
August 7, 2019
After being told by the BMC that heavy vehicles weighing only 16 tonnes will be allowed on the Chinchpokli road over bridge (ROB) — that has been reported to be in a poor state by Indian Institutes of Technology-Bombay — …
August 7, 2019
Mumbai: In a first, the BMC plans to collect compost generated by residential societies and commercial establishments and hand it over to farmers who arrive in the city for weekly markets to sell vegetables and fruits. Compost is added to …
August 7, 2019
Amid flooding in various districts, Maharashtra Government will take precautionary measures to tackle monsoon-related disease outbreak across the state. In this regard, the state’s public health department will carry out a door-to-door medical health check campaign. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-162-teams-to-help-curb-illnesses-post-flooding-2779615
August 7, 2019
To improve the quality of education in civic-run schools, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has tied up with the Quality Council of India (QCI) to conduct quality audits of its schools starting this year. The initiative was inaugurated by Yuva …
August 6, 2019
The BMC has issued a show-cause notice to pathologival laboratory Thurocare Technologies Ltd for severe underperformance in the much-touted diagnostic test scheme ‘Aapli Chitkitsa’ for poor patients. According to the BMC, Thurocare had to conduct tests on 900 patients per …
August 6, 2019
MbPT will give MMRDA a piece of land to help it recover the cost of the project The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Authority (MMRDA) and Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) resolved their differences over sharing the cost of underground Metro route between …
August 6, 2019
Mumbai: Beware, passengers who book tatkal tickets from Mumbai’spassenger reservation system (PRS) to travel from destinations in north India. Central Railway’s anti-tout squad has now been asked to weed out and fine such passengers on the basis of booking locations …
August 6, 2019
Mumbai: For those who get off at Western Express Highway Metro station and travel to the commercial hubs around Goregaon, the last-mile commute is all set to get comfortable. An AC shuttle bus service has been launched for peak hours …
August 6, 2019
By the end of 2019, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) will have more air-conditioned (AC) buses in its fleet, an app to alert passengers on the expected arrival time and a smart card that can be used for …
August 2, 2019
मुख्य निवडणूक अधिकाऱ्यांचे आवाहन मुंबई : इलेक्ट्रॉनिक मतदान यंत्रे (ईव्हीएम) तांत्रिदृष्टय़ा अत्यंत सुरक्षित असून ती कधीही चुकीचे मत नोंदवू शकत नाहीत. तसेच त्यांच्या सुरक्षेचा भंग करणे अशक्य आहे. त्यामुळे नागरिकांनी ईव्हीएमविषयी पसरविण्यात येणाऱ्या अफवांवर विश्वास ठेवू नये, असे आवाहन राज्याचे …
August 2, 2019
Residents of Lokhandwala township in Kandivli East, who have been complaining about the growing menace of vehicles parked in the narrow lanes here, may finally have a solution. The BMC has decided to start a pay and park zone on …
August 2, 2019
In order to meet the parking space requirement in the city, the Mumbai Parking Authority (MPA) held meetings with malls to use their parking space during the weekdays. The mall owners can charge as decided by them and the parking …
August 2, 2019
Commuters travelling on the suburban railway network may be inconvenienced as the Railways plans to undertake maintenance work on its foot overbridges (FoB) on Central and Western Railway (CR, WR) soon. However, a senior CR official said there will be no …
August 2, 2019
Twenty-four ex-servicemen from the Indian Army are ensuring Mumbaiites don’t park illegally in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) G South ward that covers Elphinstone Road and Lower Parel. The ward has signed a contract of 11 months, for the multistorey public …
August 1, 2019
The Central Railway (CR) will soon get its first multi-level parking lot, with the construction of the structure underway at Thane station. This is in addition to the 13 locations the CR has identified for pay-and-park spots. The parking lot …
August 1, 2019
Company that developed Voice of Citizen is offering it for free, but BMC is yet to take up the offer. The BMC has failed to launch a website and an app that will allow Mumbaikars to report potholes on city …
August 1, 2019
In an attempt to stop non-biodegradable and inflammatory waste from landing up in the dump yards, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to introduce a three-bin system, which will help segregate dry, wet and hazardous waste at source. Sanitary …
August 1, 2019
The country’s first semi-air-conditioned (AC) local train may operate on Mumbai’s suburban railway network from December. The railway ministry is reviewing the nearly dropped plan of introduction of semi-AC local trains, which will have a mix of general and AC …
August 1, 2019
After a wait for several months, new electric buses will soon be inducted into the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) fleet. The first batch of the five air-conditioned (AC) e-buses has arrived in Mumbai. Under a Centre-sponsored scheme, BEST …
August 1, 2019
Even as the Western Railway is on a tight schedule to service its first and only operational air-conditioned local train, a new kind of local which will be partially air-conditioned is likely to be introduced in Mumbai come September. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-partially-ac-local-likely-to-hit-tracks-in-september-2777841
July 31, 2019
Mumbai: Though the heavy rains over the past few days have helped Mumbai get rid of water woes, roads across the city are filled with potholes, and it has been a harrowing commute for Mumbaikers. Several motorists, especially, those who …
July 31, 2019
Mumbai: To ease commuter hardship, Western Railway has shortlisted 19 locations on 11 suburban stations to set up double-discharge staircase-cum-escalators which allow entry/exit from a station via a footover bridge. In a double-discharge facility, a staircase is built alongside or …
July 31, 2019
Animal rights activists have organized a rally near Worli on Tuesday to protest the physical assault on a male dog in a building in Worli last week. Due to the excessive physical torture, the dog is experiencing seizures and is …
July 31, 2019
The all India security helpline number of 182 has sadly become a timepass for many. The Railway Protection Force (RPF), whose staff dedicate their time for ensuring immediate response to women in need of help, are inundated with flimsy and …
July 31, 2019
The city has recorded over 5,000 gastroenteritis, stomach infections mostly caused by contaminated food and water, so far this year, according to figures released by the BMC’s public health department. The H/East ward, which has jurisdiction over Andheri East, Jogeshwari …
July 30, 2019
Mumbai: Two weeks into the stringent parking policy and several city roads already appear visibly wider. The civic body levies fines ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 15,000 on vehicle owners for occupying roads within a 500-metre radius of public …
July 30, 2019
Have you noticed you reach your destination a bit faster these days? The roads are wider, thanks to weeding out of illegal encroachments and removal of Metro barricades in certain localities and the crackdown on illegal parking with steep fines …
July 30, 2019
BMC chief clears proposal that will benefit all housing societies, but awaits standing committee approval. If you segregate garbage and dispose of your own wet and dry waste, you cam get a property tax waiver of up to 7 per …
July 30, 2019
Mumbai: The steady rainfall has boosted the water quantum in lakes supplying to Mumbai’s needs with levels touching 78.08% or 11.30 lakh million litres on Monday. Three of the seven lakes have already overflowed and Vihar Lake is close to …
July 30, 2019
In the four days of its trial run, the automated multimodal biometric identification system (AMBIS) has solved 85 criminal cases and identified 599 accused. Described as a Google for cops, the AMBIS is the first identification system in India that …
July 29, 2019
Of the 26 public parking lots (PPL) owned by it, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has allotted only one PPL for 18 lakh two-wheelers in the city. Located at Parel, the PPL has 512 parking slots for two-wheelers. However, the …
July 29, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) witnessed a surge in the number of passengers from 17 lakh to 25 lakh after reducing the fares of its buses on July 9. However, the transport body is now facing a new …
July 29, 2019
To use material from plasticban; changing plants for mixing 7% plastic with tar. The BMC seems to be heading towards making good use of 60,000 kg plastic seized from raids after a ban was imposed in June last year. Municipal …
July 29, 2019
The Maharashtra police is set to launch a high-tech biometric system that includes advanced face recognition technology to identify criminals and share the details with local, national and international agencies, including Interpol. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/state-police-to-launch-high-tech-biometric-scanning-system/articleshow/70414414.cms
July 29, 2019
Mumbai: In the past 23 days, the BMC has collected Rs 51 lakh fine by penalizing over 19,800 citizens for littering in public spaces and dumping garbage in drains and nullahs. The BMC has penalized most offenders through private agencies …
July 26, 2019
A day after mid-day reported about the Central Railway’s poor quality of work in fixing station roofs, the staff and workers of its engineering department spent all of Thursday plugging the holes, unfortunately doing the same shoddy job all over …
July 26, 2019
Mumbai: Ever since Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri, gained fame as a prime shopping market in the late 1980s, residents have been beset by double and triple parking that causes interminable traffic jams and delays. TOI had reported as recently as January …
July 26, 2019
Mumbai: In a bid to promote public transport in the Worli-Lower Parel commercial hub and surrounding areas, the BMC’s G-South ward office wants BEST to start AC bus services on nine routes from six railway stations for officegoers, who now …
July 26, 2019
In a bid to ease commuter pain, the 12 trains that currently run between Mumbai and different cities of Gujarat will soon have a new termination destination: Jogeshwari terminus. To that end, the Western Railways is in the final stage …
July 26, 2019
More than a decade after they were planned, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has finally given a push to build Mogra and Mahul pumping stations, by inviting bids to appoint consultants for the projects. Two consultants are likely to be shortlisted …
July 25, 2019
Scheme valid for only those who don’t have parking in their buildings and live within 500 mt of a public parking lot. To encourage people to use public parking lots (PPL), the BMC has decided to give 50 per cent …
July 25, 2019
A 12-hour-a-day monthly pass will now cost Rs 2,000, down from Rs 5,000 earlier. The BMC has more than halved its parking rates at BEST depots for school and private bus operators to prevent them from parking their vehicles on …
July 25, 2019
The Mumbai division of Central Railway (CR) has announced that 18 intercity trains to Pune or passing via Pune from Mumbai, will be fully or partially cancelled between July 26 and August 9. Mumbai-Pune is one of the busiest train …
July 25, 2019
It’s been more than two weeks since the new rules on no-parking zones began to be implemented. Vehicle owners who were penalised have felt the pinch of high fines – from ₹5,000 to ₹15,000 depending on the type of vehicle …
July 25, 2019
In a bid to make more commuters ply the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses and further beautification outside Bandra railway station, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi recently visited the station area and gauged the situation …
July 24, 2019
Mumbai: Open space needs to be maintained no one side of a building so that fire engines can access it in cast of a blaze. If there’s a fire evaculation lift, alongside an enclosed staircase, it can be used by …
July 24, 2019
Mumbai: The RTO and traffic police recently sent reminders to schools in Mumbai to ensure that buses and vans ferrying students are running legally and the schools have signed a Common Standard Agreement (CSA) with the bus contractors. This is …
July 24, 2019
Mumbai: There will be no water supply in parts of Goregaon (east and west), Malad (east and west), Kandivali (east and west), and Borivli (West) on July 25-26 as the BMC has planned to take up pipeline related work. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/parts-of-mumbai-wont-get-water-on-thursday-and-friday/articleshow/70356406.cms
July 24, 2019
Byculla is finally getting its footpaths back. The BMC on Tuesday demolished 157 hutments on the footpaths along Morland Road that connects Byculla to Mumbai Central. Residents of the 40-year-old hutments will be moved to Chembur’s Mulund Nagar area where …
July 24, 2019
In what could be good news for women commuters in Mumbai, Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Committee on Tuesday gave nod for buying 37 buses for women under Tejaswini Scheme of the state government. These buses will exclusively ferry …
July 24, 2019
Central Railway (CR) has started work on a 500m skywalk to connect the platforms of Parel railway station to the Carol (Prabhadevi) road overbridge (RoB). This will enable commuters walking on the RoB to directly reach Parel station’s platforms without …
July 23, 2019
Central Railway (CR) has identified 13 new locations in the city to be used as pay-and-park spaces for commuters. The railways’ initiative comes close on the heels of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) implementing heavy penalties on motorists parking within …
July 23, 2019
Though the loss-making Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) has seen a rise in the number of passengers after a fare cut earlier this month, its staff union on Monday threatened to go on an indefinite strike from midnight of …
July 23, 2019
The Indian Railways has decided to display details of foot and road overbridges across the country which will provide information on it’s date of construction and other details. On Saturday union railway minister Piyush Goyal announced the same after he …
July 23, 2019
River March a citizens group, which is campaigning for clean rivers has asked BMC to investigate the complaints made by few of its members, on Monday about a Vehicle Mounted Suction Unit of the Sewerage Operations department, which allegedly was …
July 23, 2019
Construction of six bridges in Eastern suburbs will start by the end of monsoon. The BMC has finalised the contract of the reconstruction of four dilapidated and two new bridges (mainly foot overbridges) in Ghatkopar, Powai and Mulund suburbs. The …
July 22, 2019
Located near the polluted Poisar river in suburban Mumbai, a housing society in Kandivli has been recycling one lakh litres of wastewater every day at their sewage treatment plant (STP) into re-usable water for the past 33 months. Spread across …
July 22, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief Praveen Pardeshi recently asked assistant commissioners of all 24 wards to identify five housing societies per ward that are willing to open up their empty parking lots for public use during the day. The …
July 22, 2019
In a move to make Lower Parel more pedestrian-friendly, two kilometres of the footpath from Rakhangi chowk to Deepak cinema (Senapati Bapat Marg) will be revamped soon. The work will be undertaken post monsoon. It is expected to benefit lakhs …
July 22, 2019
After a year of the Andheri Gokhale bridge collapse incident, the BMC has invited tender for demolition and reconstruction of both sides of the bridge. In a first of its kind work to be undertaken, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) …
July 22, 2019
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has received a big fillip as the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) has recommended to the ministry of environment and forests the Rs 19225.73 crore Multimodal Corridor from Navghar to Chirner (near JNPT) for the …
July 19, 2019
Four stores in Bandra and Andheri were recently raided by the FDA for selling dietary supplements that didn’t contain appropriate labels. Doctors caution that consuming nutritional supplements without knowing the exact contents could have serious health implications. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/fda-raids-four-shops-that-sold-dietary-supplements-sans-appropriate-labels/articleshow/70286316.cms
July 19, 2019
Mumbai: The state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the police have destroyed over 500 litres of adulterated milk after carrying out raids in Ghatkopar and Andheri over four days. The department has lodged FIRs against six people who were …
July 19, 2019
Despite the monsoon’s late onset, the useful water stock in the seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai crossed 50% on Thursday. The development has prom-pted minister of state for urban development, Yogesh Sagar, to demand that the civic body …
July 18, 2019
Mumbai: The state Chief Electoral Office has started the process of revising the electoral rolls. which will continue till July 30. Applications for inclusion and change of address or other corrections will be accepted in respective assembly segments at designated …
July 18, 2019
Mumbai: Residents of Chandralok ‘B’ Building Co-operative Housing Society in Malabar Hill withdrew a petition it filed last week, challenging BMC’s recently introduced parking fines as “excessively harsh” and “unconstitutional”. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/malabar-hill-society-withdraws-plea-against-hefty-parking-fines/articleshow/70270895.cms
July 18, 2019
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Mumbai Central railway stations could soon become the country’s first Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)-certified ‘Eat Right Stations’. The food quality regulator along with Central Railway (CR), Western Railways (WR) …
July 18, 2019
The transport commissioner’s office of Maharashtra has deferred the plan to make vehicle tracking system (VTS) and panic buttons in public transport vehicles like taxis and buses registered in the state mandatory. The transport commissioner’s office requested the state to …
July 17, 2019
Mumbai: Five commuters were injured in separate instances of stone pelting on Central Railway locals in Mumbai on Tuesday. Massive security deployment was made on the tracks in the Dadar-Kanjurmarg section. On person was detained by the GRP late on …
July 17, 2019
The Bombay high court’s (HC) decision to quash the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearances granted to the coastal road project comes as a huge setback for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). While the civic body will approach the Apex Court, …
July 16, 2019
Parel area, which has the most number of public parking lots (PPL) with around 14,000 parking spaces between them, has reported a 23% increase in the number of parking vehicles in the last week, after the civic authorities began charging …
July 16, 2019
In the past 10 years, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has spent about Rs 331 crore on repairing potholes across the city, according to the data obtained under the Right To Information (RTI) Act. While a major chunk – Rs …
July 11, 2019
The civic body too seems to be no exception to the roadside parking routine. After towing vehicles parked on roadsides and fining errant motorists for three days since Sunday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has itself begun clamping errant vehicles on …
July 11, 2019
Mumbai: In a massive demolition drive Amar Mahal Junction, BMC on Wednesday razed 125 commercial structures on the roadside to reduce traffic bottlenecks. Nearly 100 more structures are slated to be demolished. The BMC started the drive on Tuesday, a …
July 11, 2019
Wednesday’s BEST news: Auto-rickshaws and black-and-yellow cabs, that ply on share-basis on fixed routes, shaved Rs 3 to 5 off their fare, per passenger, in response to the drop in public bus fares. And about seven lakh more people took …
July 11, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has received at least 35 pothole complaints a day over the past month. BMC said citizens across Mumbai reported 1,070 potholes between June 10 and July 09 on the mobile app MCGM 24X7. Most of …
July 10, 2019
BMC says it will open one side of the bridge for light motor vehicles in a month. Motorists and commuters will have to put up with traffic woes on Juhu Tara Road for one more month. The BMC has started …
July 10, 2019
Every morning, the passengers travelling on the Central Railway (CR) have been complaining about trains running late and services getting cancelled. However, according to CR authorities, they are running trains which are 150% over its actual capacity to handle. Plus, …
July 10, 2019
The state government has decided to give some relief to plastic manufacturers and packagers by allowing the use of bubble plastic material, but they are not very happy. It has amended the Maharashtra Plastic and Thermocol Products (Manufacture, Usage, Sale, …
July 10, 2019
Paving the way for a smoother commute for Mumbaiites, the policy-making committee of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) on Tuesday gave nod to the plan to get 400 smaller, air-conditioned buses on hire. Surendrakumar Bagde, general manager …
July 10, 2019
The first day of the implementation of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking’s reduced fares proved to be a success, with commuters thronging bus stops and major routes seeing crowded buses. BEST has slashed fares of its regular …
July 9, 2019
Mumbai: Continuing its action against illegally parked vehicles within a 500m-radius of public parking lots, the BMC towed away 35 cars, 42 bikes and three autos on Monday. Many of the offenders paid the steep penalty to get their vehicles …
July 9, 2019
As Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) crackdown on people who parked illegally in no-parking zones continued apace on Monday, the civic body received mixed reaction from Mumbaikars. While some welcomed the decision, many others took to Twitter to pan the sheer …
July 9, 2019
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) saw heavy downpour on Monday morning, with three-digit rain figures being recorded within a span of three hours. From July 1 to 8.30pm on July 8, Mumbai recorded 708.1mm rain, against the monthly average of …
July 9, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking has announced the implementation of the reduced fares for its buses from Tuesday. Late on Monday evening, the state issued the necessary government resolution (GR) to lower the fares for different distance …
July 9, 2019
The Bombay high court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) that sought court directions to the state education department to reduce the weight of school bags. The court held that the weight of school bags was not as …
July 8, 2019
Lakhs of autorickshaws in Mumbai and other parts of the state have threatened to go off roads from Tuesday, if the state doesn’t meet their demands. The unions want fare hike, welfare board for drivers and district-level flying squads against …
July 8, 2019
On the first day the civic body’s new penalty rates against illegal parking came into effect, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) towed away 63 vehicles and collected ₹1,80,000 in fines from violators. The BMC has listed 26 public parking lots …
July 8, 2019
Western Railway has for the first time opened monsoon helpdesks complete with umbrellas and wheelchairs to assist senior citizens and the differently abled. The facility is available at seven stations currently (Andheri, Bhayander, Bandra, Bandra Terminus, Mumbai Central, Borivali and …
July 8, 2019
Mumbai: On Sunday, civic officials, armed with cameras, recorded all vehicles that were towed away for illegal parking within 500m redius of the 26 public parking lots in the city to avoid harassment complaints. “Since it was Sunday, we didn’t …
July 8, 2019
Mumbai: For 34-year-old accounts professional Mihir Japee, the bus has been the swiftest and safest mode of travel to his Andheri East office from home in Bhandup for the past four years. There’s no direct train connction the two areas …
July 5, 2019
If all goes to plan, within two weeks, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is likely to open the Juhu Tara road and Oshiwara bridges that have been shut for vehicular traffic for almost a month. BMC officials revealed this is …
July 5, 2019
Mumbai: Restaurants can once again put up temporary shades for patrons to sit and dine in open areas. The civic body has issued a circular, allowing eating houses to set up monsoon sheds in service areas. This refers to awnings …
July 5, 2019
Mumbai: The movement of heavy vehicles that exceed a height of 25metres is banned on road over-bridges (ROBs) at Byculla, Chinchpokli and Currey Road railway stations from July 14. The restriction shall stay on both south-and north-bound arms of the …
July 5, 2019
Mumbai: In less than 10 days since the onset of the southwest monsoon over the city, Mumbai has received 46% of its average required rainfall for the entire season. IMD statistics show the rain recorded so far has been 1.043.1mm, …
July 5, 2019
As life in the waterlogging areas of the city is restoring slowly, the Mumbai rains has left its mark on the city roads. Traffic has started crawling on many roads, especially Western Express Highway and Link Road, due to potholes. …
July 5, 2019
Constant delays and failures on Central Railway (CR) line have forced rail commuters to demand a road running parallel to rail tracks between Thane and Kalyan. They have written to Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on …
July 4, 2019
Mumbai: After a wet weekent that spilled over to the first day of the week, rain in the city and suburbs has subsided, And the India Meteorological Department (IMD). which earlier forecast heavy rain at isolated places on July 5, …
July 4, 2019
The proposed Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) bus fares are likely to be implemented by Monday. With the proposed fares below the prescribed limit in the state’s government resolution (GR) on public transport, the government will have to amend …
July 4, 2019
Commuters walking to Dombivli railway station from the eastern (Kalyan) side are being forced to walk the extra mile to reach the platform. The reason? The foot overbridge (FoB) on the eastern side, declared dangerous by Central Railway (CR), has …
July 4, 2019
It’s been a year since Gokhale bridge in Andheri had collapsed. At 7.33 am, on July 3, 2018, the lives of five families changed irrevocably after the collapse. This, however, put the engineers from the railways, BMC and other government …
July 3, 2019
The incessant rainfall and high-tide put Central Railway services out of gear for 16 hours over Tuesday and Wednesday owing to new flooding spots at Vidyavihar and Ghatkopar and the overflowing Mithi river. A handful of services were run throughout …
July 3, 2019
The civic authorities may have blamed unprecedented rainfall for disrupting normal life in Mumbai, but experts have blamed an unfinished drainage project for the chaos the city faces annually because of monsoon rains. The Brimstowad Project, which was started after …
July 3, 2019
Mumbai city’s wait for the remaining two pumping stations still continues even after 13 long years. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) somehow managed the construction of another six pumping stations at a snail’s pace. However, the Mogra pumping station near …
July 1, 2019
With the arrival of monsoon in the city, issues like disruptive railway traffic, short circuits, electrocution, power failure, road accidents, treefalls, fire and landslides will continue to haunt the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Apart from all these problems, another ever-existing …
July 1, 2019
A day after two cases of wall collapse were reported in private housing societies in Andheri and Ghatkopar, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday said it will carry out inspection of the compound walls of nearby complexes in these …
June 28, 2019
Mumbai: Fitness tests for commercial vehicles in the island city have restarted at Tardeo RTO, which has set up a 250-metre test track on its premises as per a Bombay high court directive. A senior official said, “We stopped tests …
June 28, 2019
Claiming that plastic waste in Maharashtra had reduced by 50% since the implementation of the ban on plastic in 2018, environment minister Ramdas Kadam said the buyback scheme for milk poly packs would be implemented within a month. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-in-a-month-s-time-your-neighbourhood-to-be-polypack-waste-free-2765761
June 28, 2019
Although pedestrians are the ones who have the first right on the road, seamless walking on Mumbai roads is nothing less than a farce. Now, for the first time a ‘Pedestrian Safety Cell’ has been initiated by citizens; which includes …
June 27, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday signed a two-year, Rs 116-crore contract with 23 firms to maintain trees in the city — in both public and private premises — ahead of the monsoon. The newly-hired contractors will look after …
June 27, 2019
After the Bombay High Court ordered the Mumbai Traffic Police to penalise motorists who have pasted the ‘Police’ stickers or logo on their private vehicles, a circular was issued by the Mumbai Traffic Police (MTP) on Tuesday, failing which motorists …
June 27, 2019
The civic authority’s well-established knack for lack of adequate planning has stripped its booming citizenry of options to park in a city where there were not many to begin with. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which was supposed to have nearly …
June 26, 2019
Mumbai: It is official, your BEST bus commute will be cheaper, most likely from the first week of July. The Best committee mumbers on Tuesday dleared a historic proposal to reduce bus faires and fixed minimum fare at Rs 5 …
June 26, 2019
The Maharashtra Traffic Police’s zero tolerance policy in regards to the ban on usage of black films on vehicle glass has not yielded satisfactory results. Despite orders of the Supreme Court against using Visual Light Transmission (VLT) window films, vehicle …
June 26, 2019
Soon, you will be able to update the details of your Aadhaar or PAN card, or pay a bill while sitting at the airport or waiting for a train or metro in New Delhi and Mumbai. The convenience comes courtesy …
June 26, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) bus fares are likely to reduce considerably, as the BEST committee on Tuesday approved a proposal for the same. Currently, the minimum BEST fare is ₹8 for a 2-km journey and for air …
June 26, 2019
After bridges and foot overbridges (FOBs), it is time for skywalks now to be audited. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will conduct a safety audit of the 24 skywalks in the city. Experts from the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) …
June 25, 2019
With Central Railway (CR) commuters fuming over train delays, officials have decided to remove speed restrictions at Vidyavihar, Thane and Dombivli. Trains at Thane currently move at 30 kmph, as the speed is regulated by clamping magnets fixed on the …
June 25, 2019
Central Railway (CR) has decided to bar long-distance trains from the suburban section during rush hours. During an internal review meeting, it was found that 19.75% of local delays were caused by long-distance trains. According to an official who took …
June 25, 2019
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) has introduced a complaint management system (CMS) on its website through which customers can obtain redressal of their grievance against all financial service providers regulated by the central bank. Once the complaint details …
June 25, 2019
Passengers flying from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) may face fewer delays this monsoon, thanks to a centralised system introduced by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The new air traffic flow management system, introduced in Delhi, will …
June 24, 2019
Mumbai: Mechanised facilities to segregate various types of dry garbage in on the cards for the city. The BMC has decided to allow manufacturers of Plastic water bottles to set up six sich facilities in the city on plots owned …
June 24, 2019
The residents of Gandhi Nagar, Nandeli, Sagarli, Sagav and MIDC in Dombivli have complained of breathing problems due to a putrid smell coming from the nullahs. The water in these drains has turned green in the last couple of days. …
June 24, 2019
In an effort to curb the menace of unauthorized school vans plying in Andheri, the RTO of Andheri has urged the school principals of the area to submit the list of illegal vans ferrying school children of their schools. Andheri …
June 24, 2019
Maharashtra government is on a path of banning milk plastic bags. The execution of this plastic ban is likely to come in force from next month. Maharashtra government is planning to enforce stringent recycling of the plastic bags used for …
June 24, 2019
A proposal to reduce bus fares by the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking has brought the taxi unions to their knees. On June 20, the BEST Undertaking not only proposed to decrease the minimum bus fare to Rs …
June 24, 2019
Commuters on the central, harbour and trans-harbour railway lines in the city will wear black bands on July 1 to protest against the delay of local trains. Suburban railway passenger associations said that despite reaching out to the railway authorities, …
June 24, 2019
The city may have to brace for severe water scarcity, if the monsoon doesn’t arrive by its delayed date – June 25. At 77,763 million litres, the seven lakes supplying potable water to the city – Upper Vaitarna, Modak Sagar, …
June 21, 2019
Mumbai:Daily commuters heading towards Bandra east from the station were shocked on Wednesday as the skywalk was shut without any prior notice or information. A part of the skywalk is already shut due to construction work. The skywalk which was …
June 21, 2019
Mumbai: Over two months ahead of Ganeshotsav festivities, the BMC has initiated the process of issuing permissions to Ganpati mandals in the city. Ganeshotsav will be celebrated from September 2. Mandals that set up pandals on roads need an NOC …
June 21, 2019
In a bid to develop Mumbai’s far-flung suburbs, the state legislative assembly on Thursday approved a resolution to extend the jurisdiction of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to Palghar, Vasai, Kalyan, Bhiwandi, Ambernath, Karjat, Khalapur, Pen and Alibag. …
June 21, 2019
A year after the Maharashtra government introduced a statewide plastic ban, its implementation by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in the city seems to have lost momentum: Markets are once again flooded with single-use plastic, the civic body has still …
June 20, 2019
Mumbai:Civic commissioner Praveen Pardeshi has said that car owners encroach on BMC roads just like slum dwellers illegally occupy public spaces. He sid, “Car owners encroach on roads by parking their vehicles and barring others from using that prtion of …
June 20, 2019
From July 7, motorists who park their vehicles illegally in 1-km periphery of BMC parking lots or on internal roads connecting two main roads are likely to shell out as much as Rs 10,000 for the offence. The order to …
June 20, 2019
With barricades on arterial roads for Metro work worsening traffic congestions, its a hellish ride through traffic gridlocks for Mumbaikars every day. Making the situation worse is illegal and haphazard parking of vehicles near barricades. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-is-that-car-near-metro-barricade-yours-park-elsewhere-or-lose-it-2762925
June 20, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to procure 27 walkie-talkie sets for its officials to tackle emergencies at Deonar dumping ground. According to the BMC, the walkie-talkies will be given to the officials concerned and engineers of the dumping …
June 19, 2019
Officials are to study the option of pre-fabricated bridges that can be installed in three months, to offer a solution to the chaos caused due to the closure of almost 20 in the city and suburbs To solve the traffic …
June 19, 2019
Mumbai:Commuters travelling from Kurla to Vidyavihar will have to get ready for traffic jams and opt for alternate route as the BMC has declared Neelkanth Nalla Bridge as dangerous. The Mumbai police took to Twitter to make the announcement, and …
June 19, 2019
Mumbai: Monday brought good and bad news for Ghatkopar residents. The BMC barricaded a dilapidated bridge over Nilkanth nullah in Ghatkopar (E), but decided to re-open the one over Laxmi Baug nullah for light vehicles by month-end. The bridge over …
June 19, 2019
Mumbai: Be it a leak in a water pipeline or a tree branch dangling dangerously, bad roads or garbage strewn on the streets, the BMC has a Twitterhandle, @DisasterMgmtBMC, where you can report your concern. The handle is not new …
June 19, 2019
Mumbai: The combined water stock in the seven lakes that serve the city dipped to 6.1% of the total capacity as the wait for rains continued on Tuesday. Municipal officials said there was no need to panic as the lakes …
June 19, 2019
With the addition of 27 lakh new vehicles, the vehicle population in Maharashtra touched 3.49 crore in 2018, according to the economic survey. The number of vehicles in the city is now 35.75 lakh, from the 32.53 lakh in 2017. …
June 18, 2019
The Mumbai Parking Authority (MPA) is likely to work with two institutes to find parking solutions for the city. Experts from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and the All India Institute of Local Self-Government (AIILSG) will assist the MPA …
June 18, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) law committee has asked the civic administration to come up with a compensation policy for citizens who are injured or killed in rain-related accidents caused directly or indirectly by the civic body’s negligence. These include …
June 18, 2019
Commuters travelling on the Central Railway (CR) were left hassled on Monday when at least 15 services were cancelled and scores of others were delayed for nearly an hour after the signalling system between Thakurli and Kalyan stations developed a …
June 17, 2019
Almost after a year since repair work started, Andheri’s Gokhale Bridge was fully opened to the public on Sunday morning. The work, which started in July last year after the cantilever footpath on the southern end of the bridge collapsed, …
June 17, 2019
The Mumbai Traffic Police (MTP) have received letters from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) urging to restrict vehicular movement on many other bridges of the city apart from the 29 bridges declared unsafe and are shut for repairs. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-traffic-police-turns-down-bmcs-proposal-to-shut-down-more-bridges-2761283
June 17, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to provide Wi-Fi connectivity for motorists and visitors at the proposed open spaces on its ambitious coastal road project connecting the island city to the western suburbs. The BMC also plans to put …
June 17, 2019
In an attempt to reduce dumping of the city’s waste at landfills like Deonar and Kanjurmarg, which are nearing their full capacity, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is looking at decentralising waste management. In a recent review meeting of the …
June 13, 2019
The civic body’s Disaster Management Department has taken the help of Twitter experts of the Mumbai police, which has become popular among twitteratis for their witty posts, to gain traction on the social media platform. According to the sources, the …
June 13, 2019
Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) will be inducting 450 buses in its fleet over the course of the next five months. The buses will be procured on a wet-lease basis from Anthony Garages Pvt. Ltd. and Shri Krupa Service …
June 13, 2019
After two kids were electrocuted in Kandivali while playing in the first showers, DNA visited the Bihari Tekdi area on Wednesday. We observed that many more alleys in the locality have wires precariously and dangerously dangling waiting for a mishap …
June 13, 2019
A 63-year-old man died and five others were injured in two separate rain-related accidents at Churchgate and Bandra on Wednesday. Strong winds and rainfall swept the city under the influence of Cyclone Vayu . At Churchgate station, six aluminium panels …
June 13, 2019
With as many as 29 bridges in the city shut for construction, the state government, anticipating traffic delays on Wednesday, granted additional powers to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to ensure speedy completion of work. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis held …
June 13, 2019
Adding to the ongoing water cuts, Mumbaiites may have to brace for inadequate water supply for the next two days, owing to a technical fault at Bhatsa Dam that occurred on Wednesday. According to officials from the hydraulic department, the …
June 12, 2019
An 2016 the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had prohibited selling of food wrapped in newspapers as the printing ink is considered to be harmful for consumption, but it seems the Food and Drug Administration Mumbai has …
June 12, 2019
Romantic feelings about Mumbai’s monsoons last only as long as it takes to construct a social media post about petrichor and pakora-chai. Anxiety about water-logging, traffic, failure of public transport and other inconveniences and tragedies— follow soon after. The monsoon …
June 12, 2019
Two children died of electrocution at Vimladevi Chawl in Kandivali East on Monday night as pre-monsoon showers lashed the city even as onlookers stood helpless. Overcome by a fear of being electrocuted, the onlookers preferred to stay away rather than …
June 12, 2019
Monday’s pre-monsoon showers seem to have washed away all of the Railways’ tall claims, especially of keeping lakhs of Mumbai commuters in the loop about service disruptions. Late on Monday, as all three railway lines suffered technical failures owing to …
June 12, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will now penalise citizens, with the maximum penalty up to Rs 1,250, guilty of dumping trash in nullahs and public places around railway stations, tracks and slums. The decision to penalise is a bid to …
June 12, 2019
Life expectancy in India has gone down by 2.6 years due to deadly diseases caused by air pollution, according to a recent report by an environment think tank. The report by the environment organisation Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) …
June 11, 2019
While Mumbaikars eagerly await the onset of monsoon, marine life experts are gearing up to ensure that all those visiting the beaches of Mumbai to enjoy rains and waves are not left with a painful sting. Several marine experts who …
June 11, 2019
To ease your monsoon woes, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is working on an evacuation plan for flood-prone areas, where residents will be alerted at least two hours in advance about flooding in their area. This year, the civic body …
June 10, 2019
As a part of monsoon preparedness, the Mumbai Traffic Police (MTP) have identified flooding spots across the city. While taking note of the previous instances of waterlogging and flooding, the traffic cops have identified a total of 215 locations in …
June 10, 2019
With no success despite repeated efforts, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is mulling disconnecting water supply of bulk waste generators – housing societies as well as commercial entities – that fail to process their waste. Housing societies or commercial establishments …
June 10, 2019
In response to the concerns expressed by the citizens over possible flooding owing to coastal road work in South Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has set up special control rooms at construction sites. Three control rooms have been set …
June 10, 2019
Expect major traffic snarls in the city this monsoon with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Mumbai traffic police uncertain over whether or not some bridges should be kept open. At present, three bridges — Delisle Bridge at Lower …
June 10, 2019
Mumbai: As if the closure of several bridges in the city wasn’t enough to through traffic out of whack, the BMC is shutting yet another bridge in the western suburbs on Monday. The move will severely affect the already congested …
June 7, 2019
In 2016, the then civic commissioner Ajoy Mehta in a press conference said the city’s footpaths were so bad that he couldn’t even take his parents for a walk. The civic commissioner’s public admission led the civic body to draft …
June 7, 2019
The BMC on Thursday shut two foot overbridges (FOB) at King’s Circle and another FOB that connects Matunga central to Dharavi for pedestrian use. While BMC did not have the FOBs at King Circle listed under its demolition list, the …
June 7, 2019
A majority of Mumbaikars are dreading to think about the traffic conditions on roads this monsoon, especially with the ongoing Metro work. Currently, there is metro rail work underway in South Mumbai and the eastern and western suburbs. A recent …
June 6, 2019
For the civic administration which believes that tree falls are a monsoon phenomenon, there is a surprise in store. In the last five dry months of blistering summer and winter, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has received 700 complaints of tree …
June 6, 2019
Diesel vehicles transporting waste in the city generate toxic pollutants equivalent to 8.74 lakh vehicles driven for one year. The Environmental Science and Engineering Department (CESE)of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) conducted a study of 7,092 trips made …
June 6, 2019
Starting this month, police stations in Mumbai will begin using the Automated Multi-modal Biometric Identification System (AMBIS), a state-of-the-art data system that collates data from crime scenes, police stations and jails. AMBIS will store details of 20 lakh convicted criminals, …
June 6, 2019
Following the success of the first phase of installing closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras across Mumbai, the state government has decided to add 5,625 more such cameras at 2,047 locations at the cost of ₹323 crore. Nearly 1,700 CCTV cameras …
June 6, 2019
Want to dispute the civic body’s claim of having cleaned a nullah in your area? You can soon do that on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) mobile application named ‘MCGM 24*7’. In a first-of-its-kind attempt, the civic body has created …
June 5, 2019
The Metro-11 corridor, planned as an extension to Metro-4 from Wadala towards south Mumbai at General Post Office (GPO),may now be partially underground. Once the Central government approves an in-principle agreement between the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) and the Mumbai …
June 5, 2019
Mumbai: Facing flak for closing over a dozen dangerous bri-dges in the city without making adequate alternative arrangement, the BMC has accelerated plans for reconstructing them and also building new bridges. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/under-censure-for-closing-bridges-bmc-makes-fresh-start-with-kurla/articleshow/69659334.cms
June 5, 2019
Calling it an ideal gift for open space starved Mumbai, on the occasion of World Environment Day, NGO Vanashakti has written to municipal commissioner Praveen Pardeshi seeking development of four existing recreation areas within the city, which currently are completely …
June 5, 2019
Mumbai has added another feather to its cap — something we should not be proud of. In 2018, of the 403 cities, across 56 countries in 6 continents, Mumbai was the most traffic congested city. Delhi shares the joint third …
June 4, 2019
In view of public safety, the BMC has shut down Juhu Tara Bridge for traffic from Monday after re-audit of bridges found it ‘dangerous’. The vehicular traffic has been completely shut from Gazadharbandh junction to Juhu beach. The BMC closed …
June 4, 2019
The city is likely to face heavy traffic and chaos in the monsoon, as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to shut 20 dilapidated bridges. Under fire after the collapse of CSMT foot overbridge (FOB), the BMC re-audited bridges in …
June 4, 2019
In a first, Western Railway (WR) has made its own rainwater gauge for the monsoon. Eight gauges made by WR will be set up at suburban railway stations along with the automatic rain gauge provided by the Indian Meteorological Department …
June 3, 2019
Two days after the closure of a bridge on the Gharkopar-Andheri Link Road gridlocked Ghatkopar, the BMC has decided to not allow heavy vehicles on three key bridges in central Mumbai, triggering fears of a nighmare of rainy season. https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/raining-chaos/articleshow/69615996.cms
June 3, 2019
The upcoming monsoon will be a big test for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), as it claims to be in a better position to handle waterlogging in Mumbai, compared to the past two years. Of the 273 flooding-prone spots identified …
June 3, 2019
The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) has begun preparations to ensure a hassle-free monsoon for citizens. It recently installed 338 dewatering pumps across 27 spots where work on the underground Metro-3 (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz) corridor is underway. Additionally, it has deployed …
June 3, 2019
There is nearly 24.85 per cent drop in the consumer complaints received by the Maharashtra Consumer Helpline, as compared to previous year. As per data provided by Consumer Guidance Society of India (CGSI) complaints came in over 30 categories of …
June 3, 2019
The state’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority has destroyed around 18,451 kg of ice found to be contaminated across the city in May. After the election, the FDA’s food department planned to collect samples from juice centres and ice …
May 31, 2019
A first look at the new cabinet of the Central Government https://presidentofindia.nic.in/press-release-detail.htm?1616
May 31, 2019
70% of such lots in 23 wards vacant; proposal will be placed before BMC commissioner Praveen Pardeshi this week. With space crunch in the city’s junkyards proving to be a hurdle in the drive against clunkers, the BMC is planning …
May 31, 2019
Mumbai: In a major victory for citizens associations in the city, new municipal commissioner Praveen Pardeshi has overruled his predecessor Ajoy Mehta’s order to deregister advanced locality management (ALM) groups that comprise prominent citizens and activisits who used to coordinate …
May 31, 2019
Mumbai: From June 1, the fares of AC local train operating between Virar and Churchgate will increase by up to 10%, as the railway ministry has decided to withdraw the inaugural discount offered after its launch in 2017. “Due to …
May 30, 2019
As the heat and dust of the general election settles, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora tells TOI that the exercise witnessed far lesser incidents of violence and lawlessness than polls in recent memory. He also opened up on controversies surrounding …
May 30, 2019
Mumbai: Some of the city’s top food chains have been handed over a checklist of 83 points related to hygiene, food safety, transportation of food and personal hygiene. They are expected to comply within the next two months. On Tuesday, …
May 30, 2019
Mumbai: Central Railway’s solution to prevent signal jumping by providing an additional layer of safety in the form of an automated voice warning about a red signal ahead in the motorman’s cabin seems to have worked. None of the 22 …
May 30, 2019
Mumbai: A day after environment minister Ramdas Kadam gave milk producers in the state 15 days to introduce a buyback mechanism and set up recycling plants for empty milk pouches, dairies reiterated that the plan was not feasible. Amul, the …
May 30, 2019
With just a week to go for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) May 31 deadline to complete pre-monsoon works, a site survey of Mithi river, undertaken by civic chief Praveen Pardeshi, hit the dirt, quite literally. When a team comprising …
May 30, 2019
Unlike tall claims made by the Central Railway, there is every chance that the low lying stretches of Matunga-Sion-Kurla will see water logging this year as well. This despite, the CR authorities raising the tracks by 4 inches in a …
May 29, 2019
Mumbai: The BMC may disconnect water supply to areas where people repeatedly dump trash in drains. During a pre-monsoon preparedness meeting held with ward-level officials on Tuesday, municiple commissioner Praveen Pardeshi directed them to penalise locals who, despite several requests, …
May 29, 2019
Central Railway will start its first AC local in August, said D K Sharma, the CR’s longest serving GM who is set to retire on May 31. Sharma, during whose tenure CR saw introduction of Tejas Express and construction of …
May 29, 2019
The road overbridge at Dombivli was supposed to be shut for repair work on Monday, but Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has decided against closing it. “We suggested that the bridge remain open for traffic to carry out minor repair work. …
May 29, 2019
While BMC claims to have completed over 85 per cent of nullah cleaning work, a survey of Poisar river tributary carried out by members of citizen group River March, which has been campaigning for the revival of four rivers in …
May 28, 2019
The School Bus Owners’ Association (SBOA) has offered 1,000 school buses to BEST in order to meet shortages on local routes during the early hours of the day. The offer is made in exchange for monthly stipends to the owners. …
May 28, 2019
Passengers will be able to get all the information about porters by scanning the code, which will be printed on cards, with their mobile phones. Train travellers will soon be able to verify the authenticity of licenced porters at CSMT, …
May 28, 2019
Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis conducted a review of infrastructure projects in the state on Monday and said that two elevated metro lines in the western suburbs-Dahisar-DN Nagar Metro 2A and Dahisar East-Andheri East Metro 7 – will start operations …
May 28, 2019
Despite the ban on the use of plastic bags since June last year, tonnes of dumped plastic refuse has been clogging the nullahs across the city disrupting the flow of water. The state government implemented its plastic ban policy from …
May 27, 2019
Western Railway now has three air-conditioned local trains in its kitty, including the two that were brought in earlier this year. It will introduce one of the two new trains in June when the existing AC train will be sent …
May 27, 2019
Mumbai: The Mumbai Traffic Police has identified over 200 location that are likely to go under this monsoon. The highest number of flood-prone locations-58-are in the western suburbs between Bandra and Jogeshwari, followed by 48 locations in central Mumbai between …
May 27, 2019
Thought you can break traffic rules on the highway and get away without getting your licence suspended for three months by providing a photocopy? The state highway traffic police have got that loophole covered. The transport commissioner, in a recent …
May 23, 2019
In a bid to increase the security at suburban railway stations in the city, Central Railway (CR) will install 2,425 additional closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras at platforms and foot overbridges (FoB) within a year. These cameras will have advanced …
May 22, 2019
The Election Commission has dismissed all reports of electronic voting machines (EVMs) being moved improperly, and said that in several instances, these were reserved EVMs being transported after polling was conducted. The complaints had come in from Chandauli, Domariyaganj, Ghazipur …
May 22, 2019
Chaos is on the cards in Dombivali. The Central Railway (CR) has ordered closure of a road overbridge (ROB) near the station on May 27, following submission of an audit report by the IIT-Bombay that deemed the structure unsafe for …
May 22, 2019
Mumbai: The BMC will soon instal height barriers at the mouth of Byculla road over-bridge (ROB), which connects Dr Ambedkar Road to J J flyover, to prevent the entry of heavy vehicles that ferry goods to whol markets in Kalbadevi …
May 22, 2019
The Mumbai-bound carriageway of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway will be shut from noon to 2pm on Wednesday. This is the second time this month that the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has closed one side of the expressway to install …
May 22, 2019
In a bid to make transport for school kids safe and secure, the Mumbai Traffic Police (MTP) along with the Regional Transport Office (RTO) has decided to take legal action against illegal school buses and vans that operate by compromising …
May 22, 2019
The state consumer dispute redressal commission (SCDRC) in an order has upheld district forum’s order that directed the Konkan Railway to pay compensation of Rs 1 lakh compensation to a traveller whose valuables were stolen during his journey. The compensation, …
May 21, 2019
Motorists travelling on the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar road and Sion-Panvel highway should brace themselves for traffic jams in a few weeks, as the repair work on the Sion circle flyover is expected to start in the first or second week …
May 21, 2019
Mumbai: There is one more addition to the list of bridges declared ‘dangerous’ in a re-audit of structures like bridges, foot over-bridges (FOB) that had been done in the wake of the Himalaya FOB collapse. This takes the total number …
May 21, 2019
Thane residents have now joined the fight to rid their city of abandoned vehicles. Inspired by the effect Mumbai Mirror’s Operation Khataara has had on the roads of the city, residents’ associations have started reporting abandoned vehicles to Thane Police. …
May 21, 2019
Humidity and heat is likely to continue making Mumbaikars suffer as weathermen predict, over the next four days, the maximum temperatures would continue to be around 35 degree Celsius. However, that would feel as if temperatures are above 40 degree …
May 21, 2019
The members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena BEST committee are worried. Around 10 lakh people living in the city stand the risk of facing a power outage on May 21 as the BEST Undertaking has not paid dues …
May 20, 2019
The design allows construction of two exits – one above the other – on foot overbridges, thereby distributing the footfall especially during peak hours With narrow platforms leaving little room for the construction of foot overbridges with wider staircases, the …
May 20, 2019
Main concern id buildings’ structural stability and then also how these billboards have become an eyesore. The BMC has begun removing hoardings from all building rooftops and terraces as well as foot-overbridges, in a move that will change how Mumbai …
May 20, 2019
Powai residents and activists opposed to the Metro-6 corridor (Swami Samarth Nagar-Lokhandwala Complex-Vikhroli) have come up with a proposal for an alternative route. They will submit their objections to the existing route to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) …
May 17, 2019
Mumbai: Once occupation certificate (OC)is granted and possession is handed over to flat purchasers there is no reason for a builder to delay conveyance, the Bombay high court has ruled. A division bench of justices Indrajit Mahanty and Anant Badar …
May 17, 2019
Mumbai: This might just be the beginning of the end of BEST’s woes. The BMC administration has taken an in-principle decision to give Rs 100 crore every month to the BEST undertaking’s Loss-making transport wing so that it is able …
May 17, 2019
The Central Railway is planning to control the entry and exits point of Thane railway station for enhanced security. It plans to reduce the existing 24 entry and exit points to seven – four on the west side and three …
May 17, 2019
The Mumbai traffic police has recently written to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), asking it to repair two bridges — one near Sion and another on Saki-Vihar Road — which has been contributing to major traffic jams, before monsoon sets …
May 17, 2019
In view of the safety of women commuters, Western Railway (WR) will install ‘talk back’ facility inside First Class and Ladies compartment on 72 trains — 70 per cent of its total fleet. Talk back facility enables women commuters to …
May 16, 2019
Mumbai: Even as a legal battle ensues in New Delhi over pharma gaint Johnson & Johnson paying compensation to patients fitted with their faulty hip implants, the state Food & Drug Adnibistration (FDA) has written to nearly 100 patients urging …
May 16, 2019
The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) recently asked the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to ensure that power cables are not damaged owing to the ongoing Metro works during the monsoon. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/ensure-metro-work-doesn-t-damage-power-cables-msedcl-to-mmrda/story-wn9ND77xy3HRmmOe0QeIKK.html
May 16, 2019
These women may be visually challenged, but they are trained to conduct a certain kind of touch that will help early detection of breast cancer. Life science company Bayer is conducting an awareness session for its women employees; the session …
May 15, 2019
Mumbai: If you have plans to head to Mumbai or Pune during these seven days via Mumbai-Pune expressway, then ensure that you leave for the destination accordingly. The road administration will be undertaking maintenance work on the route connecting Talegaon …
May 15, 2019
Your ride on the 24.5km Sion-Panvel highway is set to remain smooth this monsoon, as the public works department (PWD) has concretised the road to prevent potholes. The highway connects Mumbai to expressways and highways that lead to Pune, Bengaluru, …
May 15, 2019
The already chaotic Dadar Railway Station could turn worse, especially after Tuesday. The Western Railway will be shutting the foot over bridge (FOB) at the southern end on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. The FOB is being shut …
May 15, 2019
Mumbai: Gear up for an exciting ride on May 23. The election commission is toying with a plan to flash poll results on electronic signboards on the streets when the verdict unfolds on the world’s largest democratic exercise. The proposal …
May 13, 2019
Mumbai: The state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has assured that the mangoes you relish this summer will be relatively chemical-free. A slew of measures, including expansion of ripening chambersm, availability of a safer ripening agent, awareness drives and, more …
May 13, 2019
The state government may put the onus of fixing High-Security Number Plates (HSRP) on vehicles manufactured before April 2019 on the owners of the vehicles. The Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Department (MMVD) has recently sent a proposal in this regard to …
May 13, 2019
In a major bureaucratic shake-up, the State appointed current civic chief, Ajoy Mehta, as the new chief secretary of Maharashtra. Mehta, of IAS’ 1984 batch, takes over from UPS Madan, who took voluntary retirement. Praveen Pardeshi, an IAS officer of …
May 13, 2019
Western Railway (WR), on Saturday, began demolition of parts of the western arm of the British-era Delisle bridge, which was declared unsafe in an audit led by the Indian Institute of Technology -Bombay (IIT-B). The demolition work started after the Brihanmumbai …
May 13, 2019
A new and effective technology of manufacturing cold mix at home plants has helped in managing the headache of refilling potholes; the frequency has been decreased by 75 per cent. This, in turn, has also resulted in the mixture being …
May 10, 2019
The Formal order is awaited Mumbai municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta has been appointed as Maharashtra’s new chief secretary, a CMO official said Friday. Mehta succeeds UPS Madan who has been named as the special advisor to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra …
May 10, 2019
The Bombay high court (HC) on Friday roped in police beat marshals to ensure that pavements on Jai Bhavani Mata Road in Andheri (West), extending from Ramesh Nagar to Andheri station, remain free of encroachments. The bench directed the commissioner …
May 10, 2019
The Bombay high court (HC) directed the state to develop and commission centralised data software to deal with organ donation, retrieval and transplant cases, within six weeks. It said the software will “take care of applications for approval, curb illegalities …
May 10, 2019
Following the sealing of fifteen hospitals in the city for not complying with fire safety norms, the fire brigade department of Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has also recently rejected the renewal of fire-safety NOCs (no-objection certificates) of 183 hospitals across …
May 10, 2019
In the past six years, 19,907 vehicles, worth over ₹536.65 crore, were stolen in the city. On an average, at least nine vehicles are stolen daily and crowded areas like Pydhonie, Azad Maidan and Mulund are particularly vulnerable to these …
May 10, 2019
You may have to brace for yet another season of bad roads this monsoon. The rains are just over a month away, but the civic body has not fixed 45% of the roads it had listed for repairs across Mumbai. …
May 10, 2019
The general election voting has come to an end in the city, but if affected Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s pre-monsoon preparation in many ways. A dangerous buildings’ list preparation is one of them. Most of the BMC employees were on leave …
May 10, 2019
The Western Railway is unable to control garbage dumping inside its own premises. The ground-plus-one storey slums next to Mahalaxmi carshed, where trains are cleaned and washed, have become a mini dumping ground. Such is the situation when WR is …
May 9, 2019
Less than a week after municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta directed civic officials to work with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRC) to ensure the city does not flood during the upcoming monsoon …
May 9, 2019
Of the total number of 9,096 accidents that occurred across the state in the first quarter of 2019, the highest number — 782 — took place on Mumbai’s roads, according to official figures. However, the city witnessed a 20% drop …
May 9, 2019
A totally of 19,907 cars, worth Rs 254 crore, were stolen within the city from 2013 to 2018. However, only cars worth a total of Rs 74 crore have been recovered, an RTI query has revealed. The information sought by …
May 8, 2019
The Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Department (MMVD) will soon issue new smart driving licences with a quick response (QR) code, which will make it easy for officials to check if the licence is genuine. The existing driving licences remain valid, and …
May 8, 2019
Commuters travelling on Mumbai’s first air-conditioned local train on Western Railway (WR) can enjoy the current concessional fare till the end of the month. On Tuesday, the railway announced it would further extend the introductory fare from April 24 to …
May 8, 2019
During the month-long period of the model code of conduct before Mumbai went to Lok Sabha polls on April 29, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) found 9,137 illegal banners, posters and wall defacements, all political in nature, bearing names of …
May 8, 2019
This monsoon, Western Railway (WR) will carry out “live, constant monitoring” of the passenger flow at crucial platforms and railway stations using 2,500 CCTVs. Additional railway staff, including Railway Protection Force (RPF), will be deployed to manage crowds and special …
May 7, 2019
The incident – the second such since December last year- took place under Vile Parle’s airport flyover. In a second such incident since December last year, five abandoned vehicles under Vile Parle’s airport flyover at Navpada burst into flames on …
May 7, 2019
In order to streamline traffic movement in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), a commercial hub that witnesses around 2 lakh people travelling daily in around 50,000 vehicles, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) plans to make one-way traffic movement on several …
May 7, 2019
Following the Supreme Court order, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is all set to start the piling work of the Coastal Road near Amarsons Garden which was halted from April 23 as Bombay High Court stayed the ongoing work following …
May 6, 2019
Once this section, which is one of the worst affected on the Central line, is raised, there will ne no disruption of services even if it rains 100 mm in 24 hours. Currently, 30mm of rain submerges the tracks here. …
May 6, 2019
Using a thick metal rod to pry open the door of a parked car for towing is still prevalent in parts of the city, despite the obvious damage that it’s likely to cause to the vehicle. A TOI photographer spotted …
May 6, 2019
Mumbai: A Re-audit of bridges undertaken in the wake of the Himalaya Bridge collapse at CSMT has reported that 17 road-over bridges (ROB) and foot-over bridges (FOB) in the suburbs are in ‘dangerous’ condition and need to be demolished. An …
May 6, 2019
The state pollution control board’s monthly water-quality assessments for rivers and coastal areas across Mumbai over two years have only revealed one result — polluted to heavily polluted waste-littered zones. However, a change is in the offing. Come June, the …
May 6, 2019
While the monsoon is hardly a month away, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is yet to complete over 75 per cent of desilting work of nullah and rivers. The civic administration however stated that around 44 per cent desilting work of …
May 6, 2019
The clean up marshal that used to collect fine from citizens for littering the city will face action if they litter the city. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is appointing new contractor with a clause to make clean up marshal …
May 3, 2019
‘No parking, no halting’ initiative taken by the traffic police in order to make the Bandra–Worli Sea Link free from people who park their vehicles on the reclamation road, leading to congestion and accident, is being appreciated and welcomed by …
May 3, 2019
Dadar-based karan Shah engages with vendors for his family’s garment business. This requires the 20-years-old to meet buyers around the city. Shah, who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), A genetic condition that impairs the functioning of the part of the …
May 2, 2019
The Bombay high court (HC) on Tuesday directed the railways to not use sewage water to grow vegetables on the many patches of land along railway tracks in the city. The railways’ administration allows some of its employees to cultivate …
May 2, 2019
Are large advertisement hoardings taking your eyes off the road? The Mumbai traffic police department thinks so. It has written to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), asking it to cancel permissions of hoardings within a 25-metre radius of every junction …
May 2, 2019
Repairing works have been started on the 16 bridges whose proposal got sanctioned by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) amid election Modal Code of Conduct citing it urgent and important. But, the BMC is yet to complete the tender procedure …
May 2, 2019
Mumbai: Ever cringed at hoardings that are too close to the junction, making it tough to view traffic signals? The problem could be history if the traffic police succeed in their crackdown on illuminated hoardings put up within 25 metres …
May 2, 2019
Traffic cops want implementation of 25-m junction-thoarding distance rule to avoid distraction to motorists; willing to bend on 50 m norm; owners want distance to be fixed from approach road. Ninety-seven advertisement hoardings at popular traffic signals are on the …
May 2, 2019
Traffic department tows away 25 vehicles, freeing up the space for morning walkers. Kalina residents’ year-long campaign to get rid of 25 khataaras parked at Sunder Nagar came to fruition this week, with the traffic department finally towing the vehicles …
April 30, 2019
Mumbai: The Election Commission (EC) promise to make voting easier and more accessible for differently abled voters rang hollow on Monday as some Mumbaikars used social media to complain about inadequate arrangements and lack of volunteers. Complaints poured in about …
April 30, 2019
The Social media campaigns, especially those in which people proudly display their inked fingers, have also made it look “uncool” to not vote. Campaigns to get cooperative housing society managements to help boothlevel officals and motivate members to vote have …
April 29, 2019
From street plays and processions to human chains and awareness drivers, students, especially from the National Service Scheme (NSS), did it all to get voters to step out and vote on Monday. “A number of our students and NSS volunteers …
April 29, 2019
Mumbai has about 80,000 new voters waiting to get their fingers on the EVM button on Monday and their mood- part concern and part enthusiasm – dispels the notion that youngsters are aoathetic and won’t show up. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/social-turns-political-millennials-excited-to-take-debate-offline/articleshow/69090364.cms
April 29, 2019
The Insecticide department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) found five times more dengue mosquito breeding spots than malaria mosquito in the last four months. The dengue cases rise more than two-fold in the same period than the last year. …
April 29, 2019
Water and food contamination has resulted in a spike in the number of gastroenteritis cases this summer. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) public health department official, more than 880 gastroenteritis cases were reported from March to April third …
April 29, 2019
Mumbai: Staircases of two old railway Foot Over-Bridges – 1 at Vidyavihar station & the other at Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar – will be shut for public use from Monday. At Vidyavihar, the old steel ‘N’ type bridge towards the …
April 26, 2019
Residents of more than 2,000 houses in civic body’s buildings in Sion are likely to face a water shortage on April 28 and 29, the latter being the day Mumbai votes. Reason? All pump operators who release water to these …
April 25, 2019
Mumbai: More than a month after the Himalaya foot over bridge outside CSMT crashed, killing seven, the BMC has instructed its roads and traffic department to carry out a survey of the area around the historic railway terminus to ascertain …
April 25, 2019
Around 40 abandoned vehicles that greeted commuters near the entrance of Mumbai Central Station have finally been cleared. The area had been used as a dumping ground of sorts for khataaras for close to 10 years. Western Railway officials finally …
April 25, 2019
Despite spending more than Rs 500 crores every year for pre monsoon preparations, the city last year lost 11 people and 71 were reported injured due to waterlogging, building or structural collapse, falling of trees or branches and electrocution. The …
April 25, 2019
An RTI application has revealed that the TMC has spent only 20 per cent of the Rs 203 crores received from the central government under the smart city scheme. The applicant further claims that the civic body showed civic expenses …
April 25, 2019
While the campaign for the General election in Mumbai has reached its last leg, the number of cases against illegal banners, wall painting and others have reached over 9,000. After the Model Code of Conduct came into force in March, …
April 24, 2019
Mumbai: The local ward office directed the sewerage operation department to levy a penalty of Rs 1 lakh on a contractor who let sewage spill into the sea (Sewage spills into sea at Cuffe Parade, BMC says contractor fouled up, …
April 24, 2019
Tree activists in the city have come down heavily on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for adding a clause which holds concerned contractors responsible for any mishap due to tree collapse. This they feel may lead to indiscriminate hacking and …
April 24, 2019
With the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) initiating pre-monsoon tree pruning exercise all over the city, environmentalists allege that despite its tall claims, trees continued to be trimmed in absence of supervision of civic officials. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-greens-rue-lack-of-supervision-as-bmc-initiates-tree-pruning-drive-2742687
April 24, 2019
The Central Railway (CR) will re-examine and dismantle four foot overbridges (FoB) that are more than 50 years old – on each at Masjid Bunder railway station and Vidyavihar railway station – and two at Thane railway station. The move …
April 22, 2019
Some of the worst affected stations because of this will be – Andheri, Bandra, Borivali, Virar and Jogeshwari on WR: and Kurla, Dadar, Bhandup, dombivali, Kalyan, Wadala and Gharkopar on CR. With Elphinstone stampede still fresh in memory and at …
April 22, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) may be forced to announce an additional five% water cut in May, after it reviews the stock available in the seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai. The civic body has already imposed a 10% …
April 22, 2019
The pre-construction work activities for carrying out repair works on Sion flyover will start today along with barricading the area below the flyover. Starting first week of May, the traffic movement on Sion flyover will be affected. The movement of …
April 18, 2019
Here’s a list of 12 documents that Voters can use (any one document) as a photo identity proof when you go to cast your vote Click here to read more: http://bit.ly/2UGbiyw
April 18, 2019
Mumbai: The state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent letters to around 25 homeopaths from Dombivli asking them to explain their large stocks of allopathic drugs. Though homeopaths cannot store or dispense allopathic drugs under the Drugs and Cosmetics …
April 18, 2019
More than 2, 74, 000 new voters enrolled themselves since February in the supplementary voters’ list this year by the Thane district election commission. This increase will ensure more than 63 lakh voters from across the district can now cast …
April 18, 2019
As part of monsoon preparation, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief Ajoy Mehta has directed all ward officers to ensure timely removal of barricades, construction debris from the road before the arrival of monsoon. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-clear-roads-before-monsoons-directs-bmc-2740758
April 18, 2019
Soon, regular kaali peelis and autorickshaws might vanish from the premises of Kurla Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT). In a bid to crack a whip on errant drivers, Central Railway is planning to ban metered taxis and autos from the station …
April 17, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Solid Waste Management (SWM) department has claimed to have brought down per day garbage generation by around 300 metric tonnes. As per the department, the city now generates around 6900 MT garbage per day. This figure …
April 17, 2019
Having successfully tackled flooding on railway tracks at Sion with the help of high capacity submersible water pumps during the monsoons last year, the Central Railway (CR) has decided to replicate the formula at other flood-prone areas on its route …
April 17, 2019
The Election Commission has directed Christian teachers who are unable to attend poll training on Good Friday to approach their respective assistant returning officers to reschedule their sessions, said deputy election officer (city) Farogh Mukadam. A section of the Catholic …
April 16, 2019
Mumbai: Taps of houses in Kalina and Vakola have gone dry since Sunday, due to a malfunction in a valve of a water pipeline. Since then, residents have been calling for water tankers for even basic needs. Robin Viegas from …
April 16, 2019
Now train commuters across Maharashtra who want to contact the Government Railway Police (GRP) can be assured of a quick response. The R Tracker (Resource Tracking) app, which was implemented as a pilot project in Mumbai, will now be downloaded …
April 16, 2019
A housing society in Bhandup (West) is set to cut back its electricity expenses by 65%, as it inaugurated its 180- kilowatt power (kWp) solar plant on Saturday. Dheeraj Dreams Building 1, located off LBS Marg, is one of four …
April 15, 2019
Starting May 1, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) will be a no crime, no begging, no hawking station, as part of a Central Railway campaign to create model stations across the country. A UNESCO World Heritage site and the …
April 15, 2019
New Delhi: The Centre has asked states to stop issuing driving licences to people who have neither resided in the state concerned nor attended classes in a driving school in its jurisdiction,. It has also advised state transport departments to …
April 15, 2019
The work on Metro-3 (Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ), the city’s only fully-underground corridor, is speeding through its underbelly with the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) completing 45% of tunnelling works and nine out of 32 tunnel breakthroughs till March-end. A breakthrough is …
April 15, 2019
Since from the last one and a half month the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has removed more than 9,000 illegal hoardings and covered 7,000 wall defacements which carried politicians’ names. There are many government departments who are working for the …
April 12, 2019
Mumbai: The BMC, which had decided to re-audit all bridges following the Himalaya foot over bridge (FOB) crash on March 14, has floated tenders for appointment of a structural auditor for the purpose in the island city at an estimated …
April 12, 2019
Navi Mumbai: Two youths were injured – one of them is in a serious condition – after a portion of the 15-year-old foot over-bridge (FOB) near the pump house at the Mini Seashore in Vashi Sector – 8 suddenly collapsed …
April 12, 2019
A key intersection near the Wadala police station, that witnessed 4 fatalities in two years within its immediate vicinity, has undergone a transformation to make it safe for road users, particularly pedestrians. The three-way intersection, a meeting point for LM …
April 11, 2019
A city already starved of parking space is facing a further crunch as restaurants are usurping space on roads for private parking for their patrons. Residents in the Oshiwara-Lokhandwala belt have complained about establishments which have put up ‘no parking’ …
April 11, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) administration has set a fresh deadline to make the Guzderbandh pumping station at Khar operational at full capacity. Ajoy Mehta, municipal commissioner during his monthly review meeting had set May 15 as the final deadline …
April 11, 2019
Thane: Plaster from the underbelly of Kopri rail over-bridge crashed on the tracks, sparking panic among railway officials in Thane late on Tuesday night. No one was injured, and rail and road traffic were not affected. The authorities had recently …
April 11, 2019
Congress’ Bandra West corporator, Asif Zakaria, wrote to municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta on Monday and asked him to issue a clarification on whether the property tax waiver on residential units less than 500 sq ft is applicable on the entire …
April 10, 2019
Mumbai: The trend of increasing grievances about civic issues ranging from water supply, drainage to garbage continues, with complaints to the BMC rising by 26% to 1.2 lakh in 2018 from 92,329 the year before, says a recent report by …
April 10, 2019
While the state has announced a public holiday on polling days for all four phases, private establishments have been asked to either announce a holiday or a concession of three hours to the employees to facilitate them to vote on …
April 10, 2019
The tree authority of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued permissions for the removal of 8,775 trees in 2018, revealed a study of newspaper advertisements issued by the BMC last year. The data was collated by activist Zoru Bathena. Although …
April 9, 2019
Nearly three lakh vehicles were added to city roads in the past year, raising the total number of registered vehicles in Mumbai to 36 lakh. Compared to last year, 14,010 more vehicles were on the roads, which means the city …
April 9, 2019
In a year’s time, your appeals with the headquarters bench of the state information commission (SIC) could be taken up for hearing within two month’s from the date of it’s filing. The SIC has come up with “bulk disposal” plan …
April 9, 2019
Here is a piece of good news for sports enthusiasts in the city! The two multi-sports complexes in Andheri and Dahisar, which were under construction, will be ready by May end. The Olympic-standard sports complex at Veera Desai Road in …
April 9, 2019
The railways are not just constructing new foot over bridges (FOBs) at railway stations but also between two railways stations to curb trespassing and deaths on tracks. The Western Railway (WR) has identified seven new locations where FOBs would be …
April 8, 2019
For the first time exclusive App launched by ECI for People with Disabilities. Hurry and Download the PwD App and register yourself. You can avail of Exclusive Wheelchair Accessible Taxi Service and its FREE. Know how to download. Additional help …
April 8, 2019
There is only 26 per cent water in the reservoir, but there is no sign of BMC announcing any water cuts. Corporators fear that there will be severe water cuts once the elections are over. In 2014 and 2015, BMC …
April 8, 2019
Even as several communities in Thane district are planning to boycott the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the TMC is making efforts to increase voter percentage. It has undertaken activities like rallies, signature campaigns, chunav pathshalas among other things to make …
April 8, 2019
Mumbai: The Western Railway (WR) has decided to demolish the canteliver portion of Kalanagar Road Over Bridge (ROB) and carry out major repairs in the Dharavi ROB. It has issued a public notice asking relevant authorities to remove the cables …
April 8, 2019
Mumbai: The transport department on Friday decided to requisition around 2,700 vehicles for poll duty in Mumbai region. This is aroun 10% more vehicles than what was hired during the last Lok Sabha elections. Nearly Rs 1 crore will be …
April 5, 2019
In a major push to the Accessible Election exercise, the Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra has announced a series of measures to enable disabled and elderly voters to exercise their franchise in a hassle-free manner. One of the measures taken by …
April 5, 2019
The Maharashtra state Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has sent notices to two manufacturers of popular toothpaste brands, Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste and Sensodyne, for selling “cosmetic products” as clinical ones. The authority said both brands have licences to manufacture and …
April 5, 2019
Mumbai: The civic public health department has found that 75% of lemonade served by roadside vendors was unfit for consumption. BMC officials had undertaken a special drive in late March after videos of a railway foodstall employee preparing lemonade in …
April 5, 2019
Study says WEH and EEH are the top two high-risk locations for fatal accidents. Emphasising the need to improve footpaths and other road infrastructure, a study has found that pedestrians account for about 51% of the 475 people who died …
April 3, 2019
The state’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) department is planning to start collecting samples from juice centres and ice manufacturers soon. Due to the Lok Sabha election duty, there is a lack of manpower in the FDA to inspect the …
April 3, 2019
With a sizeable number of vehicles gone, the biggest scrapyard in the city can now accommodate ones abandoned by the side of the road. Continuing its crackdown on clunkers, the BMC cleared over 2,000 abandoned vehicles from its Juhu Junkyard …
April 3, 2019
For state chief electoral officer Ashwani Kumar, a low-profile IAS officer (1987 batch), his chief task is to ensure the mega democratic process is free, fair and ethical. He is leading the charge with more than a million employees – …
April 2, 2019
Mumbai: Less than three weeks after a foot over-bridge crashed in south Mumbai. Outside, the civic body on Monday shut yet another bridge in Marine Lines after this one was found to be “dangerous”. This is the third such bridge …
April 2, 2019
Waste generated in the city every day has dropped by 4 per cent, or around 300 metric tonnes per day, claimed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). This, the civic body claims, has been achieved due to several measures taken by …
April 1, 2019
Mumbai: The high-security registration plates will be compulsory for all vehicles manufactured after April 1. RTOs in the city will have to ensure that brand new cars are fitted with chromium-based holograms. A circular with directives on implementation of the …
April 1, 2019
The civic body and railways have gone on a panic mode as pictures showing the poor shape foot overbridges (FOBs) go viral. To avoid risks the authorities are now shutting down bridges. The recent ones being the Mumbai Central and …
April 1, 2019
The drive against banned plastic in Mumbai will be put on hold, due to the unavailabilty of civic officials as they have been called for election duty. However, they are expected to resume work after the Lok Sabha elections. The …
April 1, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to look at other states to get contractor who can dispose off plastics, seized by blue squad, scientifically. In the second consecutive attempts, the civic body failed to get bidders, registered with the …
March 29, 2019
From April, all vehicles manufactured in Mumbai will be pre-fitted with tamper-proof high-security registration plates (HSRP). The move, initiated by the Union government to primarily curb vehicle theft, will also lead to uniformity in the number plates. “It will discourage …
March 29, 2019
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) will be fully operational from Sunday, almost two months after the repairs began, leading to operations being shut down for three days a week, for six hours. The Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd. …
March 29, 2019
Traffic police which had received flak for its inability to recover pending fines for traffic violations for the last two years have seen great improvement in collection of fines this year. As per the department’s claims, this year the recovery …
March 29, 2019
In a move to ease traffic congestion in South-Mumbai, Mumbai Traffic Police have recently sent a proposal to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to build six subways in the different areas of South Mumbai which witnesses a heavy rush of pedestrians …
March 29, 2019
What are your major achievements as an MP? I have contributed to getting clearances for major infrastructure projects such as the coastal road. I managed to get a commitment from Union shipping minister Nitin Gadkari that all tenants from the …
March 19, 2019
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Monday asked MMRDA what it will do if an untoward incident takes place in a Wadala highrise next to which a monorail station has been built. “If something untoward happens, what are you going …
March 19, 2019
Mumbai: In a progressive step, the state chief electoral officer has appointed a transgender person as an election ambassador in charge of creating awareness among voters and increasing the voting percentage. The chief electoral officer’s office has appointed transgender activist …
March 14, 2019
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday launched an investigation into a video released by Nanavati Hospital showcasing results of an unapproved drug for Parkinson’s patients. The video featured a patient who within minutes of being injected with apomorphine- a …
March 12, 2019
Mumbai: Since April 29 was announced as poll day for Mumbai and its neighbouring areas, civil activists are fretting. Voting is on a Monday, which comes on the back of a weekend including a fourth Saturday, which is usually a …
March 11, 2019
Can the warring saffron allies repeat the 2014 poll performance in Maharashtra in 2019? Or, will the Opposition, the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party that ruled the state together for 15 years, win their lost home ground and get the numbers that …
March 11, 2019
Mumbai: For the first time the 48 parliamentary constituencies in Maharashtra will go to polls in four phases, starting April 11. In 2014 and 2009, Lok Sabha elections were held in three phases in Maharashtra. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/in-a-first-maha-to-vote-in-four-phases-for-lok-sabha-polls/articleshow/68349671.cms
March 7, 2019
Mumbai: The city’s ranking in the national cleanliness survey Swachh Survekshan 2019 took a major hit as it dropped to 49 from 18 last year. Thane’s ranking too dropped to 57 from 40 last year, but Navi Mumbai brought cheer …
March 7, 2019
After improving its ranking from 97 to 77 this year, Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) said all its efforts bore fruit. “The civic body’s ranking improved because we managed to streamline our waste collection network. Earlier, we used to lift garbage …
March 7, 2019
By the end of this month, there will be automatic ticket vending machines (ATVMs) on Central Railway stations which will allow you to swipe your debit or credit card to procure a ticket. The CR authorities will instal 31 ATVMs …
March 6, 2019
Mumbai: Love street food but worried about hygiene? Worry no more if you are at Juhu and Girgaum Chowpatty, says the states Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as fast food stalls on the two beaches have got a “Clean street …
March 6, 2019
Court directs state govt to prevent illegal parking & dumping of cars on roads where Metro work is on. In a city whose roads are groaning under the weight of Metro work, abandoned vehicles or khataaras only add to the …
March 1, 2019
Mumbai: Traffic police personnel have begun visiting the houses of motorists who have been challaned 50 times or more to get them to clear pending fines. As a result, the recovery rate of fines has doubled in January compared to …
March 1, 2019
Please ensure that you have updated your present address. Even if you shift to any part within the country, you still have your right to vote. Visit www.nvsp.in and fill in Form 6 online – it’s as easy as that! …
February 28, 2019
Provices Rs 57 lakh for the first leg of the 4.75km promenade from Worli Chowpatty to Mahim Reti Bunder; the entire phase, for which tenders have been floated, will cost Rs 10.60 crore. City dwellers can soon look forward to …
February 28, 2019
Just like trains and Metro, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses will have announcements and LED displays to alert you about the next stop. In a bid to woo the Mumbaikars by being tech-savvy, the loss-making body has …
February 27, 2019
Mumbai: For the first time, Maharashtra will see 100% use of the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines alongside the electronic voting machines (EVM) in the upcoming general elections. There will be nearly 95,000 polling booths in the state, …
February 26, 2019
Five rail over bridges that needed to be repaired at the earliest, will finally be fixed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Bridges near the Mahalaxmi Railway Station, Curry Road station, Sion station, Dharavi, and Dadar station will be repaired …
February 25, 2019
Mumbai: The much-awaited second AD local will arrive in the city early this week and is likely to be put up for trails. Sources said the train has already left Integral Coach Factory in Chennai, where it was manufactured. After …
February 25, 2019
Mumbai’s Gamdevi, home to historical landmarks like Mani Bhavan, has a prominent road named Laburnum Road. Was it named so after a British officer who held influence in the area? Fortunately for visitors to a place which served as Mahatma …
February 22, 2019
The development of Mumbai’s eastern waterfront offers splendid opportunity for authorities and urban planners to redeem the city from the mess it is in currently. But for this, a holistic, well-defined vision and diligent detailing are at the core. The …
February 22, 2019
The Election Commission on Thursday said NRI voters have not been extended right to cast their votes online in the Lok Sabha elections due this summer. Responding to news reports which said NRI voters can cast votes online in the …
February 21, 2019
Mumbai: At a time when open space for every 1,000 Mumbaikars has shrunk to less than 0.03 acre, Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) has said the city may get a new green lung of up to 500 acres (or 200 hectares) …
February 21, 2019
Mumbai: Central Railway (CR) is likely to open Parel Terminus for suburban services on March 3. The authorities are planning to operate around 20 services from Parel in the Kalyan direction to reduce overcrowding at Dadar. CR’s divisional railway manager …
February 20, 2019
Girgaum Chowpatty in South Mumbai is set to undergo a major transformation. The beach will be declared Mumbai’s first Clean Street Hub by the Food Safety Standards of India(FSSI) and the Food and Drugs Administration(FDA) on February 28. The shop …
February 20, 2019
At last, Mumbaikars are making use of their cell phones to travel in local trains. There has been an increase of over 3.5 times in the number of commuters, who use the mobile ticketing system, as compared to last year. …
February 19, 2019
Although the final voters’ list was announced three weeks ago, those who have been left out of the electoral rolls can enrol themselves by registering online. Despite the state branch of the election commission of India adding more than 35 …
February 19, 2019
The Western Railway (WR) has started rapping with time. Its version of Gully Boy song ‘Apna Time Aayega’ is a warning for ticketless travellers in the city: “Rukh ja tu line main, ticket ke talash main… Mere jaisa shaana TC …
February 19, 2019
EC says you still have time to register; voters will be added till a week before nominations. The Election Commission has said that the electoral rolls will have photos of all voters in the upcoming general elections to rule out …
February 19, 2019
New Delhi: Persons in distress across 16 states and Union territories, apart from the city of Mumbai, can now call a single emergency response number ‘112’ to get immediate assistance from the police, fire and rescue, health and other emergency …
February 18, 2019
With elections around the corner, students from various city colleges are reaching out to citizens to ensure they have registered their names in the voters’ list. To ensure maximum voter turnout for the elections, students are organising workshops and awareness …
February 18, 2019
Girgaum Chowpatty is set to undergo a major revamp. Come February 28, the beach will be declared Mumbai’s first Clean Street Hub by the Food Safety Standards of India (FSSI) and the Food & Drugs Administration (FDA) Its famous bhelwallahs …
February 18, 2019
Here is a piece of good news for those who are yet to comply with Solid Waste Management Rules. Though the state government has framed by-laws for disposal of waste, keeping the maximum penalty at Rs 15,000, the Mumbaikars have …
February 8, 2019
Easy To Verify, Easy To Register it’s a guide to help with details for Election 2019. Click here to read more: https://togethervcan.in/election/ #vcan4mumbai #Voter @CEOMaharashtra
February 7, 2019
The Mumbai Port Trust’s draft plan for developing the city’s eastern seafront has come in for criticism from town planners, urban development experts, and environmentalists over too much emphasis on commercial development and reclamation. In an exclusive interview on Wednesday …
February 6, 2019
A project catering to the city’s population of 12.5 million, a budget of Rs 5,655 crore, an area of 966.3hectares from Wadala to Colaba, and an attempt to give away most of it for commercial development – do you need …
February 6, 2019
Mumbai Port Trust’s master plan for the Eastern Waterfront is a disaster. Instead of making provisions for open spaces, the area earmarked for them has been dramatically reduced. And the vacant area that would actually be accessible to the public …
February 6, 2019
Ports all over the world flourished and subsequently declined with the rise and fall of colonial rules in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Mumbai port continued to flourish after the independence, but began losing business in the last …
February 6, 2019
With the port trust land, let history not repeat itself in Mumbai. First, the flashback: After the 1982 mill strike, the city’s vibrant Girangaon, which supported a workforce of at least 2.5 lakh workers, shut down, with workers, chawls and …
February 6, 2019
The legend goes that centuries ago, when Mumbai was only a group of seven islands, people often crossed from one island to another during low tide, with only the slush to confront. The simple folk at the time – mostly …
February 4, 2019
New Delhi: Having consistently reposted its faith in EVMs, the Election Commission, which meets representatives of several opposition parties on Monday, will once again try and clear their misgivings regarding EVMs and educate them on the administrative and technical safeguards …
February 4, 2019
Mumbai: The traffic department has launched an app for Mumbaikars to upload live images of Traffic violations they spot, like helmetless riding or talking on phone while driving, as well as report incidents disrupting traffic flow, like tree collapse, and …
February 4, 2019
In order to make its trains run on time and improve its public announcement system, Western Railway (WR) is installing a new mobile train radio communication (MTRC) system that is expected to go live in two months. “MRTC is already …
February 4, 2019
Around 75 per cent to 80 per cent of the school-going children in the city have been vaccinated till date under the measles and rubella (MR) vaccination campaign by the state government. The MR vaccination campaign started in Maharashtra two …
February 1, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will start cancelling licenses of hawkers if they are found using or selling banned plastic. The step is taken after it has been observed that hawkers across the city are selling their products in banned …
January 31, 2019
Mumbai: Western Railway mulls keeping a few ticket booking windows closed on weekends at important stations like Dadar and Borivli to encourage more passengers to use mobile tickets and automated ticket vending machines (ATVM). WR has also been aggressively campaigning …
January 31, 2019
Commuters using the monthly trip pass (MTP) on the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro-1 corridor will have to shell out Rs 25 to Rs 50 more from February 1. Alongside the increase in ticket prices, for every time commuters recharge their smart cards …
January 31, 2019
You would soon be able to get real-time traffic updates while commuting on the arterial Eastern Express Highway, which links the central suburbs to south Mumbai. The state’s public works department is planning to instal digital signboards at several locations …
January 28, 2019
A few years ago, I happened to be in France on Bastille Day. In keeping with their tradition, there were magnificent tableaux on the road, similar to those we see in Delhi on Republic Day. A huge crowd of the …
January 28, 2019
Mumbai: Western Railway on Sunday launched its first ‘Muck Special’ train at Mumbai Central, Train at Mumbai Central, with a condemn EMU local train being converted into a muck train. Said WR chief spokesperson Ravinder Bhakar, “Ts is better than …
January 28, 2019
Walking on the footpath leading to Borivali railway station on both east and west especially during morning and evening peak hours seem like an impossible task for the everyday commuters. This far end of Mumbai’s western suburb is crowded at …
January 28, 2019
The hue and cry around EVMs has by now become a regular feature. The latest controversy involves a sensational claim of a live demonstration of hacking by an Indian cybersecurity expert based in the US in London that never happened. …
January 23, 2019
Your wait in long queues at railway stations may end soon. People can soon swipe their debit/credit cards on red coloured ATVMs at railway stations. This will do away with the need to buy separate Smart Cards and reduce the …
January 23, 2019
Local trains will not ply between Lower Parel and Churchgate on February 2 and 3 on account of the demolition of the Delisle Bridge. More than 200 train services will likely be cancelled and many long-distance trains will be terminated …
January 18, 2019
New Delhi: The Election Commission, taking serious note of a post on social media citing ‘fake’ poll dates for upcoming general election, on Thursday asked Delhi police to investigate the source of the ‘fake’ news. In a letter to Delhi …
January 17, 2019
In just over six months of enforcement of a statewide ban, plastic bags have made a comeback in the city-and with a vengeance. On June 23, the state government enforced the ban on the manufacture, usage, sale and distribution of …
January 17, 2019
Mumbai: For a significant number of dengue patients last year, the breeding source may have been their own homes. BMC’s insecticide department found Aedes aegypti mosquito breeding in nearly 27% more homes in 2018 than the year before. Statistics show …
January 16, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is working on various modes by which citizens can lodge complaints about abandoned or illegally-parked vehicles on the streets. The civic body will soon come up with a helpline number and email id to register …
January 16, 2019
After surveying all the 344 bridges in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is finally giving orders for the repair work of 223 bridges. The bridges include foot overbridges (FOB), flyovers, skywalks, and even rail overbridge (ROB). Of the …
January 14, 2019
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), under the direction of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), will soon take action against the manufacturers who are selling ‘fake compostable plastic products’. Most of these manufacturers are running the business without obtaining …
January 14, 2019
The Railways is planning to install blue-coloured indicators on the doors of the Mumbai local in a order to prevent accidents, that usually occur when commuters board or de-board a train. The lights will be installed above the door frame …
January 11, 2019
Mumbai: Central Railway will soon introduce another rake with 15-car services which will help run 12 services from February. CR operates 15-car services between CSMT-Kalyan. However, there are no such services between Kalyan-Karjat and Kalyan-Kasara for want of platform length. …
January 11, 2019
If you are concerned with your city’s cleanliness or you want your locality to be cleaner, it might be a good idea to download a government-backed mobile app. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will address citizens’ complaints registered through the …
January 10, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will also empanel organic waste compost (OWC) manufacturers and compost manufacturers on their list along with architects, structural engineers, fire safety service providers, etc, which are already on its website. Currently, citizens struggle to reach …
January 10, 2019
Mumbai: The Central Railway (CR) may run its first air-conditioned (AC) rake on the slow corridor for increased ridership, unlike the Western Railway (WR). The CR would like to start with the slow corridor on the CSMT-Kalyan stretch as many …
January 10, 2019
Government resolution puts the onus of clearing abandoned vehicles on traffic department and RTO; BMC must only provide space to dump the clunkers. A government resolution (GR) passed to tackle the menace of abandoned vehicles has put the onus squarely …
January 10, 2019
At 13.8°Celsius, Mumbai woke up to its lowest temperature of the month and second lowest of the season on Wednesday. The Santacruz weather station recorded 13.8°C, 3.4 degrees below normal, while Colaba recorded 17.5°C, 2 degrees below normal. The maximum …
January 9, 2019
The fire brigade recorded a 40% rise in calls on major fires in 2018, though the total number of calls on all tyoes of fires dropped. Around 20 people have died in recent weeks in several blazes across the city. …
January 9, 2019
After facing flak from citizens for the ineffective implementation of the ban on single-use plastic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) now plans to give daily targets to its 125-member blue squad for taking action against violators. The civic body will …
January 9, 2019
As the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) readies for the fourth Swachh Survekshan Abhiyan, it still has absolutely no idea about how to dispose or recycle e-waste. The BMC, the country’s richest civic body, has even shed responsibility for e-waste generated …
January 9, 2019
An array of public transport in Mumbai came to the rescue of Mumbaikars stranded due to the ongoing BEST strike. Both Western and Central Railways, Metro rail and MSRTC ran extra services while private buses were running too. App-based aggregators, …
January 8, 2019
Like most urban cities, Mumbai has its own home-grown problems – filthy beaches, damaged infrastructure, don poop, noise pollution, speeding bikes, and waning green patches. But Mumbaikars have been known for their community cohesion and instead of individually complaining to …
January 8, 2019
With talks failing between the labour unions and management of Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) on Monday, commuters may be inconvenienced because approximately 35,000 BEST employees will go on indefinite strike from today. Owing to a lack of coordination …
January 8, 2019
For third year in a row, Maharashtra has topped the list of municipal solid waste generators in the country in 2018, according to data from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) submitted to the union environment ministry. India …
January 8, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation started covering manholes with iron safety nets after Dr Amrapurkar drowned in an open manhole last monsoon. So far, the civic body has covered 1,425 manholes withsafety nets and has proposed to cover another 1,311 in …
January 8, 2019
In a significant order that can set the tone for basic amenities at high-end eateries, the Bombay High Court quashed and set aside a notice issued by the Legal Meteorology Department to a famous South Mumbai restaurant ‘Pizza by the …
January 8, 2019
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will start cancelling licenses of shops and hawking stalls if they are found using or selling banned plastic. The step is taken after it has been observed that hawkers across the city are selling their …
January 8, 2019
Traffic woes for commuters on Western Express Highway (WEH) and Link Road are not expected to end anytime soon, as Metro civil works on these stretch are delayed by at least six months. Following which, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority …
January 4, 2019
There’s finally some ‘cool’ news for commuters on the Central Railway (CR). The new AC train, touted as the little sister of the iconic Train 18 that was unveiled last week, is now coming to Central Railway. In a New …
January 4, 2019
With plastic bags being freely handed out by vendors, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) claims to have seized 47,000 kg of plastic and collected fines worth Rs 1.9 crore over the past six months, since the day the ban came …
January 4, 2019
Ever since the work on Metro 4 line started in Thane in July, the traffic situation along Ghodbunder Road has worsened. Commuters have been complaining that the travel time has doubled in the past few months. On Thursday, civic commissioner …
January 4, 2019
Mumbai’s overall air quality index deteriorated on Thursday with several areas being covered in a blanket of smog. Andheri was the worst hit among the pockets with PM 2.5 AQI being recorded at 411 — the worst air quality this …
January 2, 2019
Consumers will get uninterrupted power supply from April 1 and building blocks RK Singh. From this ‘zero date’, state distribution companies (discoms) cannot resort to wilful blackouts to avoid buying power. If they do, they will invite stiff penalty from …
January 2, 2019
Mumbai: In a first for Railways in the Mumai division, the Western Railway on Tuesday inaugurated a full fledged blood bank in Mumbai Central’s Jagjivan Ram hospital, which will help save lives of patients during critical hours. Then blood bank …
January 1, 2019
Mumbai: the much-awaited Masjid foot over-bridge (FOB) has been completed in a record 33 days and will be inaugurated on January 1 as a New Year gift to commuters from Central Railway. The FOB, which has been constructed at a …
January 1, 2019
Smart cards, Plastic coins may be used to gain access to Churchgate, Dadar, Bandra, Andheri, Borivali and Virar. If things go as per plan, 2019 will see a lot better crowd control at six major stations on the Western Railway’s …
January 1, 2019
The city and its people will walk into 2019 staring at bigger challenges with regard to issues pertaining to the environment. The city will be dealing with ongoing threats like rapid reduction of green cover, rising air and noise pollution …
December 31, 2018
The much-needed provision to set up Mumbai’s Parking Authority (MPA), mentioned in the Development Control and Promotion Regulations (DCPR 2034), has finally been implemented. The body, which will create a database of all parking slots in Mumbai, had its first …
December 31, 2018
Mumbai: In the next year, 34 foot over-bridges, 85 escalators and 59 lifts are likely to come up on th Churchgate-Virar suburban railway corridor to cater to 36 lakh commuters. On Sunday, newly appointed Western Railway divisional railway manager (DRM) …
December 31, 2018
Around 3,000 traffic police personnel will be posted on Mumbai’s roads from 10pm on December 31 to 4am on January 1 to ensure no drink driving and road rage incidents as the city gears up to usher in the New …
December 31, 2018
A system to enable passengers to track the movement of moving premium trains and for motormen to send distress signals during emergencies are the highlights of a Railways and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) collaboration to usher in a new …
December 31, 2018
An effort to make additional parking space available in the southern part of the city as a pilot project under the new parking policy could not bring the desired results. Thus, parking woes continue to haunt people in Cuffe Parade, …
December 28, 2018
You might have to pay for garbage collection soon, as municipal corporations will charge a monthly amount for the same from individuals (houses), commercial establishments, educational institutes etc. The Maharashtra state government’s Urban Development Department issued a Government Resolution (GR) …
December 28, 2018
Cops say the seized vehicles, which are piled on top of each other, are involved in criminal cases and can’t be removed as long as the case is in court. The footpath in front of a residential society in Jogeshwari …
December 27, 2018
Come Friday, Mumbai’s ‘mega local,’ which has the largest passenger carrying capacity so far, will be flagged off from the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai. The new, high-end air conditioned local train has been built on the lines of the …
December 27, 2018
Mumbai: The landing of the new Elphinstone FOB towards Indiabulls side was thrown open for public from Tuesday. The 12-metre wide platform FOB connects Parel station to Elphinstone side and is a relief to scores of commuters who can get …
December 27, 2018
1,500 families living along LBS Marg say both road and footpath have been blocked, leaving no space for them. Thousands of residents living betweenBhandup and Kanjurmarg on LBS Marg have to literally walk through dark mines while travelling back and …
December 26, 2018
Good news for Mumbaikars travelling to Delhi. The city will soon get a third Rajdhani Express to the national capital. The train will start from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai while its destination station in Delhi is being …
December 26, 2018
Be prepared to pay more for consuming less. The Railway Board has approved a hike in the cost of buying a glass of water from the vending machines at railway stations with a hope that passengers get 300 ml of …
December 26, 2018
The Mulund dumping ground is all set to be shut, with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board granting an no objection certificate. In June 2018, the BMC appointed a consortium of Prakash Constrowell Ltd, Infotech International Ltd and EB Enviro Biotech …
December 25, 2018
People travelling in the first air conditioned suburban local train on the Western Railway line will now get Christmas and New Year gifts. As the AC local completes a year on December 25, the Indian Railways have decided to extend …
December 25, 2018
Even as the city gears up for festivities, the weather is likely to add to the joy of Mumbaikars as according to weathermen, this week might see the minimum temperatures dropping to around 14 degree or so. Officials from the …
December 24, 2018
BEST buses may go off the roads from January 8. The BEST Workers’ Union has threatened an indefinite bus strike from January 8 to force the government into addressing their various demands, including the merger of BEST and BMC budgets, …
December 24, 2018
Mumbai: The Central Railway on Sunday announced that it introduced 66 new suburban services and 49 extension of setvices in 2018 for convenience of its more than 40 lakh daily commuters. The CR suburban services increased from 1,706 to 1,772 …
December 24, 2018
Days after a Mumbai Mirror report on abandoned vehicles eating into the road behind Infinity Mall in Malad West for over a year, the authorities have swung into action. On December 18, this newspaper had put the spotlight on the …
December 21, 2018
Three-year Government Railway Police data reveals maximum track deaths near Jogeshwari, Diva, Thane, between Thane and Kalyan, and Kurla and Vidyavihar. Tall claims about development projects made by the Central and the Western Railway ring hollow as the Government Railway …
December 21, 2018
The Rs 4,000-crore Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR) has crossed one more hurdle. The state forest department and the state government have given their nods for two 4.7-km-long tunnels that will pass under the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. It is …
December 21, 2018
On the backdrop 10 deaths in ESIC hospital fire incident, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is going to underline the statement that the owner or occupant is responsible for fire safety of the building. The BMC will soon carry out …
December 20, 2018
Mumbaikars’ local train journey is set to get cooler as the Railway Board has approved manufacture of 49 air-conditioned (AC) locals in the financial year 2019-20 for the suburban network. Of the 42 trains, 35 will be semi-air-conditioned rakes comprising …
December 20, 2018
Locals say they make the stretch dangerous for pedestrians and motorists alike. The residents of St Anthony Road in Vakola’s Siddharth Nagar have been plagued by a problem of abandoned autorickshaws dumped on the narrow two-way road for over four …
December 19, 2018
With the second air-conditioned train coming next month, commuters fear that it will further eat into the time of normal services, leading to disturbing timetable. “When the first AC local train arrived, it ate into 12 normal services,” said Ashish …
December 19, 2018
The 155-year-old St Stanislaus School, among the oldest educational institutions in the city, is located bang on Bandra’s bustling Hill Road. But, despite slotting different school hours for primary and secondary sections, the traffic congestion here continues to be a …
December 19, 2018
Many bikes and cars have been abandoned in and around Mumbai Central, Causing parking chaos. After waiting for months for passengers to claim their vehicles left outside Mumbai Central, the Western Railway (WR) has urged traffic cops to either tow …
December 19, 2018
Now, one can expect WiFi in local trains for real. People travelling on the Western line can expect WiFi connectivity in local trains by next year. The Railway authorities will install the connection in long-distance trains like that of Rajdhani …
December 18, 2018
The road outside Rustomjee International School turns into an uncivilised nighmare every day before and after school hours. One can see commuters fuming about being stuck in the seemingly endless traffic jam in front of the school, sometimes for even …
December 18, 2018
Clunkers abandoned on road behind Infinity Mall in Malad West have not been cleared in over a year despite residents’ repeated complaints to the civic body. Abandoned cars have been lying on a road behind Infinity Mall in Malad West …
December 18, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has warned at least 50 housing societies in Worli that their wet waste will not be collected by the civic body since the waste is not segregated. These housing societies are part of G South …
December 18, 2018
The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the state government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to set up ‘war rooms’ to address the perennial problem of potholes, which gets aggravated during the monsoons. A division bench of Chief Justice Naresh …
December 17, 2018
It is a mad 35-40 minutes outside Cathedral and John Connon School near the Bombay Gymkhana just after it gets over for the day. Narrow lanes, double-parking of cars, Metro work on both ends of the road and movement of …
December 17, 2018
Taking one’s child to and from school has become more about navigating the traffic nightmare outside education institutes these days. Thanks to the cramped nature of the city, its Metro and utility works and an ever-increasing number of vehicles, traffic …
December 17, 2018
After Railway Minister Piyush Goyal’s push, Central Railway has set a deadline for completion of filling up holes in station roofs by May 2019, promising that all stations will be properly covered before the monsoon. A senior official said it …
December 17, 2018
Mumbai: While 46.8% of commuters in the city travel by local trains, the number of vehicles entering Mumbai daily on weekdays has increased to nearly 6 lakh, up from 5.65 lakh in 2016, the latest traffic count at the toll …
December 17, 2018
Abandoned, seized vehicles pilling up under Bandra, Dahisar and Aarey flyovers, and Bandra East Skywalk. With the city’s junkyards running out of room, spaces under flyovers and skywalks have become convenient spots for the traffic police and BMC to pile …
December 17, 2018
Noise and air pollution are becoming major causes of severe ear infections that can lead to temporary or permanent hearing loss, warn doctors from a municipal medical facility in the city that specialises in ear, nose, and throat (ENT) cases. …
December 14, 2018
Mumbai: The BMC plan to install inderground garbage bins at four south Mumbai locations has run into trouble with several utility cables making the task difficult. A few days ago, the BMC solid waste management department started excavation works for …
December 14, 2018
Mumbai: Then BMC on Thursday cleared a proposal for biometric attendance for corporators. Currently, corporators sign a register outside the BMC meeting hall when they attend meetings. “But some corporators just sign the register and leave. This will not be …
December 14, 2018
Mumbai: A peek into kitchens of some of the city’s top restaurants has thrown some extremely unappetising findings. In a special drive, where 500 popular restaurants were surveyed, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials found hygiene and food safety violations …
December 14, 2018
The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) has recently ordered a man to deposit Rs 2 lakh with the local civic body in Bhiwandi to compensate the family of a father-son duo who died while cleaning a manhole in September …
December 13, 2018
Mumbai: There was an uproar in the Wednesday’s civic standing committee meeting as corporators blamed the BMC administration for failing to resolving the city’s water crisis. Many of them refused to get up from their seats even after the meeting …
December 13, 2018
Mumbai: Around 25% of Mumbai’s domestic waste, which comes from slums, flows straight into nullahs and creeks, polluting the marine ecosystem. But that doesn’t mean that the remaining 5% waste, which enters the city’s 1,915km sewer network, is properly treated …
December 13, 2018
On Tuesday, the Western Railway (WR) and the Central Railway (CR) sent fresh proposals to run more 15-car local trains to the Railway Board under the safety fund. Theses two separate proposals, worth Rs 970 crore, relate to the development …
December 13, 2018
The Western Railway (WR) will be adding 22 more services from January 2019. Not only that, it will also add two more trains of 15 cars each. The addition is expected to increase the passenger capacity by 33 per cent. …
December 13, 2018
Come January, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) plans to commence operations of the second phase of Mumbai Monorail by January 26 next year between Wadala and Jacob Circle in Mahalaxmi. The MMRDA claims that it has asked the …
December 12, 2018
The Navi Mumbai police, cracking down hard on traffic violators, have recommended suspension of licence for three months for 1,085 of them in the past 11 months alone. One-time violations, too, are penalised. The Regional Traffic Office, Navi Mumbai, have …
December 12, 2018
The Bombay high court has asked the Sangli municipal corporation to pay ₹50,000 to the parents of a boy who died after being attacked by a stray dog in 2013. The state failed its fundamental responsibility of providing good quality …
December 12, 2018
In a week’s time, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will decide on the stretch of storm water drainage systems that will be cleaned by a robot as part of its preparations for the monsoon season. The civic chief has asked …
December 12, 2018
Less than a week after the Maharashtra government its nod to Rs 54,777 crore worth of projects which are part of the Urban Transport Project (MUTP) 3A, the Indian Railways seem to be unsure of the new signalling system that …
December 11, 2018
The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has finally decided to provide some relief to Thanekars, who were tasked with managing waste on their own. The civic body is set to acquire 18 mobile and stationary organic waste converters (OWC) to process …
December 11, 2018
A speed test on random vehicles will be conducted on the country’s first Expressway that connects Mumbai to Pune. The exercise is a part of attempts to increase the speed limit on Mumbai-Pune Expressway from the existing 80-kmph to 100-kmph. …
December 11, 2018
Water woes continue to haunt residents of western suburbs, especially in areas like Vile Parle, Jogeshwari and Andheri (east). People living in these areas alleged that water cut in their respective area is amounts to 50 per cent. They said …
December 10, 2018
Navi Mumbai : Dumping of construction debris and garbage along the vast embankment of the Kalamboli holding pond adjoining Sion-Panvel highway and Roadpali Road is drying up mangroves on the stretch, environmentists have warned. The dumping is also encouraging encroachments …
December 10, 2018
Around 569 families of Mahindra Nagar Colony in Malad (East) came together in 2016 to manage waste generated from the area and today, they segregate and compost 800kg of waste daily. After getting notices from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) …
December 10, 2018
Moving a step closer to forming India’s first city-level exclusive body to oversee parking, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has formed a panel of urban planners to map parking lots in all 24 wards across the city. The planners have been …
December 10, 2018
While on one hand, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is providing free sanitary napkins for girls in class 6 to class 10, on the other hand it doesn’t have a mechanism to dispose of the napkins. Social activists say incineration …
December 10, 2018
A ramp road will be constructed from the Lilavati Hospital junction to the Western Express Highway thereby easing one of the busiest junctions in Bandra west. This comes after the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) granted permission to the …
December 10, 2018
There is a need for behavioural change in making water conservation efforts successful. Good habits have to cultivate and people need to understand that water is getting scarce with each passing day and its conservation is the only possible solution, …
December 6, 2018
Speeding was a contributory factor in nearly 40% fatal accidents on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway this year. And yet, the 95km corridor neither has CCTV coverage, nor a formal speed limit notification in place. Eighty-two people died in 294 crashes on …
December 6, 2018
After getting a good response from citizens for setting up a garden under the Tulpule flyover in Matunga in 2016, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday said it has now extended its plan to have 15 more such gardens …
December 6, 2018
The state government approved the Rs 54,777 crore Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) 3-A on Wednesday, taking the city one more step closer to 210 new AC locals, a fast corridor on CSMT-Panvel Harbour line and new corridors on Panvel-Virar …
December 5, 2018
The entirely vestibuled train can carry 350 commuters more than the current AC local, and borrows the design of engineless Train 18 that completed a trial up to a speed of 180kmph. Anyone who’s travelled on the Mumbai AC local …
December 5, 2018
A public toilet with an ATM, free WiFi, showers, changing room for mothers with infants, a sanitary napkin dispenser and a public seating arrangement? It is all set to become a reality for motorists on the eastern express highway (EEH) …
December 5, 2018
Within a week of the measles and rubella vaccination campaign, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has covered more than three lakh children across the city. The public health department officials will revisit the schools and parents, who may still have …
December 5, 2018
In order to avoid waterlogging during monsoons, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to start desilting of nullahs in advance. This year, the civic body aims to clean nullahs from one end to another. Earlier, contractors used to desilt …
December 4, 2018
Mumbai: Fifteen-car services are expected soon on the slow line between Andheri and Virar as the Western Railway (WR) has begun extending the platform length there at a cost of Rs 70 crore. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/western-railway-central-railway-to-make-room-for-more-15-car-rakes/articleshow/66931403.cms
December 4, 2018
Residents would have to deal with water scarcity till next monsoon. In the civic body’s review meeting held last month, it was decided that the 10% water cut implemented in the city, will continue till June 2019. However, the water …
December 4, 2018
In order to ensure effective implementation of waste segregation and processing at the source, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to appoint a Swachhta Mitra, or friend for cleanliness, on contract. A Swachhta Mitra will visit bulk waste generators …
December 4, 2018
On account of the Mahaparinirvan Divas or death anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) will run Mumbai Darshan buses for the visitors to pay homage to the late Dalit leader on December 6. The …
December 3, 2018
If you have potholes on the roads in your area then you might have to wait until January to get them filled. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has admitted that the asphalt plant will remain shut in December and the …
December 3, 2018
In order to curb traffic congestion and ensure the smooth flow of vehicles across the city in the new year, the Mumbai traffic police has drawn up a priority list of around 120 locations in the city and said it …
November 30, 2018
An inspection by Mirror in September had revealed that over 100 two-wheelers seized due to rash driving were dumped in front of Bandra police station and ward office. Abandoned vehicles, mainly two wheelers, that were dumped outside Bandra police station …
November 30, 2018
Mumbai: From Saturday, Metro commuters will not be able to avail discount on return journey tickets on the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor. The discount will still be on offer on store value pass (SVP) and monthly trip pass (MTP), said officials. This …
November 30, 2018
The Thane municipal corporation is all set to generate electricity from its Daighar waste processing unit. The daily garbage output of Thane is 650 tonnes and the Daighar plant will process 600 tonnes of solid waste daily. After generating fuel …
November 29, 2018
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal yesterday directed that all local trains in Mumbai be turned into 15-coach trains and asked the Central and Western Railway top brass to come up with a timeline for the project within two weeks. At a …
November 29, 2018
The city will have to wait longer to add to its sole air-conditioned (AC) suburban local train after the Chennai-based Integral Coach Factory (ICF) of the Indian Railways abruptly cancelled the tender issued to procure 47 more AC locals. The …
November 29, 2018
The pedestrian-friendly footpaths, constructed in 2012-13 along the Eastern Express Highway, are out of bounds for 30 months. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Authority (MMRDA) has barricaded the left side of the stretch from Teen Haath Naka to Cadbury junction for …
November 29, 2018
The meeting of a town vending committee to oversee the marking of hawking zones in central Mumbai went for a toss on Tuesday as the required number of members did not show up. In the absence of the quorum, which …
November 28, 2018
The city will soon have a pedestrian-safe road with broad carriageways, consistently formed pavements and walkways throughroad medians. As part of an MoU signed in 2015 between the state government and New York-based Bloomerg Philanthropies, the BM is working with …
November 28, 2018
Urban Development Department plans to reduce parking spaces kept for visitors from 25% to 5%. The State Urban Development Department is planning to amend the Development Control Regulations (DCR) to reduce parking space for visitors to housing societies in the …
November 28, 2018
CSMT has two beautiful heritage structuresthe railway terminus and the BMC headquarters – but there is a fear of being run over if a person tries to go and have a look,” saus Janette Sadik-Khan, former transportation commissioner of New …
November 28, 2018
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) junction, one of south Mumbai’s busiest, is all set to become pedestrian-friendly, on the lines of New York’s Times Square. The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NATCO) – Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI), …
November 28, 2018
In order to ensure fire compliance in restaurant and eateries across the city, the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) will increase the numbers surprise visits to check fire safety. The fire department will take each and every complaint seriously to avoid …
November 28, 2018
A day after the Centre asked the states and Union territories to go easy on children over homework and the weight of their school bags, parents and activists in the city said the state government has tough rules on the …
November 27, 2018
The Maharashtra government has launched a state-wide vaccination drive to protect children from measles and rubella. In the coming six weeks, beginning Tuesday, it has plans to vaccinate over three crore children as part of the drive. Advertising State public …
November 27, 2018
Mumbai: With BEST’s fleet shrinking steadily, wait time for buses on some routes has gone up to 40-45 minutes, said activists. From 4,200 buses in 2014 to 3,500 in 2017, the fleet is now 3,337 strong. In March, another 113 …
November 27, 2018
Following the Bombay high court’s recent directive, the Mumbai Fire Brigade is developing a mobile application that will allow Mumbaiiates to know whether the restaurant they’ve chosen is fire safety-compliant. A senior civic official told HT, “We recently spoke to …
November 27, 2018
Due to the prevailing low levels of storage water, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced a 10 per cent water cut across the city with immediate effect on November 14. Despite drawing water from several lakes and dams with a …
November 26, 2018
Mumbai: Soon, motorists commuting between Dindoshi and Goregaon (Wet) won’t have to worry about the crawl at the Oberoi Mall junction, where the vehicular speed dips below 10kmph during peak hours, if everything goes as per BMC plan. The civic …
November 26, 2018
A day after a Mirror report on tourists urinating outside three shut e-toilets near Gateway of India, the BMC threw them open to the public on Thursday. The toilets were installed in September, but their inauguration was held up as …
November 26, 2018
Seventeen-year-old Aarushi Majumder’s friends and neighbours call her a “green warrior.” She earned the sobriquet from them after she convinced her society to adopt environment-friendly means of waste management. Majumder’s society, Sumer Trinity Towers in Prabhadevi, installed 12 wet-waste composters …
November 26, 2018
A study by the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar metro railway, the first of the many that will crisscross Mumbai, said the service prevents daily emissions of 22.7 tonnes of carbon dioxide …
November 26, 2018
A study by the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar metro railway, the first of the many that will crisscross Mumbai, said the service prevents daily emissions of 22.7 tonnes of carbon dioxide …
November 26, 2018
The Metro coaches of the three upcoming Metro corridors will be ‘Made in India.’ Indian firm Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) won the contract to manufacture 63 driverless Metro trains of six coaches each by defeating other firms from China, …
November 21, 2018
Mumbai: Even as the bad air quality in the national capital has grabbed all attention, Mumbai’s Mazgaon breached the ‘severe’ category on Tuesday. The AQI (Air Quality Index) in that area, as monitored bt SAFAR (System of Air Quality Weather …
November 21, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) plan of appointing a contractor on a pilot project basis to lift garbage from three wards in the western suburbs has already hit a snag. With complaints pouring in regarding irregular garbage lifting from localities, …
November 21, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is still looking for a suitable site for a new dumping ground, with two of its three existing sites — Mulund and Deonar — set to be closed soon. The state government had suggested an …
November 20, 2018
To beautify upcoming Metro stations in the city, the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) is planning art installations at every station. Recently, the MMRDA has been in talks with art groups to present their concepts for every station with …
November 20, 2018
Even though the city experienced a cloudy weather on Monday, the weathermen have predicted a warm week ahead. Also, the Air Quality Index (AQI) of the city was recorded as ‘poor’ on Monday. Weather observers said that the weather was …
November 19, 2018
After Delhi’s air quality in Diwali reached levels that required emergency interventions, the city started enforcing a rarely-used order from the National Green Tribunal that makes burning of garbage in the open an offence punishable with a fine. Last week, …
November 19, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has set a deadline of November 30 to complete hawking pitches, and send it to the town vending committee (TVC) for approval. Senior civic officials have already asked wards to start marking pitches soon after …
November 19, 2018
Decentralization of waste process and segregation at the source are the best practices to reduce the burden of solid waste, suggests the experts. is also crucial. Municipal solid waste can be divided into wet and dry waste. In Mumbai, solid …
November 19, 2018
Although for a civic cause, the Central Railways’s (CR) cleaning work at Kalyan station on Sunday delayed and cancelled several trains. While the CR removed 120 tonnes of steel from a 104-year-old steel bridge (or Patripul) near the station, commuters …
November 19, 2018
In what is a good news for the 37 lakh commuters on Western Railways (WR), a new suburban rail terminal has been proposed at Jogeshwari station from where local trains will start towards Churchgate and Virar. The terminal is expected …
November 16, 2018
If you plan to travel on the Kalyan-Shilphata route this Sunday, be prepared for traffic jams. The Central Railway (CR) has announced a six-hour block for demolition work of the bridge on Sunday between 9.30am and 3.30am. The railways will …
November 16, 2018
The water stock of the city has reduced to a meager 76 per cent. To tackle the crisis, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has imposed a 10 per cent water cut across the city and a 15 per cent cut in …
November 16, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has adopted Navi Mumbai’s model of garbage collection. The model was implemented in three wards from Tuesday. Now onward, garbage collection in Knadivli (west), Borivali, and Dahisar will be carried out by a single contractor. …
November 16, 2018
The BEST administration said on Thursday smaller buses seem to be the answer for Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) to compete against taxis and auto rickshaws operating on share basis. They asked the BEST committee to approve procurement of …
November 15, 2018
04-year-old Patripul is being razed to pave way for new rail over bridge. Travelling could be tougher than usual for the Central Railway (CR) commuters on Sunday. The railway authorities have planned a six-hour mega block to dismantle Patripul near …
November 15, 2018
Dengue deaths have nearly doubled in Maharashtra in 2018 as compared to 2017, suggests data from the health department. Forty-four people in the state succumbed to dengue in 2018 as against 21 last year. The highest numbers of deaths — …
November 15, 2018
Reduced water levels in reservoirs and lakes has forced Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to impose a 10 per cent cut in water supply to the city immediately. Water supply timings will also be reduced by 15 per cent, and there …
November 15, 2018
The BMC might have just announced the 10 per cent water cuts, but residents of Cuffe Parade claim they have been suffering from water shortages right from August this year. “We have been getting much lesser water than what we …
November 15, 2018
A special inspection drive conducted by Maharashtra’s Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) department on food manufacturing units during the festivities found products like edible oil, ghee, chocolate and sweets to be more substandard in quality. During Diwali, edible oil and …
November 14, 2018
Mumbai: With stock in the seven lakes that supply potable water to Mumbai at 76% as compared to 92% in November last year, the BMC administration has proposed a 10% water cut for the city. The proposal will be tabled …
November 14, 2018
BMC allows 799 abandoned vehicles to trespass its key pay and park spaces across the city; doesn’t seem to care about decongesting the roads or earning some revenue. Hold your applause for the BMC’s crackdown on abandoned vehicles on city …
November 14, 2018
Noise levels across the city this Diwali were the lowest in five years but were still above permissible limits for residential areas and silence zones, says the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board’s (MPCB) noise monitoring report. MPCB officials said there was …
November 14, 2018
The Western Railway (WR) has planned a dedicated time frame for goods trains to operate, so as to improve throughput and revenue. According to officials, there will be blocks on different railway sections when only goods trains are allowed to …
November 14, 2018
Even though the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation was all set to start construction work of roads after monsoons, it has been difficult to get permission from the traffic police as half of the roads are already dug due to the ongoing …
November 14, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) will be ready by December, to install GPS in buses and create an app for passengers to trace buses’ location. Twenty-eight lakh passengers can monitor each and every bus, check timings on the …
November 13, 2018
Mumbai: With levels of the seven lakes that supply potable water to Mumbai at nearly 77% as compared to 93% last year on the corresponding day, the civic body is likely to take a call on executing water cuts in …
November 13, 2018
Tender submitted by supplier of AC local electrical components comparatively higher than another company’s. A tussle has broken out between the Integral Coach Factory and rake supplier Bombardier Transportation over the price of proposed partially air-conditioned local trains to be …
November 13, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to construct a jogging park under the Anik-Wadala flyover that connects the L ward in Kurla and Wadala bus depot. The proposal will be heard by the civic body’s standing committee for approval …
November 13, 2018
To overcome the restrictions caused by the city’s narrow roads and congested spaces, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) will adopt new technology for its tunnelling work for Metro-3 starting this January. The MMRC will use the New Austrian Tunnelling …
November 13, 2018
Come December 1, and you can expect more traffic snarls in the Central suburbs. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) plans to shutdown the Sion flyover that connects eastern and Central suburbs to south Mumbai for some major repairs. …
November 12, 2018
Mumbai: In a big relief to rail commuters in Mumbai, the Railways will throw open phase 1 of the 12. 4-km Nerul-Belapur-Seawoods-Kharkopar suburban railway line on Sunday. The work on the remaining 14. 3-km stretch from Kharkopar to Uran is …
November 12, 2018
After a delay of more than six months and following criticism from anti-air pollution activists, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board’s (MPCB) real-time air quality monitoring system for the city went live on its website on Saturday. Air quality information from …
November 12, 2018
Though Thane residents celebrated a quieter Diwali this year, there was no relief in air pollution. The Air Pollution Index for the city this year was more than 90%. “The Air Pollution Index is over 90 percent more than the …
November 12, 2018
The new rail route, connecting different stations of Ulwe Node, will be inaugurated by the rail minister on Sunday. This has risen the hopes of many. With this move taking place, the real estate heads now say that finally, affordability …
November 12, 2018
In a bid to explore the scope of constructing a sea-link between Versova and Virar, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has begun the process to study the passenger traffic in the region. The study is expected to predict …
November 6, 2018
Mumbai: At Rs 3,015 crore for 63 rakes, the lowest bid for rolling stock on Metro corridors 2A, 2B and 7 is also the most competitive yet for any project nationally. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) had originally …
November 6, 2018
Mumbai: The 15% slash in the number of waste collection vehicles in the city drew sharp criticism at the standing committee meeting Monday with corporators cutting across party lines asking if this was the BMC’s idea of a Diwali gift …
November 6, 2018
BMC’s plan to build second arm of a bridge linking Kurla to Kalina in limbo for six months as traffic police drag their feet on clearance; motorists forced to use old, ‘unsafe’ structure. It’s a case of a bridge too …
November 6, 2018
The Western Railway (WR) has recently approached the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) to reduce the time taken in opening and closing automatic doors of air-conditioned (AC) local trains, so as to shorten halts. A regular local train halts at every …
November 6, 2018
Following the Amritsar tragedy it has now been decided by the Western Railway that they will build 74 foot over bridges in city in the next two years. They shall be constructing it on the stations and mid-sections between two …
November 6, 2018
While on one hand, Diwali marks celebrations, it also threatens us with an increase in air pollution. People burst firecrackers and it pollutes the air. To remedy the problem, residents of Ganraj Heights in Thane have come up with an …
November 5, 2018
What started as an idea for a competition has turned into a year-long campaign to safely dispose electronic waste and help the environment for two students from a school in Goregaon. In the past two months, Soorya Balasubramanian and Trisha …
November 5, 2018
With Diwali just around the corner, garbage begins piling up across the city, and not just at street corners and garbage bins. Senior corporators blamed the civic body for reducing garbage only on paper, while also cutting down the number …
November 5, 2018
After experiencing the hottest November day in over four decades on Saturday, Mumbaikars will continue to feel the heat as the temperature is expected to hover around 37 degrees Celsius for another week. According to a seven-day forecast by the …
November 5, 2018
Even as the authorities plan to start barricading work for Metro-6 within a month, a group of citizens have come together to demand the Swami Samarth Nagar-Vikhroli line be made underground and create awareness about the disastrous impact of the …
November 5, 2018
Citing pedestrian movement and the presence of many residential buildings in the area, the Mumbai traffic police (MTP), after carrying out several tests, has said the speed limit at Marine Drive will not be increased beyond the current 60 kmph. …
November 5, 2018
The withdrawal of four train services from Andheri, as part of the new rail timetable, has given the Western Railway an opportunity to run trains on a cyclical pattern. Passenger associations said that the railway authorities can try the new …
November 2, 2018
Gets nod from govt after its committee junks plan; contract is only for 6 months. The BEST may be bleeding, but that hasn’t stopped its administrators from squeezing it dry further. The undertaking has got the state government’s approval to …
November 2, 2018
Although several passengers are unhappy with the new timetable, WR says the changes were made keeping in mind the large number of commuters. Several passengers from Jogeshwari, Bhayandar and Vasai are not happy with the new timetable introduced by the …
November 2, 2018
A free of charge toilet facility especially designed for women and breast feeding mothers with a sanitary vending machine, a water cooler and a waiting area was inaugurated on Thursday morning within the Gateway of India premises. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/gateway-of-india-gets-women-centric-toilet-facility/articleshow/66464135.cms
November 2, 2018
The Major arterial roads in G-South ward, comprising Lower Parel, Mahalaxmi and Worli, will be taken up in a pilot study of traffice problems ailing Mumbai, a special committee set up by the Bombay high court said on Thursday. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/parel-worli-roads-model-for-traffic-study/articleshow/66468964.cms
November 2, 2018
In a tiff between the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Western Railway, passengers of Malad are suffering for the last 4 months. Both the organisations have finally resolved problems and now, Malad passengers can accept the repairing and opening …
November 2, 2018
Much to the relief of Andheri’s harrowed residents, Gokhale Bridge, that had partially collapsed in July this year, is now open to traffic. A single lane of the bridge is up and functional, and so is a small temporary pedestrian …
November 1, 2018
Western Railway suburban serrvices may get disrupted due to protests by Jogeshwari commuters on November 3 against a decision to skip halts there for six services. WR runs four slow services from Goregaon and two from Malad towards Churchgate during …
November 1, 2018
Sensors on yet-to-be-opened rail overbridge will give constant updates on structural stability Unsafe bridges may soon start sending out warning signals, thanks to an innovation by the Central Railway and the IIT-Roorkee. In a first such experiment in the country, …
November 1, 2018
The city has 33 lakh vehicles, but only 60,000 parking spaces , according to official data. With 2,000km of roads in the city, these numbers mean your commute is a crawl and also life-threatening. According to experts, the key to …
November 1, 2018
Look before you buy. That seems to be the dictum when it comes to buying sweets in the festive season. The state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized 21,225 kg mawa, 1,55,652 kg edible oil and vanaspati ghee and …
November 1, 2018
Three citizens including a seven-year-old boy died in the month of October due to monsoon-related ailments dengue and malaria, according to the BMC’s public health department. Besides this, 249 cases of dengue and 461 of malaria have been registered by …
November 1, 2018
The state government issued an ordinance on Tuesday amending the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies (MCS) Act, 1960. Now, housing societies having less than 200 members will be able to hold elections in their annual general meeting every five years, instead of …
October 31, 2018
Municipal chief Ajoy Mehta orders fast-tracking of footpath revamp to ensure level, pedestrian-friendly pavements. In a bid to improve the quality of its road repairs, the civic body has rolled out a new mechanism to make the city’s pavements pedestrian-friendly. …
October 31, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) F South ward has finalised the contract for the last leg of the three-part storm water drain being constructed at Hindmata junction in Dadar. The third part of the project comprises constructing up a 920-metre …
October 31, 2018
Underground Metro corridors were a better option for the city, especially for commuters in the western suburbs, as the proposed elevated lines have compounded the traffic woes of motorists, according to experts. Metro construction work on the Western Express Highway …
October 31, 2018
The recent study released by World Health Organisation (WHO) that states around a lakh kids in India under five years died due to exposure to ambient and household PM2.5 pollution, has left Mumbaikars alarmed. Activists said it should be a …
October 31, 2018
The Western Railway (WR) has good news for the to 37 lakh passengers travelling on the Churchgate-Dahanu stretch, starting November 1. The schedule of trains will change from Thursday, making local train rides smoother and less harrowing; especially during peak …
October 31, 2018
The road to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) clogged with lengthening truck lines leading to long freight delays is an everyday phenomenon. The Navi Mumbai traffic police have blamed the heavy truck buildup on planning authorities like CIDCO, JNPT port …
October 30, 2018
To decongest city roads, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) might be parking up the wrong tree, possibly in your housing society. As part of deciding the rules and regulations for implementing the parking authority promised in Development Plan 2034, the …
October 30, 2018
You know you are in Mumbai when Google Maps says it would take longer to reach your destination by car than by walking, according to a recent tweet. According to experts, an increase in the number of vehicles on Mumbai’s …
October 30, 2018
In order to attract foreign tourists in Malabar, Grant Road and Walkeshwar areas in South Mumbai, the D ward of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has undertaken the development of ten spots in the ward. These spots will be developed across …
October 29, 2018
Two months after declaring 18 bridges in the city as dilapidated and need to be torn down, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) estimates it will take six months more to start the demolition work of 15 of them. The civic …
October 29, 2018
Central Railway (CR) will get its first air-conditioned local train in early 2019 and the planning for this is underway. The city’s first air-conditioned train was introduced in 2016 and operates on Western Railway (WR) routes, between Churchgate and Virar. …
October 29, 2018
Going by assurances given by civic officials, residents of Juhu-Koliwada will get adequate water before Diwali as the Hydraulic Engineering department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will lay a new pipeline to supply water. The new pipeline will boost …
October 29, 2018
The city’s tryst with its worst kind of October heat continues as it reels under severe hot and dry weather conditions. Sunday witnessed a maximum temperature of 38.0 degree celsius, which is not only the highest this season but also …
October 26, 2018
Local groups and the BMC prevent 81 garbage trucks from going to landfill in 2 years Bandra Reclamation is set to become a zero-waste area. Under a two-year-old initiative, subsidised compost pits are being built in housing societies and maintained …
October 26, 2018
Policy dialogue focuses on sustainable solutions to water, energy, waste problems It is time citizens took control of waste management, and innovators must help deliver urban services, said participants in a policy dialogue on ‘Accelerating Innovation – Water, Waste, Energy’ …
October 26, 2018
Soon, Mumbaiites can log on to a mobile application to get their dry waste collected, processed and dumped. As part of its mega plan to streamline the collection and processing of 800 to 1,000 tonnes of dry waste generated daily, …
October 26, 2018
Every once in a while, I am consumed by nostalgia about how some of the defining landmarks of this city have vanished, leaving behind little tangible reminder of their past existence. The other day, while coming down Malabar Hill towards …
October 26, 2018
To tackle dry waste more scientifically, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun efforts to rope in overseas firms. The civic body has invited global expression of interest (EOI) from seven countries for development of dry waste centres for collection, …
October 26, 2018
The water pipeline under the Marine Drive footpath burst again on Thursday, exactly a week after suffering the same fate, and had undergone repairs which got over only two days ago. The rutpure will add to the woes of the …
October 25, 2018
A year after an alert citizen tweeted about a uniformed cop riding without a helmet and led to the Mumbai Police issuing him an e-challan, the fine amount remains unpaid. The embarrassing discovery was made by a south Mumbai businessman …
October 25, 2018
The operations of the Parel suburban railway terminus are set to start from March 2019, helping commuters take local trains originating from and terminating at the station. In the last leg of the construction work, the Central Railways (CR) has …
October 25, 2018
It takes a tragedy for the Indian Railways to wake up from slumber and act. Following Amritsar tragedy, in which 61 people were mowed down by a train, the Central Railway has decided to identify locations near level crossings, next …
October 25, 2018
Despite witnessing several rail-related accidents in the last six months, 30 railway stations in Mumbai are devoid of ambulance services. Even if ambulance service is provided, there were instances when ambulances parked outside stations were found locked or without doctors. …
October 24, 2018
It’s the turn of Central Railway to get an air-conditioned locak and authorities are looking at options to introduce the service on one of the three routes-Main, Harbour and Transhabour. The first fully air-conditioned local was introduced on Western Railway …
October 24, 2018
A two-day inspection drive conducted by Maharashtra’s Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) Department on food manufacturing units, resulted in the seizure of adulterated food worth more than Rs 3 lakh. The surprise inspection was carried out in various areas across …
October 24, 2018
After Cuffe Parade, residents of Juhu and Vile Parle staged protests in front of Brihanmumbai corporation’s ward office on Tuesday over poor water supply in the area for the last two weeks. They warned that they would lock the door …
October 24, 2018
City may get another 5,000 CCTV surveillance cameras to curb street crimes and traffic offences. The state government has given its nod to upgrade the existing network of 4,717 cameras and integrate it with the Mumbai Police’s ‘Dial 100’ project …
October 24, 2018
Cities with beaches, anywhere in the world, are always a major draw for tourists. However, despite the fact that the city is blessed with a coastal stretch of 437.71 square kilometre and is dotted with several beaches on the western …
October 24, 2018
It is quite possible that in the coming days, you shall board the buses operated by the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST), but the conductor would not have any tickets to issue. The Undertaking is facing issues as on …
October 23, 2018
40 clunkers removed from Juhu junkyard on Day 1; hundreds to go over the next few days. The wheels are finally turning at the 18 junkyards where the BMC finally began the process of handing over abandoned vehicles to auctioneers …
October 23, 2018
Alleging the recently published final coastal zone management plan (CZMP) maps for the city has left mangroves, wetlands, salt pans with no protection against development, activists plan to move the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The state has brushed off the …
October 23, 2018
Mumbaikars have been waking up to hazy mornings for a couple of days now, and the condition on Monday seemed worse as the haze continued to envelop the city throughout the day. As per IMD officials the haze was a …
October 23, 2018
Looks like Thane housing societies’ war with Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) over Solid Waste Management (SWM) is yet to conclude. Now, the residents of Thane housing societies has threatened to move to court against TMC’s solid waste management decree which …
October 23, 2018
The State government has assured the Bombay High Court, that by month end, laboratories to check swine flu will be operational in Aurangabad and Lathur government medical colleges. It also assured that by year-end, centres in other districts like Ratnagiri, …
October 23, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) wants to leave no stone unturned for its ambitious Coastal Road Project. It is for the same that the corporation is working on beautifying an entire neighbourhood. Keeping in mind the location, that is Bandra …
October 22, 2018
It is almost two years since the state government had earmarked a plot in Taloja in Navi Mumbai for a dumping ground for Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). However, around 12 hectare of the total proposed plot is encroached, and the …
October 22, 2018
The road space share of private vehicles in the city has gone up from 59% to 77% in two decades. At the same time, buses’ share of road space has gone down from 6.2% to 2.2%. Public transport overall, including …
October 22, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to reclaim more than two acres near Girgaum Chowpatty and Priyadarshini Park, as part of work on the two underground tunnels for the coastal road. The 3.45-km underground twin tunnels, part of the …
October 22, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started construction work of the second phase (part A) of the ambitious 36-kilometre-long cycle track along Tansa pipeline. Though there are several patches occupied by hutments, the officers are confident that work will be …
October 22, 2018
From stone walls and iron fence to concrete walls — everything is being tried to prevent people from crossing tracks instead of taking FOB. In the melee, lives are lost, yet no lesson is learnt. The rail authorities claim that …
October 22, 2018
In a major set back for Thane, Kalyan and Dombivli residents, the local civic bodies have decided to cut the water supply once every week. Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) and Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation(KDMC) have decided to go on a 24-hour …
October 19, 2018
Malabar Hill, Girgaum, Nana Chowk, along with Pydhonie and Kalbadevi, which come under C and D administrative wards (part of South Mumbai), saw the most alterations to the original plans of their buildings , a civic body survey revealed. According …
October 19, 2018
Owing to heavy road traffic crisscrossing the level crossing at Kalwa — from east to west — local train services on Central Railway line were delayed by around 15 minutes on Wednesday morning. Due to heavy traffic, the motorists got …
October 19, 2018
The first phase of the proposed Coastal Road project will have three interchanges, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Thursday. The first phase of the project runs between Princess Street and Bandra-Worli Sea Link Road and the three interchanges …
October 17, 2018
Fails to file appeal in Bombay HC within the stipulated time, paving the way for plot to be wrested. The BMC has lost yet another open space, this time in Cuffe Parade, to a private trust due to delays and …
October 17, 2018
Passes booked via UTS app and printed at ATVMs fading, sending people back to booking counters. A disappearing act has got the railways in a bind. Over the last few days, it has received a number of complaints from commuters …
October 17, 2018
The Chembur school incident has once again brought children’s safety on school buses in the spotlight. Despite the claims of female attendants and CCTV cameras, parent-teacher associations say a lot of safety measures are not being followed in letter and …
October 17, 2018
Mumbai’s skyrocketing property prices are likely to come down by as much as 25 to 30 per cent in the coming years. In the next five years, over seven lakh 2BHK housing units would become available in Mumbai, given the …
October 17, 2018
The rainclouds have retreated from Mumbai, but monsoon-related ailments continue to hold the city in their grip. The number of malaria and dengue cases have seen a spike in the month of October. In the 15 days of October, 205 …
October 17, 2018
Worried about the rising number of lifestyle diseases like diabetes and depression, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to depute dietitians at its clinics across the city, who would provide correct food intake for people suffering from lifestyle diseases. …
October 16, 2018
Do you have a solution for Mumbai’s traffic woes? Now, you can give your suggestion to special committee set up by the Bombay high court to find ways to alleviate problems faces by the public on the city’s roads. The …
October 16, 2018
Of the 52 posts in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s six air quality monitoring stations, laboratory and three mobile vans, 35, including that of senior scientists, are vacant, according to the response to a Right to Information (RTI) query. The civic …
October 16, 2018
Irked with irregular water supply for over a week, residents of the A ward that includes areas like Fort, Colaba, Churchgate took out a morcha to the ward office on Monday. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-water-crisis-mumbai-locals-take-out-morcha-to-a-ward-office-2675714
October 16, 2018
A Bandra-based society has decided to redevelop their building by themselves rather than through the developer. Initially, when the residents of Samadhan society got a developer, he said the nearly Rs 37 crore premium to be paid to MHADA was …
October 16, 2018
Brace up for a warm and sultry week ahead as temperatures are likely to remain high except for a thunderstorm activity expected mid-week. The week started with mercury recording a maximum of 37.5 degree Celsius on Monday while the minimum …
October 16, 2018
In an era of e-books, there is good news for all book lovers who are travelling in long-distance trains. For the first time on Indian Railways, a moving library will be set up within Deccan Queen and Panchavati Express trains. …
October 15, 2018
A total of 10.96 crore passengers used the Western Railway (WR) in September 2018 as against 10.76 crore in September 2017 — an 18.5% rise, data revealed. Passenger associations and railway officials said the ongoing Metro work, which has slowed …
October 15, 2018
Commuters might face less traffic for a month while going back home up north in the city as the Mumbai Traffic Police (MTP) has enforced four hours restriction of all kinds of commercial three-wheelers during peak time in the day. …
October 15, 2018
Mumbaikars woke up to a hazy morning on Sunday, a day when the city’s air quality index (AQI) was rated as ‘Poor’ at 238. The AQI is recorded by the system of air quality weather forecasting and research (SAFAR), and …
October 15, 2018
After power cuts, residents of Thane have to brace themselves for water cuts once a week. In its bid to make the current water storage last till next monsoon, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) is likely to impose water cuts …
October 15, 2018
The only air-conditioned (AC) local running on the Western Railway is finally attracting patrons. Just as the October heat has kicked in, the recent figures of Western Railway shows that in the past 9 months, 30 lakh people have used …
October 12, 2018
The state public works department (PWD) has started to study the vehicular movement on the eastern express highway and western express highway to ascertain the current traffic pattern and estimate its rise over the next decade, as part of its …
October 12, 2018
At least 33,000 alterations have been made to the original plan of buildings across the city, according to a survey conducted by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) using the 360-degree Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology to identify the additional …
October 12, 2018
The audit report of bridges and foot-over-bridges (FOB) that came last months revealed that 18 of the 296 bridges and FoBs are in extremely dilapidated condition and need immediate reconstruction. Some of the these FoBs and bridges are very small …
October 12, 2018
Despite there being a dearth of water in the city lakes, the civic body has been reluctant in repairing leakages in a 24-inch pipeline for the past six months. The water pipeline passes under the concrete road near Kalina University …
October 12, 2018
Drivers attached to cab aggregators Uber and Ola are seeking more than their predictable demand of tariff hike. They have asked the app operators to allot rides only to the passengers who have verified their Aadhaar details with them. Why? …
October 11, 2018
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has asked Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) to share the cost for the construction of an underground metro corridor. The Metro line is an extension of the under-construction Dahisar (East)- Andheri (East) corridor …
October 11, 2018
Nearly half of Maharashtra’s villages are running out of water, perhaps even staring at drought, as they received lower rainfall this monsoon. The scarcity may get worse as water sources dry up. The state government said it was assessing the …
October 11, 2018
By October 2023, Mumbai’s iconic double-decker buses, will go off the roads due to high operating costs and shrinking space on city roads. The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) said maintaining the massive vehicles was a challenge as it …
October 11, 2018
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the traffic police and BMC to install CCTV cameras in bylanes of Kalbadevi area, in addition to those installed at main junctions, to ease traffic and pedestrian movement in the area. A division …
October 11, 2018
Mumbra is the first to take the hit whenever there is load shedding in Thane. That’s because 80% of its tenements are illegal and do not pay bills, leading power distributor MSEDCL to cut power to the entire area, affecting …
October 11, 2018
On Wednesday, rail authorities gave one last chance to public and telecommunications utilities to move their cables and wires that currently pass through the structure of Delisle Bridge. WR officials said this would be the final deadline for shifting of …
October 10, 2018
To improve the quality of roads and their maintenance, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started online monitoring of work on trenches across the city. It would help sychronise the work being carried out by various service providers. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-bmc-to-start-online-monitoring-of-trench-work-across-mumbai-2673601
October 10, 2018
Soon you might hear policemen calling out names of owners of abandoned vehicles on public address system. The Maharashtra government on Tuesday came out with specific instruction on abandoned vehicles in the state. The government has asked civic authorities and …
October 10, 2018
The busy Sion Flyover on Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Road may be completely or partially closed on certain days between October-end and December for maintenance. Then repair work may lead to traffic snarls on the Eastern Express Highways as the flyover …
October 10, 2018
Rising temperatures, coal shortages lead to shortfall of 2,000 MW. The situation of increased demand and decreased generation has led to a demand-supply gap of nearly 2,000 MW resulting in power cuts in many parts of the state, including satellite …
October 10, 2018
While BMC says there is no water cut, SoBo, Andheri and Juhu residents say otherwise. A day after Mumbai Mirror reported that JJ Hospital in Byculla has been facing an acute water crisis for three days, it has come to …
October 9, 2018
Dip in rainfall this year and poor planning have hit the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s pet project, 24×7 water supply, with residents and local representatives demanding it be scrapped. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-s-civic-body-fails-to-implement-its-24×7-water-supply-project/story-swsi3EbttjkLkfb3Om9OUI.html
October 9, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Monday filed an affidavit in the Bombay High Court denying that its tree authority is illegaly constituted and the permission it has given for cutting trees for different projects or authorities is legal. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-bmc-says-tree-authority-was-legally-constituted-2673172
October 9, 2018
In order to boost connectivity via public transport in Thane, the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) is planning to construct a 29-km-long ring Metro corridor in Thane. The Metro, that will partially run underground, will connect the interiors of the …
October 9, 2018
In a bid to attract more passengers the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) have proposed to introduce 713 new buses within 18 months. It will also do away with the old rugged buses plying on Mumbai roads. No hike …
October 9, 2018
The BMC started demolishing illegal shanties that have cropped up at the Worli sea face behind Poonam Chamber. There are around 130 structures raised in the last six to seven years. The interesting part is, more than 50 shanties were …
October 8, 2018
The work, spanning over 500 km, begins from Oct 10; “No irregularities” this time around, says BMC. Half the city has been dug up for the Metro, and starting October 10, the BMC will launch its own digging that will …
October 8, 2018
The state government’s plan to launch a one-ticket system for all of Mumbai’s public transport modes by the end of December may be further delayed. The ₹140-crore integrated ticketing system will let the city’s more than one crore commuters access …
October 8, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to accommodate around 16,000 stall owners with valid licences in hawking pitches proposed across the city. The proposal was discussed during the town vending committee (TVC) on Friday evening. However, hawkers unions opposed …
October 8, 2018
Work is underway on the Mumbai Metro’s only underground stretch, connecting Cuffe Parade and Seepz via Bandra-Kurla Complex, and the corridor is expected to be commissioned in 2021. Once that happens, Mumbaikars can travel comfortably on a 33-kilometre route. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-metro-s-men-methods-machines-2672832
October 8, 2018
Following the nearly 10 per cent decrease in level of water in the city lakes, senior officers of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation have started working on strategies like using reserve water stock for sufficient water supply. Despite this, corporators have …
October 8, 2018
On October 3, the Bombay High Court questioned the rationale of the state government behind permitting vehicles having a seating capacity of less than 13 to ply as a school bus, defying the central government’s notification from last year that …
October 5, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will start reconstruction and resurfacing of 1,343 roads in city of 507-kilometre length from next week, after getting permissions from the traffic department. Senior official from the BMC’s road department confirmed that they are expecting …
October 5, 2018
Residents of Thane can hope for some respite in November from the Thane Municipal Corporation’s solid waste management decree which was `imposed’ upon them. TMC corporators say, they will not pass the solid waste management proposal which requires bigger housing …
October 4, 2018
The Bombay high court (HC) on Wednesday restrained the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from evicting licenced stalls outside Vile Parle (East) station. A division bench of acting chief justice Naresh Patil and justice Girish Kulkarni was hearing a petition filed …
October 4, 2018
Residents from Thane and some college students came together on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti to rid Vartaknagar of its traffic mess by managing the flow of vehicles for two hours. They will do so every week at various locations …
October 4, 2018
Politicians’ involvement in schools’ transportation business, including the running of small vans, is one of the reasons for non-implementation of central rules on allowing only 13 or more seater capacity vehicles like school buses, alleges School Bus Owners Association (SBOA). …
October 4, 2018
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned the stand of the Maharashtra government in allowing vehicles having a seating capacity of seven and more to ply as a school bus, contrary to the Central Motor Vehicle rules which have defined …
October 4, 2018
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to file an affidavit explaining if it has been complying with its own Government Resolution, which enlists steps to be taken for reducing the weight of school bags. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-bombay-high-court-asks-maharashtra-government-for-compliance-report-on-weight-cut-of-school-bags-2671328
October 3, 2018
Near Bandra court, at Goldspot factory in Andheri, rotting vehicles add to commuter woes. Abandoned vehicles not only occupy precious parking space in an already spacestarved city, they are also responsible for blocking arterial roads that eventually lead to hour-long …
October 3, 2018
Here’s another alert for your wallet: Auto and taxi unions are demanding a fare-hike to level up rising CNG prices. Both unions have asked for a hike of Rs 3 in the minimum fare (bringing it to Rs 21 from …
October 3, 2018
In something that could be a first, River March — a citizens movement for clean rivers in the city — has demanded a Swacch Krantinagar committee to be set up to plan and execute complete clean up of Kandivali’s Poisar …
October 3, 2018
Placing safety first, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) ambitious 29.2-km coastal road — from Princess Street Flyover to Kandivli — will have an advanced ventilation system, emergency escape routes and a safe room for its underground tunnel, said civic officials. …
October 3, 2018
The railway stations in Maharashtra will soon lose the multicolour-lit kiosks that told people their weight, and fortune, for a small price. The Indian Railways has decided to retire the historic card-ticket weighing machines from its stations across the state. …
October 1, 2018
The city’s second largest dumping ground at Mulund will be closed permanently from Monday. Mulund dumping ground, which was the second largest in the city, received around 1,800 metric tonnes (MT) of garbage, which will now be routed instead to …
October 1, 2018
In the past two years, the BMC has built less than half the toilets it had planned. The target was to construct 5,300 toilets from October 2016-September 2018. But so far, only 2,253 have been built. Not only has the …
October 1, 2018
In order to ensure smooth traffic movement at five entry and exit points of the city, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is trying to bring in double-decker toll booths wherein toll collection centres will be constructed above the …
October 1, 2018
There is good news for the 37 lakh travelling on the Western Railway. From November 1, the rail authorities will not only be adding 10 new services but will also extend 42 services. Not just this, the air-conditioned local will …
October 1, 2018
To prevent nullahs choking with garbage, especially plastic trash, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation may think of covering nullah with aluminium net. The proposal will be tabled for discussion before the general body meeting next week. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-aluminium-net-nullah-covers-to-catch-plastic-trash-on-the-cards-2670048
October 1, 2018
The much-awaited hoarding policy for Mumbai, that will promote digitisation is ready to get corporators’ final approval. If it gets approval without any alteration then city will get digital billboards which will showcase many advertisements on same place and even …
September 28, 2018
The BMC wants to create three underground parking lots, which would be near Haji Ali, near Amarsons Garden at Breach Candy, and at Worli seaface – along the 6.33 km promenade in the sea adjoining the planned coastal road. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/three-underground-parking-lots-along-coastal-road/articleshow/65987408.cms
September 28, 2018
Star hotels in Mumbai and across the state will now be able to serve liquor on the establishments’ rooftops. The state home department on Thursday issued a government resolution (GR) clearing a rooftop policy and liquor licences for these star …
September 28, 2018
After a good start to the monsoon, which lead to five of seven lakes overflowing in mid-July itself, water in reservoirs are currently eight per cent lower than the average water level expected. The lower-than-expected level could lead to the …
September 28, 2018
The dreaded swine flu virus has claimed almost 90 lives in Maharashtra since January. However, while regions on city’s periphery have seen cases of H1N1 infections, the city has not reported any deaths from swine flu, said state public health …
September 28, 2018
Nearly 72,000 neighbourhood chemists from all over Maharashtra plan to shut shop on Friday to protest against draft rules issued by the Centre on the functioning of online pharmacies. However, the state Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has served notice …
September 28, 2018
While taking strong action against four-wheeler and three-wheeler drivers in the suburbs of Mumbai, city traffic police registered more than 10,000 cases against those deliberately violating traffic norms. The move comes after growing agitation of locals complaining that illegal parking …
September 27, 2018
Ramdas Kadam was visiting the temple for darshan; 20 shops surveyed; six vendors pay Rs 5,000 each; 25 tonnes of plastic seized from Chinchpokli, Malad and Bhiwandi. State environment minister Ramdas Kadam, who had earlier used a lenient approach towards …
September 27, 2018
In an effort to provide a pleasing ride to women commuters, the Western Railway (WR) has painted the interiors of two ladies coaches of the suburban trains with eye-catching scenic views, an official spokesperson said here on Wednesday. WR spokesperson …
September 27, 2018
If all goes well, removable grill in windows and balcony in high-rise will soon become mandatory in high-rise buildings. Shiv Sena corporator has moved a notice of motion to make provision of removable grills in high-rises to facilitate firemen in …
September 27, 2018
Plan to extend the Bandra-Versova Sea Link till Virar may result in altering plans for coastal road. While the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is pushing for extending the 17-km-long Bandra-Versova Sea Link (BVSL) till Virar, there are chances …
September 27, 2018
After several turns and modifications, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is ready to execute one part of the ambitious Coastal Road. However, there is still uncertainty over the remaining portion — the north part of the original coastal road project that …
September 27, 2018
After a brief Ganeshotsav break, Thanekars have come together to fight toll, traffic congestion and potholed roads in the city. They demand complete implementation of yellow line rule near toll nakas and subsequent abolition of toll collections. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-thanekars-stage-protest-over-toll-seek-implementation-of-yellow-line-rule-2668459
September 26, 2018
Paving the way for its ambitious coastal road project, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) standing committee gave a final nod for construction of the first phase (southern part) of the project, which will cost Rs 12,721 crore, on Tuesday. Work …
September 26, 2018
The civic body’s controversial plan to allow taller buildings and higher density development around Mumbai’s mass transit corridors is back on track. While the state is yet to formulate a policy regulating floor space index (FSI) for transit-oriented development (TOD), …
September 26, 2018
After a wait of two long years, the Maharashtra government has finally passed a general resolution (GR) bringing blood deficient patients under disability category. As such patients of thalassemia, hemophilia and sickle cells disease who are included in this category …
September 26, 2018
As the use of plastic bag resurfaces, the Maharashtra Environment Department has decided to take strict actions against those carrying banned plastic from October 1. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-from-october-1-plastic-bag-users-to-be-penalised-2667825
September 26, 2018
While builders are asking to double their rates to built community toilets for the 11th phase, the BMC is still struggling to complete 50 per cent of toilets seats under 10th phase which got sanctioned two-and-half-years ago. The BMC failed …
September 26, 2018
In an unprecedented order, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that election candidates, after filing their nominations, should repeatedly make declarations in print and electronic media at the constituency level about any criminal antecedents even as it stopped short of …
September 25, 2018
Despite a ban by Bombay High Court on high-decibel audio systems and DJs during the festival celebrations, Mumbai Police have received a total of 202 complaints about noise pollution during the Ganesh festival between September 13 and 23. Most of …
September 25, 2018
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is chalking out plans to improve junctions on Western Express Highway (WEH) to ensure a “signal-free” corridor to ensure smooth movement of traffic. WEH is among the most congested arterial roads and situation has …
September 25, 2018
In a major milestone in the construction of the city’s first underground Metro corridor, the first tunnel of the 33.5-km Colaba-Bandra-Seepz (Metro-3 line) was completed on Monday. Chief minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis termed the breakthrough as a “historic” and “momentous” …
September 25, 2018
The Mumbai Police has registered a total of 202 cases against different Ganapati mandals across the city for violating HC guidelines to curb noise pollution. Police said: “Strict action was taken against defiant mandals to send a message across. We …
September 25, 2018
Armed with gloves, masks and more, corporates, celebrities and NGO volunteers gathered at Juhu beach on Monday morning to take part in DNA’s Eco Ganesha clean up drive. With the onset of Anant Chaturdashi on Sunday, the Ganapati festival ended …
September 25, 2018
This year, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation collected 990 tonne of nirmalya (religious waste including garlands, leaves, flowers, etc offered to Ganesh idols) from various parts of the city. Wadala and Andheri topped the chart, with 165 tonne and 106 tonne …
September 25, 2018
The BMC has once again courted controversy over a board outside the K West Ward office declaring RTI activist as professional complainants, denying them entry in the office. Though the civic body removed it after in the face of strong …
September 25, 2018
A major boost to redevelop MHADA colonies in the city, has finally surfaced. The redevelopment scheme will affect at least three lakh families. The government, recently, passed amendments in the Development Control Rules 33 (5) because of which the housing …
September 25, 2018
In order to direct motorists better, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has decided to have new signages and lane markings on the Western Express Highway (WEH) and Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC). The MMRDA also plans to re-engineer several junctions …
September 24, 2018
Locals, greens oppose proposal to hack a 40-year-old Banyan tree which is reportedly causing irreparable damage to the 95-yr-old drinking fountain. The BMC has a difficult decision to make: whether to restore a 95-year-old heritage structure which will require felling …
September 24, 2018
Kamala Mills tragedy spurs civic body to permanently cancel licences of popular rooftop restaurants Sheesha, 24 Lounge and Argileh ignored repeat warnings to stop cooking on the terrace, Zaffran served patrons hookah; proprietors downplay BMC’s action. Nine months after the …
September 24, 2018
The Central Railway has sought the help of Thane municipal corporation which has brought in a special garbage cleaning machine to clear the heaps of garbage from nearby settlements at Parsik tunnel. Mumbai divisional railway manager S K Jain had …
September 24, 2018
At the bustling Mira Road vegetable market, ask for 100 grams of ginger and the fragrant root comes in a see-through plastic bag. Vendors here whip out the coloured carriers without any hesitation as if it’s a show of defiance …
September 24, 2018
DNA talks to Nidhi Choudhary, the Deputy Municipal Commissioner. Choudhary is also responsible for the implementation of the plastic ban in the state Do you think plastic ban is 100 per cent successful in Mumbai? This ban is deeply connected …
September 24, 2018
Despite the high court’s order asking Ganpati visarjan processions to adhere to the sound limits, respite from noise pollution remains a far fetched idea this year. Activists and campaigners fighting noise pollution say decibel levels are unlikely to dip this …
September 24, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appointed a coordinator for reconstruction of Hancock Bridge in Mazgoan upon instructions from the railways. The 137-year-old Hancock Bridge was demolished in January 2016 after it was declared unsafe by Central Railway. Reconstruction was …
September 24, 2018
The future of AC locals thriving in Mumbai depends on Mumbaikars. The rail authorities in city are struggling to convince the Railway Board for approving air conditioned locals to be procured under Mumbai Urban Transport Project 3. This is because …
September 24, 2018
The Maharashtra government approved excluded parts of city’s development plan (DP) 2034, on Saturday. The approved DP will come to effect from September 1. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-government-nod-for-revised-development-plan-2034-2666573
September 24, 2018
In order to boost tourism, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) in collaboration with the state tourism department plans to illuminate iconic 5.6-km-long Bandra-Worli Sea-Link (BWSL) where daily during evening hours, the cables, piers, and the bridge will be …
September 21, 2018
The once scenic Lokhandwala Lake in Andheri, a magnet for migratory birds, is in a precarious condition with broken idols and flower waste left during Ganeshotsav. The 4.5-acre lake near mangrove forests, which was created after construction of a bund, …
September 21, 2018
To ensure a safe ride for autorickshaw and taxi commuters, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) has directed all regional transport officers to “not to issue permits to drivers if they have criminal cases or court proceedings going on …
September 21, 2018
Constant complaints and follow-ups from passenger associations have finally paid off. The leakage inside Asia’s one of the oldest tunnels at Parsik, will be eliminated by October. The Central Railway is repairing the leakage by means of grouting. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-central-railway-to-repair-parsik-tunnel-leakage-by-october-2665775
September 21, 2018
Commuters travelling on Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro-1 will now be able to have a Metro every five minutes, from the earlier train every eight minutes during the non-peak hours. This also means that the per day trips will increase by around 44 …
September 20, 2018
A major part of the western suburbs will face a total water cut from the morning of September 25, till 10am the next day. There will be a 100% water cut in several areas of Juhu, Andheri, Jogeshwari, Santacruz, Bandra, …
September 20, 2018
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has disputed its state counterpart’s claim that polluted river stretches in Maharashtra have reduced. According to the CPCB, the number of polluted river stretches in the state increased from 49 to 53 in 2017-18, …
September 20, 2018
Between September 1 and September 15, two persons in the city died owing to dengue and leptospirosis, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). A 46-year-old woman from Malad who had arrived from Uttar Pradesh succumbed to dengue on September …
September 20, 2018
Twenty-five parking lots across the city, that could altogether accommodate approximately 2,100 cars, lie unused and vacant because the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has failed to find bidders to maintain these spaces. “BMC and the respective wards have floated tenders …
September 20, 2018
In the past four years, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) fire brigade department inspected over 5,200 high rise buildings, of which, over 50% were found to have violated fire safety norms. Notices were served to all 2,600 buildings and though …
September 20, 2018
Has the ban on heavy vehicles in city limits during peak hours imposed in January proved to be effective? Not entirely, the traffic police say. Heavy vehicles include mini buses, school buses, private service vehicles, ambulances, trucks and lorries, tanker, …
September 20, 2018
Three months after the Maharashtra government banned plastic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has collected Rs 1.1 crore in fine and confiscated 18,601 kg plastic until September 18. On March 23, the government issued a notification, banning the manufacture, use, …
September 20, 2018
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday reserved it order on a plea filed by Professional Audio & Lighting Association, seeking to set aside the ban imposed by the police on use of DJ and Dolby sound system during Ganapati Visarjan …
September 20, 2018
Ill-treating a person at the police station could cost the Mumbai Police Rs 25,000. The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) in a recent or der asked the Maharashtra Home Department to pay Rs 25,000 compensation to a man who …
September 20, 2018
Worli witnessed the loudest processions (112.6 decibels) on the fifth day of Gauri-Ganesh immersions on Monday, according to anti-noise campaigners. Noise in the range of 110-113dB is as loud as a chainsaw or a live rock concert. On Monday, the …
September 20, 2018
As part of the Centre’s ‘Make In India’ initiative, the new set of air-conditioned (AC) trains that will be running on Mumbai’s suburban rail network will be completely manufactured within the country. Currently, the only AC local train operating on …
September 20, 2018
In a push to the state’s e-governance plan, the cabinet on Tuesday approved Urban MahaNet, a ₹300 crore-project under which an optic fibre network will be laid to give smooth last-mile connectivity in urban areas. Once the optic fibre cable …
September 20, 2018
With the sound levels on the fifth day of Ganeshotsav touching last year’s noise level, it remains to be seen what the situation will be on Anant Chaturdashi, the last day when most sarvajanik mandals bring out their idols with …
September 20, 2018
The Maharashtra government’s much-touted promise to fill all potholes before Ganeshotsav remained a pipe dream. Data compiled by the state’s Public Work Department (PWD)revealed that only 62.52% bad patches were attended to across the state. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-government-couldn-t-fill-all-potholes-before-ganeshotsav-pwd-data-2664868
September 18, 2018
In the future, no new auto rickshaw or taxi stand in the city will be located within 50 metres of bus stops of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST). Reason: to stop inconvenience caused to BEST commuters who find …
September 18, 2018
Mumbai Fire Brigade is ready to acquire it’s first fire-fighting robot at the cost of Rs 92 lakh. The robot will allow fire fighters to remotely guide it to the source of fire and douse it. BMC administration has submit …
September 18, 2018
In a significant order, the Bombay High Court on Monday, held that a land — regardless of its ownership — on which there are mangroves, is a ‘forest’. Also, in view of the applicability of public doctrine, the state is …
September 18, 2018
Following the Supreme Court interim relief on the ban on constructions in the city and the state in March, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation okayed around a 1,000 constructions in the city. Interestingly, 94 per cent of these buildings or complexes …
September 17, 2018
The Indian Railways has received 686 complaints over poor quality of food served onboard its outstation trains across the country. The Indian Rail Catering Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) that looks after catering and online operations of the Railways has received complaints …
September 17, 2018
More than a year after laying the foundation stone of the bullet train project, on-ground work near Thane is expected to begin in January 2019. The National High Speed Rail Corridor Limited (NHSRCL), the executing agency of the 508-km bullet …
September 17, 2018
The Central and Western Railway together have have removed close to 1.80 lakh cubic meters of garbage and muck from rail tracks and platforms in the past few month. Yet the work remains far from over. These huge quantum of …
September 17, 2018
Starting September 15, be careful before dumping kachra on tracks and platforms. The Western Railway will tighten its noose around those who litter on rail station premises. The WR authorities – who are starting “Swachhta Hi Sewa Pakhwara”, which will …
September 17, 2018
In order to boost connectivity of the 22-km-long under-construction Sewri-Nhava-Sheva Link, also known as the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), and to connect it with south Mumbai and central suburbs, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has planned a …
September 17, 2018
The heavy rainfall in the city may have caused numerous potholes across the city, however, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has said that it has filled around 2,000 small and big potholes during this year’s monsoon between Dahisar …
September 12, 2018
South Mumbaikars will now have another option of getting electricity, this time through solar energy. Tata Power on Tuesday launched a complete rooftop solution that will supply electricity to any housing society, who install solar panels. Currently, the presence of …
September 12, 2018
In the wake of state government’s DJ ban during Ganapati visarjan and Navaratri, the Bombay High Court directed Professional Audio & Lighting Association (PALA), to give the undertaking to abide by noise pollution rules if they are allowed to operate. …
September 12, 2018
Traffic police will not allow mini trucks, mini tempos to ply between 5 pm and 9 pm on the 27-km stretch, between Kalanagar and Dahisar on an experimental basis, for 15 days; heavy vehicles had been banned last year. The …
September 12, 2018
The Regional Transport Authority’s claims of a crackdown on autorickshaw drivers’ refusal to ply passengers have fallen flat. A Mumbai Mirror Test Drive has revealed that drivers continue to refuse passengers outside railways stations. While share-an-auto drivers ferry more than …
September 12, 2018
Motorists will have to continue paying a toll for using the Mumbai-Pune Expressway for the next 12 years, as the state Public Works Department has decided neither to discontinue toll collection nor grant an exemption to any specific category of …
September 12, 2018
You can book online parking slots at seven parking lots in south Mumbai, including the one at Eros Cinema, Crawford Market, Flora Fountain and four others, by the end of the year. To make finding parking spaces hassle-free and weed …
September 12, 2018
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will now float bids for construction of the 10.5-km Dahisar–Mira-Bhayander (Metro 9) corridor and 3.2-km Andheri-International airport (Terminal T2) (Metro 7A). Out of the 3.2km, 2.11km will be underground and the station, too, …
September 11, 2018
The traffic police have announced changes to restrictions imposed on movement of vehicles in Lower Parel to ease congestion caused due to closure of Delisle Bridge. Then changes will come into effect from Tuesday on an experimental basis. Commuters coming …
September 11, 2018
If the deadlock between the Shiv Sena-led standing committee and the civic administration is not resolved soon, Citizens in the eastern suburbs might end up bearing the brunt. Crucial public contracts are already hanging fire. Now, garbage contractors for three …
September 11, 2018
Film city, Goregaon, is set for a major revamp. The state aims to not only make it a one-stop solution for all cinematic requirements, but also develop it as a preferred site for tourists. Nearly seven years after Film City’s …
September 11, 2018
Nearly a year after the BMC launched its waste segregation and processing drive, civic cheif Ajoy Mehta told the deputy municipal commissioner of the solid waste management (SMW) department, Vishwas Shankarwar, to review the situation and come up with a …
September 11, 2018
Digital billboards may soon dominate Mumbai’s streets atop shopping malls, multiplexes and near petrol pumps. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has finalised a new policy to regulate street advertising or hoardings in the city, clearing the decks for digital billboards, …
September 11, 2018
The pending structural audit of 296 bridges in the city by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has revealed that 18 connecters will have to be demolished and rebuilt. The list includes 10 major bridges and eight foot over-bridges (FOBs). Some of …
September 11, 2018
French multinational Alstom has outbid the Chinese publicly traded rolling stock (metro coaches) manufacturer CRRC Corporation to bag a contract worth 315 million euros from the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) for the 33.5-km Metro 3 between Cuffe Parade & …
September 11, 2018
After the Mumbra bypass was thrown open for vehicular traffic on Monday, Thane motorists experienced smooth travel after around 4 months of traffic woes. Many said that they saw their commute time reduce by 15-20 minutes as heavy vehicles stayed …
September 11, 2018
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September 10, 2018
The body which is meant to protect consumer interests and ensure transparency is looking at the other side. The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), on September 4, has passed a resolution that they would discontinue the practice of recording of …
September 10, 2018
Air-conditioned toilets will soon be operational at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Thane railway station. Govandi railway station too will get a luxury toilet. The Central Railway has taken up the issue of dirty station toilets in two phases. …
September 10, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will file an affidavit before the Supreme Court on measures taken to manage construction debris after the top court lifted a ban on new constructions in March 2018. The six months relief given by the …
September 10, 2018
Athletes and fitness enthusiasts in the city have a reason to celebrate. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) garden infrastructure cell plans to construct a multi-sports complex in Sambhaji Kridangan, Santacruz. Spread across three acres – around 8,000 square metres – …
September 10, 2018
Almost two years after getting Cabinet nod, the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) 3, a project aimed at boosting rail connectivity in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), is stuck for want of funds. Of the estimated cost of ₹10,948-crore, ₹6,000 …
September 10, 2018
Construction of the Bandra Waste Water Treatment Facility (WWTF) is set to kick-off soon, with plans for a rooftop garden, interpretation centre for students and visitors, Arabian Sea-viewing gallery, and a library. The bidding process to construct the facility will …
September 7, 2018
missioSocial activist Swati Patil, on Thursday, filed a contempt petition in the Bombay High Court, seeking action under the Contempt of Court Act against the Chief Secretary, Mumbai Police Commissioner, and others. They have allegedly violated last year’s court order …
September 7, 2018
The state government has decided to waive off toll on vehicles travelling from Mumbai, Thane to Konkan via Pune expressway and Mumbai-Goa highway for Ganeshotsav festival. Eknath Shinde, who is minister for public works department (public undertaking) and is guardian …
September 7, 2018
The city police recorded 41 cases of noise pollution during dahi handi this year, higher compared to 28 in 2017 and 22 in 2016. This year, the cases were mostly related to loudspeakers for crossing the permissible limits in residential …
September 6, 2018
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has identified seven municipal corporations and more than hundred municipal councils across the state that are not complying with waste management guidelines. Five days after the Supreme Court (SC) passed an order directing Maharashtra …
September 6, 2018
The state government on Wednesday informed the Bombay high court (HC) that it will appoint a nine-member committee of senior bureaucrats to look into all the issues related to scarcity of parking space and traffic congestion in the city. According …
September 6, 2018
Expect 13 blocks or traffic diversions on Mumbai-Pune Expressway in the coming days starting from Thursday when the Pune bound traffic between Shedung and Khalapur will be diverted on old Mumbai-Pune Highway. This because the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation …
September 6, 2018
The State government has proposed the formation of a nine-member committee to study the problems of parking and traffic congestion, prevalent in Mumbai. The committee will recommend ways on how traffic rules can be enforced strictly and traffic congestion can …
September 6, 2018
To drive home its message of doing away with plastics and create eco-friendly alternatives for it, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will distribute around 52 lakh cloth bags free of cost to people in all municipal bodies in the …
September 6, 2018
The Maharashtra government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that rules framed by it do not allow it to stop auto rickshaws and mini vans from being used as school buses. Only those vehicles which do not have appropriate …
September 6, 2018
Giving an excuse of increasing maintenance charges due to bad roads, the School Bus Owner’s Association (SBOA) have decided to increase school bus fees by Rs 75 per month. This had put both schools and parents in tight a spot. …
September 6, 2018
Waste management at source appears to have been implemented poorly in the western suburbs. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had issued notices against 450 housing as well as commercial complexes in Santa Cruz, Andheri, Andheri (west), Juhu, Lokhandwala, and Malad …
September 5, 2018
Travelling to Pune? Be prepared for traffic trouble as the Pune-bound carriageway of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway will be shut from noon to 2pm on Thursday. Vehicles going towards Pune from Mumbai will be diverted via the old Mumbai-Pune highway. “The …
September 5, 2018
On Tuesday morning, approximately 100 Thane residents formed a human chain at the Anandnagar toll plaza on the Eastern Express Highway. Some of them held placards with messages like “NoRoadsNoVotes”, and if you looked at the potholes on the stretch, …
September 5, 2018
Most hospitals run by charity trusts, including majority of the city’s private medical centres, have agreed to use the word ‘charitable’ in their names, said Dr PM Bhujang, president of Association of Hospitals, an organisation that coordinates activities of charitable …
September 5, 2018
Three people were arrested on Tuesday by the Central Railway Railway Protection Force (RPF) for performing Kiki challenge stunt, while the train was in motion, at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT). The court has now asked the three to create …
September 5, 2018
A recent Right to Information (RTI) reply, which shows that high-rise buildings in the city have witnessed fire incidents almost every other day, has raised serious questions over the city’s vertical development and if the fire brigade is equipped. The …
September 5, 2018
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has deleted 9.97 lakh voters from the electoral roll for not being present at their registered residential addresses, owing to shifting or deaths. In Mumbai, 27,771 and in Thane, 60,515 voters have been deleted …
September 5, 2018
In a move that would be a shot in the arm for the Dahisar river rejuvenation plan, BMC will be setting up an artificial immersion pond inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) for the first time ever, as an …
September 5, 2018
After the Supreme Court (SC) banned construction activity in states that do not have a solid waste management (SWM) policy, the Maharashtra government approved waste processing projects worth Rs 178 crore for 32 civic bodies. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-after-sc-ban-on-construction-maha-govt-approves-rs-178-cr-for-solid-waste-management-across-32-civic-bodies-2659342
September 5, 2018
Continuing their tirade against authorities’ apathy towards their problems, over 200 Thane residents formed a human chain on Tuesday morning. The residents came together to protest against bad roads, potholes, delayed Kopri bridge and other such issues which have made …
September 5, 2018
While construction work on Bandra-Versova Sea-Link (BVSL) is set to start from October, there are plans of extending the Sea-Link all the way up to Virar from Versova for which a feasibility study will be conducted, the Maharashtra State Road …
September 4, 2018
Redevelopment of old buildings or a complex of old buildings across the state can now be undertaken with consent from 51% of those owning apartments there, as opposed to consent of all owners earlier. This amendment to the Maharashtra Apartment …
September 4, 2018
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said on Monday that it has seized 8,000 kg of shark fins from Mumbai and Gujarat meant for export to China and Hong Kong. The seized shark fins were meant for illicit export by …
September 4, 2018
Central Railway trains were affected on the Harbour line on Monday, due to technical failure between Wadala and Sewri railway stations. There was another issue at Thane as trains were halting 90 metre ahead than usual. Both these issues resulted …
September 4, 2018
Here is a chance to tell Indian Railways about the poorly maintained toilets at railway stations. From October 2, if anyone finds ugly looking stinky toilet at railway stations, they can bring it to the notice of Indian Railways. As …
September 4, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has seized more than three times of banned plastic in just two months compared to plastic seized in the last four and half years. The record seizure was executed by the blue squad formed after …
September 3, 2018
With the deadline to obtain permission for Ganesh pandals just two days away, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has cleared almost 78% applications or 1,958 applications as of Sunday and rejected 258. A total of 3,186 applications were submitted online …
September 3, 2018
While 406 people died from falling off from crowded trains, 871 suffered serious injuries from January to July, revealed data released by the Government Railway Police (GRP). This means at least two commuters fall to their death every day while …
September 3, 2018
Observing that “there is no bar for any member to pay donation to the society, however, it should be voluntary without any compulsion and coercion”, the Bombay High Court has directed a Pune-based housing society to return the extra amount …
September 2, 2018
Heavy rain in the catchment areas during the early months of monsoon have filled the seven lakes that supply water to the city up to 95.53% as on Saturday morning at 6am. That means the city will have enough water …
September 2, 2018
If you happen to encounter any security-related issues while travelling on a local or outstation train, soon, help will just be a few clicks away. To make commuting safe on trains, the central railway (CR) will roll out a ‘Rail …
September 2, 2018
Congestion at Kalyan railway station has been a nuisance for more than 2 lakh commuters who pour in to board a train every day. One of the most crowded stations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the junction witnesses numerous …
September 2, 2018
If all goes well, the Western Suburbs will get a playground with the facility of all outdoor games. The garden department of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has prepared a detailed plan to develop Dharmaveer Sambhaji Kridangan in Khotwadi in Santacruz …
September 2, 2018
Ten months after India’s first Monorail between Chembur and Wadala restarted on Saturday, regulars along with first time commuters travelled using the Monorail citing it being the cheapest and the fastest mode of transport on the route it operates. This …
September 2, 2018
Despite services on first phase of Monorail between Chembur and Wadala was restarted on Saturday, ten months after its services were suspended owing to fire incident, commuters will have to wait till March 2019 for the second phase between Wadala …
September 2, 2018
The municipal commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) directed its official to reach out to maximum housing societies and bulk waste generators to further bring down total waste generation in the city. During his monthly meeting, he said that number …
August 31, 2018
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August 31, 2018
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday directed civic officials to reconsider applications to set up roadside Ganesh pandals, that were either rejected or cancelled by local authorities, previously. In Mumbai, more than 800 applications have been rejected or cancelled for …
August 31, 2018
The Thane railway station will be introduced with ‘Digital Museum’ soon by the Central Railway. This digital museum will be introduced on the wall with digital screen displaying old pictures of the Thane station and depicting historical information regarding it. …
August 31, 2018
Come December, commuters will be able to travel from Goregaon to Panvel without switching trains. This will be made possible by the Western Railway (WR) which is planning to start operation of local train services between Goregaon and Panvel by …
August 31, 2018
To reduce the dependence on water supply from dams and tap rainwater that otherwise goes waste, it will soon be mandatory for buildings coming up in urban areas to establish rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures. According to the draft Maharashtra Groundwater …
August 30, 2018
A day after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced that it had extended the deadline for Ganesh pandal applications to August 31, it has now further extended the deadline to September 2. The initial deadline for online applications was Tuesday. …
August 30, 2018
Starting September 1, customers can demand for bills at the catering stalls situated at railway stations. The Central Railway authorities have asked all static catering stalls to install point of sale (POS) and/or electronic billing machines and issue bills, by …
August 30, 2018
Ganpati mandals that use their society’s property or land to celebrate Ganeshostav, too, need to get permission from the civic body. While the permissions for pandals are being majorly given online this year, these mandals were unaware that they did …
August 30, 2018
A considerable number of streetlight poles in the city — which are under the jurisdiction of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) — are corroded. According to BEST, of the 40,000 odd streetlight poles nearly 1,500 in the island city …
August 29, 2018
The online permission facility started by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to facilitate faster approval of Ganpati pandals has rather delayed the process. This comes after initial technical glitches while submitting the application. Ganpati mandals complained that they had to …
August 29, 2018
The state government under the National Programme for Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) has started Mass Drug Administration (MDA) in Thane, Palghar, and Gadchiroli districts. The drive, which started on August 27, will be carried out with the help of …
August 29, 2018
With around two weeks left for Ganeshotsav, more than 1,100 Ganpati mandals have yet to get permission from different agencies to put up pandals. The speed bumps range from website glitches to delay from Police and Traffic departments in issuing …
August 28, 2018
Three days after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) told the Bombay Exhibition Centre (Nesco), Goregaon not to hold any events on its premises from August 29, the civic body and Mumbai traffic police on Monday shifted their stand on the …
August 28, 2018
The Bombay High Court on Monday, observed that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) should put up a red flag post or some warning sign near or around an open manhole to ensure no person falls into it. A division bench …
August 28, 2018
Even as the festival season is about to begin from first week of September, anti-noise pollution activists are up in arms against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for only notifying 110 silence zones in the city in the past one …
August 27, 2018
The Lokmanya Nagar Co-operative Housing Society in Matunga (West) has been processing its entire organic waste within the society premises from January, thus saving the municipal corporation the cost of transportation of waste to landfills. Organic waste comprises of fruit …
August 27, 2018
A Right To Information (RTI) reply by the civic body’s disaster cell has revealed that Mumbai witnessed as many as 49,179 incidents that have caused death or injury to locals in the last six years. Of the total number, maximum, …
August 27, 2018
“Tell us the current position of plants and replanted trees as to whether they have grown properly or not?” the Bombay High Court observed, calling upon the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to submit photographs of trees they replanted in lieu …
August 27, 2018
Despite efforts made by the civic administration and groups of residents, garbage problems at beaches seems to be expanding with every passing day. Over the years, the garbage collection at beaches has quadrupled. The civic body spends around Rs 1.78 …
August 25, 2018
Residents of buildings near the Metro construction sites in south Mumbai fear noise pollution levels will rise again during the night, after the Bombay high court (HC) on Friday allowed work on the underground line to resume between 10pm and …
August 25, 2018
The blaze at two upscale eateries in Kamala Mills claimed 14 lives last December, but several commercial establishments across Mumbai are yet to learn their lesson, as they continue to ignore fire-safety norms and put people’s lives at risk. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/1-479-eateries-malls-multiplexes-in-mumbai-found-flouting-fire-safety-norms/story-ApMNky0hmIs1FWkwKRyByM.html
August 25, 2018
To iron out issues plaguing the existing system used to disseminate information, especially that related to time table and availability of hall tickets, University of Mumbai launched MUM E-Suvidha app on Friday. “Everything, including exam dates, schedules and centres, availability …
August 25, 2018
With the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) starting trials for 24×7 water supply project in H-West ward from Friday, Bandra and Santacruz may soon get water supply for more time. On an average, each household in Mumbai gets about three to …
August 25, 2018
To gauge the direction of political opinions in a crucial election year, a new mobile application, National Electoral Transformation or NETA app, was launched by former president Pranab Mukherjee here on Friday, in the presence of several political leaders. Launched …
August 25, 2018
The Bombay High Court gave permission to the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) on Friday to carry out work on the underground Metro 3 Line around the clock for the next 18 months. The Metro will ply between Colaba …
August 25, 2018
Residents of Thane on Friday took to a special way of expressing their displeasure over the poor condition of roads and mismanagement of traffic. Commuters traveling by their vehicles drove with the blinkers on in order to peacefully highlight the …
August 25, 2018
Looking at the recent infiltration of hackers into the banking system of Cosmos Bank, it appears to be the need of the hour to secure the entire banking operation with more layers of security and protection. But how? The attitude …
August 25, 2018
Crystal Tower was not the only black sheep among buildings in the city where tenants have occupied without the mandatory occupation certificate. In Mumbai there are more than 10,000 buildings which do not have an occupation certificate. Housing experts state …
August 25, 2018
Residents from Goregaon have filed a complaint with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) over unsafe conditions due to the ongoing Metro construction work at Goregaon on the Western Express Highway (WEH). Several issues like potholes or missing street …
August 25, 2018
Mumbaikars would be able to travel through multiple modes including bus, metro, mono and sub-urban locals as well as private operators like Uber by availing a single ticket. Railway department has agreed for the integrating system. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis …
August 23, 2018
As smoke billowed from the 12th floor of Crystal Tower in Mumbai’s Parel on Wednesday morning and panicked residents ran helter-skelter for help, a 10-year-old girl held her nerves. Her alertness and presence of mind helped save several lives from …
August 23, 2018
Cuffe Parade may be prime real estate in south Mumbai, but for those living near the construction along the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ line, the noise is shattering the area’s calm. A report by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and …
August 23, 2018
As the state and Parliament elections are drawing closer, political parties are pulling up their socks. The BJP state unit has issued directions to all the BJP ministers in the state to remain present in Mantralaya on at least two …
August 23, 2018
Very soon, footpath on either side of Gokhale bridge will be under repairs. Due to this, the vehicular traffic on this bridge may worsen. In the next couple of days, the Western Railway (WR) will finalise the contractor who will …
August 21, 2018
Those residing around Bhore Junction in Kandivali, which is one of the worst traffic points on Western Express Highway, cannot open the windows of their homes due to ear-splitting noise For residents living near Bhore junction, near Asha Nagar in …
August 21, 2018
Despite rising cases of dengue in the city, the municipal corporation’s insecticide department is facing hurdles in inspecting houses that could be harbouring mosquito-breeding sites. Civic officials claim many citizens do not allow them into their homes even after they …
August 21, 2018
In the wake of the landslide at a Dosti Realty site in Wadala in June, an activist has filed a public interest litigation in the Bombay high court (HC), challenging an amendment made to the development control regulation (DCR) rules …
August 21, 2018
In the wake of the row over filling of potholes, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday claimed they have resolved 90% of the complaints received. According to BMC data, 2,089 complaints of potholes have been filed since June, of …
August 21, 2018
Motorists driving through Mulund and Airoli to Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, have been exempted from toll till September 23. This is to shorten the serpentine queues at these three toll nakas — Mulund and Airoli — reaching alarming proportions due to …
August 21, 2018
The Tulsi pipeline near Mahim that crosses over the tracks needs immediate displacement. The Western Railway (WR) has asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to take it underground and below the rail tracks. This pipeline — that supplies water to …
August 20, 2018
Particulate matter 10 (PM10) levels — solid and liquid particles less than 10 microns suspended in the air — were the highest in Mumbai in 2017 in the past 19 years, revealed data from the EnviStats 2018, a document released …
August 20, 2018
It has been months that an open plot along the Captain Suresh Sawant road and Veera Desai Road in Andheri (west) is being used to dump garbage. Despite the action taken by the civic body, people have been openly dumping …
August 20, 2018
August rains have once again wiped away road repairs in Thane and Kalyan exposing its residents to pothole-ridden roads. While Thane residents plan to start a campaign to shame the authorities, Kalyan residents want their roads repaired but free of …
August 20, 2018
The number of dengue cases have risen in the month of August in comparison to in the month of June and July. The total number of dengue cases diagnosed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) within 15 days in August …
August 17, 2018
With construction work on the sixth Metro line, namely Lokhandwala-Vikhroli Metro-6, starting by this year-end in the city, traffic movement on major arterial roads like Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR) and roads in Powai and Lokhandwala will get affected due to …
August 16, 2018
Residents and shopkeepers of Ballard Estate complain that hawkers are using abandoned vehicles to cook food, store their belongings. As if dead cars dumped on their streets were not a nuisance enough, residents, shopkeepers and owners of other business establishments …
August 16, 2018
Soon, those visiting Hanging Gardens at Malabar Hill will get a panoramic view of Marine Drive as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has almost finished work on the city’s first multilevel viewing gallery. Officials said that minor work is pending, …
August 16, 2018
The number of accident prone spots in Maharashtra has gone up by nearly 100%, with the state registering 1,324 accident prone spots in 2018 compared to 634 last year, according to a report by a panel formed by the Supreme …
August 16, 2018
For the past three months, residents of Evershine Embassy society at Veera Desai Road, Andheri (West) are upset that garbage is being dumped on an open plot behind their building. Locals alleged that despite complaining to the civic administration and …
August 14, 2018
First in public open spaces, land use and compactness; second in identity and culture; third in water supply, sixth in housing and waste management – these, according to the Ease of Living Index, are among the factors that make Mumbai …
August 14, 2018
The Maharashtra Government on Monday sought six months more time for ensuring that all illegal shrine/structures built on public property, are demolished. A division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Riyaz Chagla though asked the government to first file …
August 14, 2018
Two wheeler helps in zipping through congested roads and driving all zigzag; but it comes at a cost. Of the total number of road deaths, 47 per cent is constituted by two-wheelers like motorbikes and scooters. In fact the number …
August 13, 2018
In just a month, between July and August 10, the government railway police (GRP), Dadar, solved 88 cases and arrested 100 accused, in comparison to the average 12 cases being solved prior to this in 2018. How: a scientific analysis …
August 13, 2018
To boost speed and transparency, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started approving building permit applications online under the ‘Ease of Doing Business’ policy. The new system is already a hit among developers. It has enabled the civic body to …
August 13, 2018
To attract bidders for its 31 street parking lots and four multi-storey public parking areas, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sweetened the tender norms — from reduced rates to scrapping reservations to relaxed eligibility criteria — for them. These …
August 13, 2018
Maharashtra generates 15% of India’s trash, with the state contributing 21,867 tonnes per day (TPD) of the nation’s daily output of 1.42 lakh tonnes. However, only 6,973 TPD – 32% of the total waste generated – is treated in the …
August 13, 2018
The slow pace of reconstruction of the foot-over bridge near the Charni Road station is irking residents of the area, in the absence of which, they have to cross the road. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has pulled down the …
August 13, 2018
According to the data released by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, the state has 233-km of Metro railway network under construction including Metro corridors being built in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur; that is longest in the country …
August 13, 2018
After successfully illuminating Juhu beach with colourful LED lights and keeping it open for public, now the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has illuminated six beaches in Malad (west), on Sunday. Yuva Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray and Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar inaugurated …
August 10, 2018
With Mumbai’s new air-conditioned local trains running nearly empty during the non-peak hours between noon and 4pm, the Western Railway has proposed allowing commuters with first-class tickets to take the service, at no extra cost. Currently, first-class ticket holders can …
August 10, 2018
To beat traffic congestion in central Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed a flyover to connect the busy BR Ambedkar Road in Dadar West with Senapati Bapat Marg. The BMC’s traffic and planning department has proposed a bridge …
August 10, 2018
MUMBAI: Noting that not even one dance bar was allowed to operate in Mumbai on the pretext of controlling obscenity, the Supreme Court on Thursday said there was “total moral policing” in Maharashtra and questioned the state government for presuming …
August 10, 2018
There are chances that the local trains on Central Railway (CR) could get affected from August 10 due to difference of opinion between motormen and the railway administration. The motormen have threatened to not work overtime starting tomorrow which could …
August 10, 2018
After being rapped by the Bombay High Court for violating court orders, the Maharashtra State Transport Commissioner’s office on Thursday assured the court that it would modify a circular issued by it recently allowing three wheelers and vans to be …
August 10, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is perhaps waiting for a disaster to happen. The dilapidated skywalk in Dahisar (west) is continued to be used by people, and in the last three days, on two occasions, portions of a false ceiling …
August 9, 2018
With the fire brigade asking Ganpati mandals to sign an undertaking that they will follow the 23-point safety drill laid down by the department, organisers are worried that committing on a stamp paper would make them criminally responsible in case …
August 9, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will shut down the Mulund dumping ground, the second largest landfill in the city after Deonar, in October. However, the civic body does not yet have an alternative site where it can dump the 2,000 …
August 9, 2018
The Bombay high court on Wednesday asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to list police stations that have failed to provide protection to civic officials during anti-hoarding drives. If found guilty, police stations will face contempt of court charge. The …
August 9, 2018
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned the state government stand to not allow outside food inside theatres/multiplexes because of security reasons by saying “Is food not for personal consumption by the patrons, how can it cause a security threat?” …
August 9, 2018
In order have proper access for the traffic movement due to barricading for construction of Metro corridors in western suburb, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has decided to widen portion of road on Linking Road at Dahisar and …
August 8, 2018
MUMBAI: A preliminary probe report has revealed that the June 24 tree collapse near Fashion Street in south Mumbai, which killed two persons, could have been avoided had the rotten branch been trimmed. The civic body has now issued show-cause …
August 8, 2018
Concerned with the dangerous gap between footboard of local trains and the edge of platforms in Mumbai, the Bombay high court (HC) on Tuesday asked the railway administration why it could not deploy the technology used in foreign countries, where …
August 8, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) ambitious plan of developing underground parking at different locations in Mumbai is not looking financially viable. The civic body is working on its return on investment, which currently does not seem viable. In 2016, the …
August 8, 2018
A chicken-meat shop in Sewri was caught supplying around 25 kilos of rotting meat to roadside Chinese carts. The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), acting on a complaint by social activist Bala Vengurlekar, raided a …
August 7, 2018
Mumbai: Since a year, the BEST has been unable make 5,000 trips, which is around 10% of its total daily trips, due to congestion on roads. This has resulted in a loss Rs 55 lakh a day, said an official. …
August 7, 2018
The city’s first tertiary wastewater treatment facility will be ready in Colaba by December, two months before the deadline, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Currently, the city has preliminary treatment plants at Worli, Ghatkopar, Bhandup, Versova, Colaba, Bandra …
August 7, 2018
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday refused to lift the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) stay to allow the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) to restart the construction of Metro-3 car shed at Aarey Milk Colony in Goregaon. In June …
August 7, 2018
For first time, in the state, a Municipal Council that too from rural Maharashtra will have homes for the specially abled, which will be ready within the next three months under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna. Washim Municipal Council’s proposal …
August 7, 2018
The State Information Commission (SIC) in two different orders has held that names of those who donated money to charitable hospitals (that are public authority) are exempted under RTI. An applicant had sought details of names of donors along with …
August 7, 2018
The dedicated lanes for BEST buses aimed at providing fast and efficient public transport have once again failed and shut down for good. The BEST has shut both its dedicated bus lanes — one at BKC and the other at …
August 6, 2018
As notified by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, manufacturing, storing and selling of two-wheeler helmets that are not ISI (Indian Standard Institute) certified can now lead to arrest without any warrant. In the next two months, anyone found to …
August 6, 2018
Implementing state government’s decision of plastic ban is becoming a costly affair for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as the civic body has already spent around Rs 64 crore to create awareness among people and now it needs more money …
August 6, 2018
Tired of the roadway being eaten up by Metro construction? Exhausted with detours forced by Delisle Bridge closure? Widen your patience, motorists, for the road is only getting narrower from here. The edges of the city’s road overbridges (ROBs) supervised …
August 3, 2018
In a major twist in the buyback scheme for used drinking water bottles, the state government will allow packaged water manufacturers to purchase bottles from consumers on their weight rather than on per-piece basis. The state environment department and the …
August 3, 2018
Kalina residents are upset with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) authorities for not taking any action against those who defaced the entire area with banners wishing happy birthday to a political leader. Angry locals alleged the banners were removed only …
August 2, 2018
Residents say the sound, when the Metro takes a turn between Navrang Cinema and Azad Nagar station, is beyond permissible limits; Mumbai Metro One authorities reject claim. It’s not just work on the underconstruction Metro project that is causing inconvenience …
August 2, 2018
Citizens need power, drinking water and high-speed internet lines; these must be laid underground; but do roads need to be ruined beyond repair every time? Urban planning experts say better governance and monitoring by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), and …
August 2, 2018
Mumbaikars get only one chance to raise their concerns over rising electricity bills, and that too was cut short by the quasi-judicial body presiding over it. On Wednesday, the first public hearing against Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST), which …
August 2, 2018
Just like in Assam, where the final draft of Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) dropped the name of around 40 lakh people because they could not submit documents to support their eligibility of citizens of the state, it seems …
August 2, 2018
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to decide in three weeks what action it proposes to take against the contractor it appointed to organise the Make In India event in 2016. A major fire had broken …
August 2, 2018
Narrow bylanes in Khetwadi in Girgaum have made it challenging for Ganpati mandals to follow the Bombay High Court (HC) order mandating enough space for ambulances and fire brigades to pass by pandal installations. The Ganpati associations are claiming that …
August 1, 2018
Bhavesh Purohit had only good things to say about the BMC’s promptness in addressing complaints. That endorsement, however, lasted less than a day. The Kandivali resident reported a bad patch of road in Thakur Village on the BMC’s website — …
August 1, 2018
They fill craters with debris discarded from construction sites and urge citizens to do the same to bring down pothole casualties. A hammer, a shovel, a scooter and a sack of construction debris are all Muhammad Irfan Machiwala and Mustaq …
August 1, 2018
This year the BMC has setup a single window clearance for approving applications Ganpati Mandaps details can be accessed at http://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/portal/anonymous?NavigationTarget=navurl://55306576113a37fd184dba43539ae9c5
August 1, 2018
Only 20,000 or 1% of the total 20 lakh pillion riders in Mumbai wear helmets, according to a study by Johns Hopkins University and IIT-Bombay under the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety. The traffic police have attributed the …
August 1, 2018
The Maharashtra cabinet has made it mandatory for office-bearers of cooperative housing societies to share financial details, if sought, with their members. The cabinet said if the office-bearers’ committee fails to provide information, it will be fined Rs25,000. It amended the …
August 1, 2018
To push waste segregation and processing at source, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has initiated prosecution against 962 bulk waste generators – housing societies and commercial establishments – and also dragged around 567 to court over non-compliance. The action may be …
July 31, 2018
Delisle Road Over Bridge is only the latest case of the civic body and railways passing the buck to each other, leaving citizens in the lurch. The Western Railway (WR) last week decided to appoint a contractor to dismantle the …
July 30, 2018
BMC contribution just 10 tonne ; total collection fraction of material in circulation: Activists. A little over a month since enforcement of the plastic ban on July 23, only 160 tonne of plastic — a fraction of the material in …
July 30, 2018
It has been almost two years since the Probase chemical company blast took place in Dombivli, which killed 12 and injured over 200 people and one year since the inquiry committee submitted its report and recommendations to the government. Apart …
July 27, 2018
Private hospitals that are run by public charity trusts must add “charitable” to their names so that underprivileged patients know they have access to them. On Thursday, the Charity Commissioner of Maharashtra issued an order directing Lilavati, Jaslok, Nanavati and …
July 27, 2018
After Lower Parel’s Delisle Bridge and Andheri’s Gokhale Bridge, the road overbridge (RoB) at Ghatkopar might be the next to be closed down. The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) team that is auditing bridges on Mumbai’s suburban train network …
July 26, 2018
The state-run Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be inspecting food sold by vendors at Juhu and Girgaum Chowpatty. Earlier, the FDA along with the FSSAI had trained street food vendors at these two chowpatties on guaranteeing food safety and …
July 24, 2018
Tuesday morning was complete chaos in and around Mumbai’s business district of Lower Parel, as both train commuters and motorists struggled after the rail overbridge (ROB) was closed for repairs. The Delise bridge, commonly called the Lower Parel ROB, has …
July 24, 2018
In an ambitious plan to tackle Mumbai’s growing traffic, the state public works department (PWD) has proposed to construct elevated roads over the existing Western Express Highway (WEH) and Eastern Express Highway (EEH). The PWD, which is in charge of …
July 24, 2018
Registration of a co-operative housing society cannot be cancelled on the ground that some of its members have carried out unauthorised constructions within their respective flats, the Bombay high court held on Monday. “In my view, registration of society granted …
July 24, 2018
Continuing its crackdown against autorickshaws plying illegally in the western suburbs without mandatory permits, the Borivali Regional Transport Office (RTO) has filed six FIRs in the last three days. “The FIRs are against errant drivers, who were found to be …
July 24, 2018
Shailesh Gandhi, former central information commissioner, in a letter to the Chief Minister has criticised the RTS Act and its implementation. The letter that he released to media calls on Devendra Fadnavis to ensure that the RTS is made into …
July 23, 2018
Five corporators, including one from Shiv Sena, junk their cars and take a train from Goregaon to CSMT to avoid Mumbai’s crater-riddled and jammed roads If this gives you any solace while you’re on your way to work, look at …
July 23, 2018
Ganesh Chaturthi in the city is likely to be safer this year with the fire brigade drafting a list of safety requirements that mandals will have to follow while erecting pandals. This is the first time that Mumbai fire brigade …
July 23, 2018
Fifty-two per cent of people who die on the city’s roads are pedestrians, reveal Mumbai traffic police statistics. This happens because Mumbai’s streets are yet to be pedestrian-friendly, having the least number of crossings to enable a safe walk. To …
July 23, 2018
In a first of its kind initiative, the residents of Kandivali east, tired of illegal parking of autos on the road, have gathered to arrange a parking lot exclusively for auto rickshaws. One of the constant complaints received by the …
July 23, 2018
All those who have their offices in Lower Parel, Worli, Currey Road, Elphinstone Road and Mahalaxmi and travel by road to reach there, be prepared for a terrible week ahead. The Delisle Road over-bridge that crosses the tracks at Lower …
July 23, 2018
One good rainfall is all it will take for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Coporation’s Tansa and Vaitarna lakes to overflow, as they have reached almost to their maximum capacity. Four lakes of the BMC already started overflowing last week following a …
July 20, 2018
The Bombay High Court on Thursday suggested that the contractor for Metro 3 rail project start a local WhatsApp group with the residents of Cuffe Parade to keep them in the loop of work undertaken, to avoid grievances. A division …
July 20, 2018
Parel, Dadar, Matunga, Colaba, Churchgate, Mantralaya, Cuffe Parade, – these are some of the areas where most contaminated water was supplied since the onset of monsoon. Despite some of these areas house high profile government offices, they did not get …
July 19, 2018
The Bombay high court on Wednesday gave the BMC time till August-end to place protective covers on more than 800 manholes in critical areas of the city. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/install-grilles-on-over-800-manholes-by-august-end-bombay-hc/articleshow/65046923.cms
July 19, 2018
The wait for motorists travelling towards south Mumbai and eastern suburbs and further on has got longer as construction work on two crucial flyovers connecting the busy Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) with Eastern Express Highway (EEH) and Bandra-worli sea-link (BWSL) has …
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July 19, 2018
Two weeks after the pedestrian portion of Gokhale bridge collapsed, killing a 35-year-old woman and injuring four others, the report of the commissioner of railway safety (CRS) has revealed how the railways and BMC played with the safety of citizens …
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July 19, 2018
“Don’t give us ‘jugaad’ air-conditioned (AC) locals,” Western Railways authorities have told their higher-ups in New Delhi, with an official letter to that effect to be written soon. The ire comes after the railway body discovered many glitches in the …
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July 19, 2018
The BMC is planning to set up a special parking authority for the city, as per Development Control and Promotion Regulations (DCPR) 2034, to regulate this issue. A day after Bombay High Court asked the BMC and Mumbai Police to …
July 18, 2018
The suburban network is all set to get station between Thane and Mulund, offering much-needed respite to commuters on the stretch. After state’s nod for transfer of a 14-acre plot for the station, the central railway (CR) is now looking …
July 18, 2018
A toll-free number and a dedicated email account for such complaints, besides allowing residents to report abandoned vehicles through SMS and WhatsApp, all before Sept 19: HC. The Bombay High Court on Tuesday endorsed what Mumbai Mirror has been saying …
July 18, 2018
One-hundred-thirty-four buses ferrying schoolchildren were found to be flouting safety norms between June 25 and July 9, the transport department informed the Bombay High Court on Tuesday. The action was part of a special drive carried out by the department …
July 18, 2018
Shyamsunder Pandey who has been driving an autorickshaw for past 25 years in Mumbai has not only begun refusing long distance fares but also avoids Western Express Highway as well as SV Road. He is quick to clarify that he …
July 18, 2018
Its almost a year, the plan of using plastic waste in roadworks is still on paper. The Road Department of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has not used plastic for even a single road in the city. The department says that …
July 18, 2018
Finally, a year after renaming Elphinstone Road to Prabhadevi in July last year, the Western Railway has officially adopted the name change. From intervening night of July 18-19, the station will be known as Prabhadevi. Authorities were supposed to put …
July 18, 2018
The high birth rate of rats is one of the reasons why BMC is finding it difficult to prevent leptospirosis cases in the city. The civic body claims that biologically, rats can increase their family trees upto 15,000 members a …
July 17, 2018
Mumbai: The state transport department plans to bring out a fresh notification in the next few days making it legal for any citizen in the state to carry a digital format of his driving licence, car registration certificate or the …
July 17, 2018
From Thermocol to wrappers and slippers to plastic bags, the angry ocean seems to be sending everything back to city roads that empty tonnes of solid waste daily into the creeks. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday, clearedaround 11 …
July 17, 2018
One more city dweller died in July, due to leptospirosis. According to the BMC’s public health department report, while city witnessed three leptospirosis deaths in the last week of June, there is one more leptospirosis death in the second week …
July 17, 2018
Harried commuters using the arterial Western and Eastern Express Highways may have some respite with the state Public Works Department (PWD) planning comprehensive repairs of potholed sections during a lull in the rains. “We have three mobile units for filling …
July 16, 2018
Though the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has already collected around 150 metric tonnes of banned plastic, there is no mechanism available to dispose them off. The civic body is currently exploring ways to dispose of plastic waste. As per the …
July 16, 2018
The hoarding policy of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon get nod from administration as the civic body has completed the objections and suggestions process. The new policy will pave for digital hoarding in the city. The BMC had come …
July 16, 2018
The much needed and the first Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) on the Dahisar river has finally been installed by the washermen’s association at Dhobhighat in Borivali (east). This five lakh litre capacity plant once operational will ensure that no polluted …
July 14, 2018
Housing societies that have fewer than 200 members may soon be able to hold their elections in the annual general meeting, every five years. So far, the societies had to request a government body, Maharashtra State Cooperative Election Authority (MSCEA), …
July 14, 2018
Consumers can heave a sigh of relief. From August 1, you will be able to buy all packed items at the same MRP inside malls, multiplexes and airports across the country. So, the cost of a 300 ml soft drink …
July 14, 2018
Thermocol, or polystyrene foam, can no longer be used for decorations during Ganesh Chaturthi, the Bombay high court (HC) declared on Friday. The court was responding to petition, filed by the Thermocol Fabricator and Decoration Association, which stated that a …
July 13, 2018
The state environment department, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the forest department have told the National Green Tribunal (NGT), western bench, that nets should be installed at the mouth of marine sewage outfalls and nullahs that flow into creeks …
July 13, 2018
Flayed over crumbling roads, the BMC on Thursday promised the elected representatives to fill potholes in the next 48 hours. Additional municipal commissioner (AMC) Vijay Singhal made the promise in a general body meeting. Many corporators even offered him a …
July 13, 2018
The state public health department will establish enrolment centres in around 500 of its hospitals for Aadhaar-linked birth registration to assign newborns a unique identity number. This follows the completion of a pilot project at Daga Memorial Hospital in Nagpur, …
July 12, 2018
One-third of pothole related complaints received by the BMC are still to be attended to by the civic body so far this year. Data available from the BMC shown that of 837 complaints that poured in from June 10 – …
July 12, 2018
The BMC will henceforth take a call on keeping schools open on heavy rain days and during other emergencies. After facing flak for announcing a school holiday late in the day on a particularly rainy Monday this week when several …
July 12, 2018
Several agencies have adopted paver blocks as a quick fix for potholes that opened up after the heavy downpour this week, but it is a bane for motorists on the Western Express Highway who complain of the loose blocks proving …
July 12, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has received 362 complaints of potholes from across the city in the past one week alone, recording a roughly 76 per cent rise in potholes complaints from the previous week. Till July 3 this monsoon, the …
July 11, 2018
The two overbridges proposed at Saat Rasta will provide direct connectivity to Worli Naka and Haji Ali junction. Two new bridges at Saat Rasta will ease traffic congestion around Mahalaxmi station and provide a direct route to Worli Naka and …
July 11, 2018
As heavy rain crippled transport on Tuesday, the education department yet again extended the deadline for First Year Junior College admissions until Wednesday evening. Meanwhile, though the department did not announce a holiday for schools and colleges, several institutes did …
July 11, 2018
With the daily ridership on the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar (VAG) Metro line increasing, there has been a growing demand for two additional coaches. Now, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) — the 26% stakeholder in the project —wants Reliance Infrastructure-led Mumbai …
July 11, 2018
The state government decided to defer implementation of buyback scheme for PET and PETE bottles by a month after manufacturers failed to submit their plans for collecting and recycling the bottles. In addition, the state will send notices asking manufacturers …
July 10, 2018
The buyback scheme for milk poly packs and packaged water bottles will be delayed beyond the Wednesday deadline set by the state government as manufacturers have not submitted their buyback schemes for approval. The state environment department will now issue …
July 9, 2018
To ensure recycling of plastics that are not banned, Maharashtra government is set to implement a buyback scheme for PET bottles and milk pouches starting Wednesday. While 18 other states have banned plastics in one form or the other, Maharashtra …
July 9, 2018
The Indian Railways and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) are on a bridge closing spree. On Sunday, the authorities shut the fifth bridge, the road over bridge (ROB) between Ghatkopar and Vikhroli stations due to fear of it collapsing, though it …
July 9, 2018
With the Plastic Ban (primarily for carry bags and disposable one-time use items) coming into force in the State of Maharashtra, there has been a scramble to look for alternatives to plastic for these purposes. The Municipal Corporation of Greater …
July 6, 2018
Approximately 25% of the city’s sewage enters water bodies untreated, leading to poor water quality and leaving quantities of trash along Mumbai’s beaches, according to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). According to an affidavit submitted by the MPCB on …
July 6, 2018
Three days after a road overbridge came crashing down on railway tracks at Andheri station, the Railways and the BMC, with the help of experts from the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) will start studying the structures of overbridges across the …
July 6, 2018
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to submit details of the survey carried out by the Public Works Department, indicating the toll collected on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway from 2004 till date. A division bench of Justice …
July 5, 2018
After the heavy rains and the subsequent breakdown of the suburban railway and road traffic on Tuesday forced thousands to wade through flooded tracks and streets, doctors have advised people to look out for symptoms of leptospirosis. The bacterial infection …
July 5, 2018
The detailed study of the foot over bridges carried out by the Indian Railways after the Elphinstone Road stampede seems nothing less than a farce. This is because of the fact that a new team will now be formed to …
July 5, 2018
The Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has created three plastic banks where residents can go and deposit the banned plastic items lying at their homes ever since the plastic ban came into force on June 23. The citizens, who had stockpiles …
July 5, 2018
The first general merit list for admissions to first-year junior college (FYJC) will be declared today. Around 2.3lakh candidates have applied for over 3 lakh seats in the city colleges for FYJC admissions this year. This year the number of …
July 4, 2018
State government issues notification giving e-commerce companies three months for the shift; PET bottles allowed if they buyback, recycle and look for alternatives. Following what sources said was intense lobbying by multinational companies and plastic industry, the state government has …
July 4, 2018
MUMBAI: After giving relief by exempting retail packaging from the banned plastic list, the government also placated packaged water and drinks manufacturers. The revised notification issued late on Monday suggests a refundable charge for PET bottles, but allows manufacturers to …
July 4, 2018
The Mumbai Suburban district’s consumer dispute redressal forum has penalised a cab firm, Mega Cabs who failed to drop its consumer to the destination in its estimated time, because of which the complainant missed his flight. The forum has thus …
July 4, 2018
The University of Mumbai (MU) will hold special examinations for students who couldn’t reach the centre on Tuesday, owing to the downpour, Andheri bridge collapse and disruption of transport services. The university had scheduled six theory examinations – two in …
July 3, 2018
The residents of Marine Drive have crossed swords with a society over tree cutting in the open space premises that is looked after by the society. While the society said that it has all permissions in place, the residents accused …
July 3, 2018
With ridership of Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro-1 —the city’s only operational metro route— increasing by the day, BJP MP Kirit Somaiya has written to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also heads Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), to increase the number of …
July 3, 2018
In order to help residents dispose of plastic they already have at home, residents, corporator and BMC got together to collect plastic from their doorstep. A BMC van was sent around to collect plastic from Colaba and Cuffe Parade area. …
June 29, 2018
While the state government has announced exemption for retail packaging from its plastic ban, it now wants to bring tetra packaging and multi-layered packaging in the ambit of the ban. Tetra packaging is used for packaging various beverages and semi-liquid …
June 29, 2018
Railway commuters may have to pay a fine of Rs 1,000 fine for travelling without a ticket if Western Railway’s (WR) proposal to the Railway Board is accepted. The topic of increased fine amounts was discussed at length when Ashwani …
June 28, 2018
Uber on Wednesday launched a tool to help Mumbai traffic police with data on real-time congestion and vehicular speed, as well as data over the past few years. Joint police commissioner (traffic) Amitesh Kumar, who launched the urban planning tool, …
June 28, 2018
Potholes have started resurfacing after the recent downpour and BMC is struggling to fill them up during dry spells. From June 1 till Wednesday, BMC received 466 complaints. The number could be higher as complaints received by local road engineers …
June 28, 2018
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday inaugurated an improvised Mumbai police dial 100 service in the presence of police commissioner Datta Padsalgikar and senior police officials. Fadnavis said the upgraded service will help police identify the caller with his exact …
June 28, 2018
In the aftermath of the state-wide ban on single-use plastic products, the Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (AHAR) has alleged harassment at the hands of BMC inspectors for using recyclable containers, which are permitted for now. On their part, civic …
June 28, 2018
In a decision that waters down the statewide plastic ban imposed on Saturday, the state government has exempted retail packaging from its ambit. On Wednesday, it also instructed that no penalty be imposed on garbage bin liners and takeaway containers …
June 28, 2018
In a bid to improve safety of passengers using mobile aggregators, black and yellow cabs and auto rickshaws, the government and police are working towards a system. They are trying to take forward the concept of having QR code/RFID in …
June 28, 2018
The seven lakes that supply all of Mumbai’s water — 3,750 million litre a day against the actual demand of 4,200 million litre — have seen a rise in water levels after a good spell of rainfall in their catchment …
June 28, 2018
Overpriced food and drinks at cinema halls and multiplexes have, once again, propelled the Bombay High Court to chastise the state government. The court on Wednesday asked the state to impose some regulation on the sale prices, which are going …
June 27, 2018
Three days after Maharashtra government imposed a ban on various types of plastic products in the state, the Brihanmumbai Sarvajanik Ganeshostsav Samanvay Samiti (BSGSS), the umbrella organisation of Ganesh mandals in the city, wrote to the state environment minister asking …
June 27, 2018
Four days into Maharashtra’s complete ban on plastic bags with a minimum fine of Rs5,000, the city’s environmentalists and activists have expressed doubts whether it will be successful. Initially, with intense lobbying, milk packets, PET bottles and plastic packages at …
June 27, 2018
A total of 16 shops across the city refused to pay a fine for possessing banned plastic on Tuesday when the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) plastic ban squad visited. They will now be prosecuted in the metropolitan magistrate court. So …
June 27, 2018
Over 1,000 retailers and traders met on Tuesday and decided to give the government seven days to come out with a notification allowing them to use plastic in primary packaging. They threatened the government th a strike if it fails …
June 27, 2018
Disposing of plastic bottles won’t so much be a problem any more. The Indian Railways will be installing 68 bottle crushing machines at various railway stations. This comes at a time when the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation removed such machines from …
June 27, 2018
The Bombay High Court said on Tuesday it will put all municipal corporations and councils on notice before the festive season begins, to ensure proper compliance of noise pollution norms and that no pandal is put up illegally. A division …
June 26, 2018
In another instance of the nexus between employees of regional transport officers (RTO) and agents, the former tried to register 10 school buses without submitting proper documents. The four employees started the registration process without the knowledge of senior officers …
June 26, 2018
BMC says compostable liners are allowed; says it’s going easy on the product as of now. Despite repeated claims that bin liners are not part of the banned plastic items, the BMC confirmed their inclusion and clarified that some time …
June 26, 2018
Bottles must carry bar code indicating source of origin; manufacturers to face action from pollution board if they fail to turn them into plastic pellets. The soft drink industry can heave a sigh of relief with the state government deciding …
June 26, 2018
A Rabale traffic police unit constable has been transferred to the administration section for imposing fine on a good samaritan motorist who offered lift to people in need during heavy rain. The Vashi police station inspector (administration) has been directed …
June 26, 2018
Eatery owners are using cardboard containers to pack runny sambar and dal. They can sustain hot gravy or dal for up to an hour without leaking. The takeaway business of more than 10,000 restaurants and hotels in city has been …
June 26, 2018
A day after he received the prestigious ‘Cleanest Capital’ award from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta on Monday said scientific processing and disposal of garbage and debris was the biggest challenge before him. “A high level team …
June 26, 2018
In a major relief for shopkeepers and consumers, the state government may allow the use of plastic at the retailers end for packaging groceries and foodstuff. However, this will be subjected to conditions like the use of plastic above 50 …
June 25, 2018
Civic bodies across the state began taking action against traders and stockist for using and storing banned plastic items on Saturday. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) says they asked the local authorities to target plastic traders and stockist and …
June 25, 2018
With the enforcement of the state-wide plastic ban, commercial establishments and citizens alike have started to shun single-use plastic items. On the second day of the ban, the BMC found such plastic products in only 87, or around 9%, of …
June 25, 2018
Over a decade after a100-year-old pond in Kandivli was levelled by the BMC and converted into a park, the Bombay high court has said that the corporation will have to restore it. A division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and …
June 25, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appealed to the Mumbaikars to be cautious and check the credentials of the official before paying fine if they are caught using banned plastic. In order to secure people from getting conned in the …
June 25, 2018
The three-day exhibition on alternatives of plastic, at National Sport Club of India (NSCI) in Worli has done little to encourage citizens as the options are costly. While a thermocol plate costs Rs 1.5 to Rs 3 a piece, the …
June 25, 2018
Even as the civic administration asserted that first-time plastic ban violators among the common public will not be spared the hefty Rs 5,000 fine which only doubles and more than trebles for the second and third offences, the civic continued …
June 25, 2018
Residents of 800 flats of a swish Thane society woke up on Sunday in plastic-free homes, a day after tossing out all sorts of banned plastic items from their lives into a tempo supplied by an NGO which will recycle …
June 25, 2018
The suburban railways is frowning at the mammoth task of tracking who is a first-time violator and who a chronic offender, considering that 80 lakh people commute in the locals every day. The Indian Railways has written to the state …
June 25, 2018
As plastic ban is finally being implemented in the city from June 23, the Brihanmumbai Municipal corporation (BMC) has handed over the penalty receipts, special designed jackets and other necessary documents to 250 inspectors appointed to ensure the enforcement. Public …
June 22, 2018
In 2017, around 6% of India’s elderly population of more than 70 lakh faced abuse, according to the Indian Medical Association (IMA). The National Crime Records Bureau’s research showed Maharashtra (4,694 cases) and Mumbai (1,218) topped the list of crimes …
June 22, 2018
The state government on Thursday made it compulsory to use plastic waste for construction of bituminous or asphalt roads. Local bodies in the state will start penalising citizens for use, transport and manufacturing of plastic from Sunday. Since March, they …
June 22, 2018
The Bombay High Court said on Thursday that: “Beaches are an essential part of the environment, and if a beach is polluted, it will violate fundamental rights under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, which mentions the right to …
June 22, 2018
Spelling out to Mumbaikars what is banned and what’s not, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and BMC officials said on Thursday that it’s time we begin to learn to live without plastic. At the “Social Sanchar” organised by the NGO …
June 22, 2018
Mumbai: From Monday, 250 inspectors appointed by the BMC to implement the plastic ban will fan out across the city to visit shops, restaurants and other commercial establishments and penalize those found in possession of banned items. The BMC chief …
June 21, 2018
Here is the list of Ward-wise Waste Segregation Centres that have been authorised by BMC to collect all the banned plastic
June 21, 2018
Travelling on the Central Railway (CR)? Make sure you are not carrying the banned plastic items, as you may have to pay a fine to the railway authorities. The CR is awaiting a nod from the state and civic body …
June 21, 2018
Come Saturday, and none of your excuses for still holding onto single-use plastic items will be entertained. For, the three-month grace period for the statewide plastic ban, which was enforced on March 23, will come to an end tomorrow. And …
June 21, 2018
As a last resort to make the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) G North ward perform its duties, Mahim residents have started a signature campaign for removing slums on footpaths and thereby implementing the Bombay high court’s order that bans encroachments …
June 21, 2018
From Sunday, be prepared to pay a fine of ?5,000 for carrying any plastic item. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) last week tabled a proposal to keep the fine between ?200 and ?1,000, with different amount for shops in malls, …
June 21, 2018
The ever-crowded business district of South Mumbai, having pockets like Kalbadevi, Bhuleshwar, Dagina Bazar, Dawa bazaar, Agiary road, LT Marg, etc., may soon see ease in traffic congestion, and become pedestrian friendly. The Joint Commissioner of Police, (traffic), Amitesh Kumar, …
June 20, 2018
Even as the plastic ban implementation is a few days away, the state government is yet to come up with a mechanism to collect and recycle plastic waste. The manufacturers have rejected the state environment department’s proposal of plastic waste …
June 20, 2018
Last week, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had proposed to bring down the fine on the usage of banned plastic items to ₹200 from the existing ₹5,000. However, on Tuesday officials from the state government said they are unsure if …
June 20, 2018
With Maharashtra’s ban on various plastic products coming into effect from this weekend, the state environment agency has started punitive action against manufacturers of plastic bags. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) said it has forced 19 large-scale plastic bag …
June 20, 2018
The deadline for filing suggestions and objections for the excluded part (EP) of the Development Plan 2034 (DP) is likely to be extended beyond June 21. The town planning department has so far received 597 suggestions and objections to EP. …
June 20, 2018
A fire broke out in a private school van near Lower Parel State Transport (ST) on Tuesday while the driver was dropping students from Green Lawns School back home. A motor mechanic saved the lives of the 5 children. “I …
June 20, 2018
मुंबई : नोटबंदी के बाद छोटे व्यापारियों पर फिर बड़ी मार पड़ने वाली है। मॉनसून के मौसम में प्लास्टिक बंदी होने से उन्हें दिक्कत होगी। नियमों के मुताबिक, विनिर्माण स्तर पर पैकेजिंग करने वालों को प्लास्टिक के इस्तेमाल की छूट …
June 19, 2018
Realising the common man may not be able to cough up a steep penalty of Rs 5,000 in case he/she is caught using the banned plastic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to reduce the penalty to Rs 200. …
June 19, 2018
Almost a week after kicking off their campaign to prepare for the plastic ban that comes into force post June 23, residents of Colaba collected more than 100kgs of plastic waste from 170 buildings in A municipal ward over the …
June 19, 2018
A special cell— formed after the tragic Kamala Mills fire of 2017 — has found that nearly half of the 3,151 buildings it checked were not fire-safe or sufficiently equipped to fight a blaze. Fourteen people were killed in the …
June 19, 2018
After plastic, the state government will crack down on electronic waste. Producers of electrical and electronic goods like television sets, computers and mobile phones will be directed to fulfil mandatory extended producer responsibility (EPR) by setting up comprehensive e-waste management …
June 19, 2018
Inebriated people desiring to vent their frustration, residents harrowed by noise during festivals, people with a knack for verbal abuse — these are some of the callers the Mumbai police control attends to on a daily basis, with a volume …
June 19, 2018
The control room of Mumbai police received nearly 1.6 crore calls from citizens last year, with complaints ranging from noise pollution to parking issues to troubles created by drunks and drug users. That’s a 120 per cent jump from the …
June 18, 2018
The city traffic police are in the process of constructing railings on the divider along Marine Drive to stop people from jaywalking across the stretch and prevent accidents. After two women were run over by cars while crossing the road …
June 18, 2018
An inquiry committee set up by the Bombay high court into the Kamala Mills fire case has asked officials of three civic departments to appear before it after it has found irregularities in several approvals given to the two restaurants — …
June 18, 2018
With the plastic ban coming into effect from June 24, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has collected 1.42 lakh kg of banned plastic from across the city. While the BMC has been aggressively collecting the banned plastic items, it has not …
June 18, 2018
Despite the law clearly stating that every illegal construction in the city is to be levied with twice the amount of property tax as penalty, designated officers from BMC’s assessment and collection department rarely report such constructions, revealed an officer …
June 18, 2018
Amid fall in passenger footfall to 25 lakh from 42 lakh and failure to earn profits on even 10 bus routes in any one month of the past five years, the civic body has asked BEST to pull up its …
June 15, 2018
Do not waste water, use it wisely as the civic body has hiked the water tariff by 3.72 per cent. This will come into effect from June 16. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have proposed increasing the water tariff up …
June 15, 2018
With losses touching Rs 1760 crore, the BEST undertaking is struggling to revive itself. The citizens and municipal corporation also wants the BEST to come up with legitimate measures that would pull it out from the financial mess. Some of …
June 15, 2018
As compared to the national average of 25%, cases of senior citizens from Mumbai reporting abuse stood at 13%. The statistics were revealed following a survey done by HelpAge India to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15. …
June 15, 2018
A day after fire brigade officials struggled to access the top three floors of BeauMonde building at Prabhadevi on Wednesday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now made it mandatory for buildings with more than 22 floors to install fire …
June 14, 2018
The BMC has issued Notices to inform the Public that they can lodge complaints regarding trimming of trees using the Mobile App called MCGM 24×7 or they can go to the web page http://dm.mcgm.gov.in/home and lodge their complaints under the …
June 14, 2018
The first spells of monsoon in the city have accompanied the deadly dengue fever. Six cases of dengue were confirmed in the city. While three patients were admitted in the Wockhardt Hospital at Mumbai Central last week, three more visited …
June 14, 2018
The project cost of a second Metro corridor in south Mumbai, connecting Wadala with CST, will be around Rs 571 crore per km, according to Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). This is probably going to be the second-costliest Metro …
June 13, 2018
With just two days left for the Thane Municipal Corporation’s (TMC) ghanta gadis to stop collecting waste, the Thane housing societies are in a catch-22 situation. The residents have been asked to manage their own wet and dry waste. While …
June 13, 2018
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday, said that authorities should inculcate a law abiding culture in citizens. Especially, parents who for sake of convenience send their children in mini vans, auto rickshaws, not following proper safety rules, as done by …
June 13, 2018
The simmering resentment against the creation of infrastructure inside the Aarey Colony is likely to get intense, with the government’ plan to set up a new RTO office along with a test track in the lush green patch. If implemented, …
June 13, 2018
33 dead vehicles that were towed away in 3 days end up in the basement parking lot of Santacruz mall. Hold that applause for BMC’s crackdown on abandoned vehicles on roads. These dead cars that are being towed away are …
June 13, 2018
The ‘intelligent’ system is constantly on the blink and has to be operated manually at signals. Fed up with failed attempts to get the area traffic control (ATC) system to do its job, Amitesh Kumar, joint commissioner of police (traffic), …
June 13, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken a step ahead in the strict implementation of the plastic ban in the city. They have decided to deploy 200 inspectors to catch hold of defaulters and fine them for using plastic. “The …
June 12, 2018
Western Railway (WR) is planning on giving its passengers a sturdier commute on all its suburban locals’ second-class coaches by replacing the existing polycarbonate seats with stainless steel ones.
June 12, 2018
New Delhi: Ministry of Railways and IT Ministry on Monday signed an agreement to allow ticket bookings through 2.9 lakh common service centres (CSCs) in the country in next 8-9 months. Now all 2.9 lakh CSCs will be connected through …
June 12, 2018
The Bombay High Court, on Monday, directed the city traffic police to submit a report on the steps it proposed to take to ease commuting woes in crowded market areas such as Crawford Market, Bhuleshwar and Zaveri Bazaar in south …
June 12, 2018
After the state reshuffled of 12 high-ranking IAS officers, additional chief secretary (ACS) of industries Sunil Porwal was appointed as the new ACS of home department. He will replace SK Shrivastava, who has been appointed as the new chairperson of …
June 12, 2018
Residents of 200 buildings in south Mumbai have teamed up with citizens association and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to dispose of all the plastic waste before the June 23 deadline on the use of various kinds of plastic. A …
June 12, 2018
From June 23, the day the Mumbai civic body’s plastic ban comes into effect, you could be fined up to Rs10,000 if you are seen carrying a plastic bag or taking one from a vendor. To enforce its ban effectively, …
June 12, 2018
Considering that the support pole at the entrance of local trains gets drenched and slippery, the Western Railways (WR) has decided to cover the pole with chequered holders for better grip. As if traveling in a crowded Mumbai local is …
June 11, 2018
The Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan pledge to eliminate single-use plastics from India by 2022.
June 11, 2018
The Union Govt has advertised and sought appications from “talented and motivated Indian nationals willing to contribute towards nation building” to become bureaucrats at the Joint Secretary rank.
June 11, 2018
Ahead of the World Blood Donors’ Day approaching on 14 June, the civic body’s health department aims to encourage citizens to voluntarily donate blood. The department says there’s a need to reduce replacement blood donation and for more people to …
June 8, 2018
MUMBAI: Mumbaikars, prepare yourselves for a wet weekend, as Thursday’s heavy pre-monsoon showers appear to be only the beginning of what lies ahead. If one goes by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, the city is likely to witness similar …
June 8, 2018
Around 40 speed cameras installed along five arterial roads in Mumbai have helped Traffic Department fine errant motorists. The Mumbai Traffic Police issued around 1.77 lakh e-challans in the month of May with the help of CCTV cameras, mostly because …
June 8, 2018
The verdict is loud and clear. Residents of the western suburbs may have to brace for another spell of waterlogging this monsoon. Reason: the Mumbai civic body’s slapdash desilting and cleaning of three major stormwater drains at Bandra (East), Vile …
June 7, 2018
The weather bureau has issued an ‘extremely heavy’ rainfall alert for the city from June 9 to 11 (Saturday to Monday), and has asked citizens to stay indoors as much as possible on these three days. Under the India Meteorological …
June 7, 2018
Foodies, you can now walk into the kitchen of your favourite restaurants in three major cities of Maharashtra and check out their hygiene standards. Thirty restaurants from Nagpur, Pune and Mumbai will receive their certification under the star-based ‘hygiene rating’ …
June 7, 2018
If it pours above 70mm, avoid taking the local. The suburban railway authorities have stated that they have done everything possible to ensure smooth local operations, but heavily and continuous rains are bound to hit train services. Central Railway authorities …
June 7, 2018
Even as the rains are ready to lash the city in a day or two, residents of south Mumbai have raised concerns over the bad state of footpaths and traffic in the area. Residents of Colaba have been drawing the …
June 7, 2018
After the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted heavy rains in Mumbai and Konkan over the next few days, the state’s disaster management cell has issued orange and red warnings in Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri for today and tomorrow, and a high …
June 6, 2018
BMC sends towing vans to seize dead vehicles from R-South Ward in Kandivali (East), where Operation Khataara kicked off. The wheels are slowly but surely turning as far as Operation Khataara is concerned. Mumbaikars’ relentless campaign against abandoned vehicles seems …
June 6, 2018
Come Sunday, commuters will have a new platform at Parel railway station. Local train services towards Kalyan and Karjat will be operated from the platform. On the same day, the Central Railway (CR) will impose a major block to complete the …
June 6, 2018
It has become an annual affair. First, the civic body boasts about its rain preparedness, followed by the apparent hollowness of its claim. This year may not be different as one of dewatering pumps at Malad subway stopped working, leading …
June 6, 2018
The state government has announced the establishment of a specialised burn treatment centre in Malvani. Health minister Dr Deepak Sawant said the specialised unit will be established at the state public health department’s hospital in Malvani. “At present, Mumbai has …
June 6, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation recently proposed to emulate the Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) model for solid-liquid resource management (SLRM) in Greater Mumbai. Under the Ambikapur model, there are no dumping yards or community dustbins in the city. Garbage segregation begins at home; …
June 5, 2018
The Electoral rolls are being updated and each of us need to ensure that we are registered with the correct details. The qualifying date is 1st Jan 2019. For more details or assistance, these are the contact points: Toll-free Helpline: …
June 5, 2018
The experiment of trying to unclog central Mumbai by making the congested Elphinstone Road and Currey Road bridges one-way failed in just four days, and the traffic police on Monday started allowing vehicles to operate in both directions once again. …
June 5, 2018
Motorists can soon expect better east-west connectivity along one of the busiest stretches in Borivli (West). The work on the proposed ₹121-crore Kora Kendra flyover, which has been planned to decongest the area around the Borivli station, is likely to …
June 4, 2018
As per RTI details provided by both Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR), the number of toilet facilities provided to women is roughly a fourth of what men get. According to the railways, however, the women population is not …
June 4, 2018
With a motive to obliterate garbage from the Juhu beach, the citizens have collaborated with the BMC and the local corporators to take up a noble initiative to ensure that the beach is kept clean. After the initiative was launched, …
June 4, 2018
In a major relief for motorists, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has said that the Sion flyover on Eastern Express Highway (EEH) will not be shut during monsoon considering the renovation work on the flyover has been postponed …
June 4, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday issued a circular saying the city’s development plan (DP) 2034 will come into effect from June 22, following enquiries from architects and urban planners. Permissions for development, it said, will be granted as …
June 4, 2018
In a bid to improve the traffic situation at major and minor junctions in the city, the civic body is looking to overhaul the signal management system. The move is expected to enables real-time tracking of traffic at a given …
June 1, 2018
The menace of abandoned cars strewn across the city is set to be tackled by the BMC on a war footing soon. BMC chief Ajoy Mehta has told Mirror that the issue is a serious one and steps have been …
June 1, 2018
MUMBAI: Not willing to accept shoddy road repair work by a BMC-appointed contractor before the arrival of monsoon, Bandra residents and their corporator forced the civic body to redo the entire stretch all over again, in perhaps the first such …
June 1, 2018
MUMBAI With the monsoon around the corner, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified 299 spots in the city that are prone to landslides. Bhandup tops the list with 161 spots, followed by Ghatkopar (32). While the Geological Survey of …
June 1, 2018
After the Kamala Mills fire claimed 14 people in December 2017, the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) served notices to 1,557 commercial establishments for violating fire safety norms and granted them up to 120 days to comply. However, even four months …
May 31, 2018
The next time you need to get to Bombay Hospital avenue from MG Road, you may not need to make a detour of over 600 metre. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is widening the road between MG Road and Vithaldas …
May 30, 2018
This monsoon, you might get more clarity during inclement weather on the operational status of your local trains on the Central Railway (CR) line. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) is setting up weather monitoring stations inside stations on the network, …
May 30, 2018
Residents have gathered data, including photos, of more than 50 abandoned vehicles that will be handed over to the BMC and the RTO, after which these vehicles will be towed away. Lawaris ko apni jagah dikhado’ – that’s the witty …
May 30, 2018
MUMBAI: The BMC has made every effort to ensure there is no repeat of the August 29, 2017, deluge, municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta assured chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday. The assurance, along with a presentation, was given the day …
May 29, 2018
13 months on you can take the Amar Mahal flyover to travel to Thane. Work on South bound stretch likely to be complited by September.
May 29, 2018
The European Commission on Monday proposed banning single-use plastic products such as cotton buds and plastic straws and putting the burden of cleaning up waste on manufacturers in an effort to reduce marine litter.
May 29, 2018
Two years after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s nod, the traffic department approved the construction of the Teli Gali road overbridge in Andheri (East). The work will start by October. The aim is to reduce traffic at two narrow junctions – …
May 28, 2018
The city recorded 1,154 vehicle thefts from January 1 to May 25, higher than 1,093 recorded during the corresponding period last year, according to the Mumbai police data. A senior IPS officer said the western suburbs are the worst hit. …
May 28, 2018
After a delay of two years, the construction work to extend the Mrinaltai Gore flyover in the western suburbs will finally begin by October this year. Once completed, this 800-metre-long patch will take the flyover up to Relief Road via …
May 28, 2018
Breathing Mumbai’s air has the same effect on your body as smoking four cigarettes a day. In Delhi, it’s 7.7 cigarettes. Other big Indian cities aren’t far behind, with the effect ranging from two to eight cigarettes a day. A …
May 25, 2018
The DP is a blueprint for land use over the next 20 years. It covers areas like affordable housing, promoting development of slum rehabilitation projects, parking authority, redevelopment of dilapidated buildings, high-rise restrictions and regulating open spaces in Mumbai. When …
May 25, 2018
Your local train journey is set to get cooler with the railway ministry planning to procure three more air-conditioned (AC) rakes. The decision comes after the AC local, introduced in December last year, got a positive response from commuters. There …
May 25, 2018
Tourists and regular visitors at Girgaum Chowpatty beach were left stunned on Wednesday evening as almost over one thousand blue buttons had washed ashore. Marine experts say that people need not panic as these are not dangerous like the jelly …
May 25, 2018
It will take at least three years before Mumbai gets local trains with a combination of AC and non-AC coaches. The rail authorities will merge the two systems only when the existing AC locals attract more passengers. In less than …
May 25, 2018
Mumbaikars will soon be able to travel from the Western Express Highway to Link Road without as many hurdles as they face today, with the city authority deciding to extend the Mrinaltai Gore flyover from Ram Mandir Road to Relief …
May 25, 2018
The state excise department has cracked the whip on wine shops that display advertisements of liquor brands on their signages and has threatened to book those violating the rule for breaching license conditions. The department has issued a circular noting …
May 24, 2018
You can now send in your suggestions and objections to the new Development Control and Promotional Regulations, 2034 (DCPR) till June 21, said the civic body on Tuesday. The DCPR determines construction rules like how high a building can be …
May 24, 2018
Maharashtra’s plans to introduce high-security registration plates (HSRPs) for its nearly three crore vehicles is going to be put on hold as last date for inviting tenders from service providers has been pushed for a second time to June 12 …
May 24, 2018
After Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar said the Brihamumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) cannot be held responsible for water-logging near Metro sites, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) has decided to install 241 dewatering pumps at Metro sites, where there is possibility …
May 24, 2018
A comparative survey conducted by western railway (WR) officials over the course of two months has revealed that the 7.49pm AC local from Churchgate to Virar railway station is the most popular AC local train on the down line. The …
May 24, 2018
The city risks a harrowing time during the monsoon, which is less than three weeks away as per forecasts, unless the firm laying three Metro corridors plugs a series of gaping holes it has left at construction sites. The BMC …
May 23, 2018
The civic body is leaving no stone unturned to ensure the nullahs are cleaned properly to allow smooth discharge of rain water. The storm water drains (SWD) department of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has come up with a fancy technique …
May 23, 2018
Ever since the ban on plastic has come into effect, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has collected around 1.2 lakh kg plastic, including door-to-door collection and from garbage bins put up across the city. Though the Bombay High Court has …
May 23, 2018
Three of the busiest stations in the city have to bear the ignominy of being among the 10 dirtiest stations in the country. In a survey conducted by Indian Railways between May 11 and May 17, Kanpur emerged as the …
May 23, 2018
The spike in private transport since 2001 has made it all but impossible for BEST buses to operate efficiently in the city. Fully funding BEST, using technology to improve the quality of its service and all the goodwill in the …
May 23, 2018
MUMBAI: The south-west monsoon is expected to hit the city in another three weeks, but the BMC is yet to trim nearly 50,000 of the 93,353 trees identified as posing threats of fall of branches during heavy wind or rain. …
May 22, 2018
While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) developed an android mobile application for the development plan (DP) 2034, it seems to have forgotten the most important bit of the work – uploading the plan on the app. Uploading the plan on …
May 22, 2018
You can send complaints about potholes to the civic body on WhatsApp, a mobile messaging application, this monsoon too, but don’t expect a solution or response. Reason: Eight of the 24 numbers of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) road engineers (one …
May 22, 2018
Past its May 15 deadline to form seven zonal town vending committees (TVC), the civic body has set up only four so far. This will in turn delay the entire hawking policy under which the number of hawkers and hawking …
May 22, 2018
Coming down heavily on road contractors, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday levied a fine of ₹34,86,500 to 19 road contractors in the eastern suburbs for not properly barricading the area during road construction work. The civic chief has …
May 22, 2018
The BMC’s work on over 30% of the roads it took up for reconstruction or repairs will remain unfinished even at the onset of the monsoon, which is less than three weeks away as per forecasts. Compared to the last …
May 21, 2018
May 21, 2018
Setting up auto stands, improving bus facilities, renovating footpaths and widening roads are part of the plan In the months to come, commuters coming out of Andheri railway station will not have to deal with the chaos caused by haphazardly …
May 21, 2018
Following a series of complaints from disabled commuters about government officials and uniformed men (police, Central Industrial Security Forces and so on) travelling in coaches reserved for the handicapped, the Government Railway Police from Central Railways has decided to start …
May 21, 2018
The Ministry of Railways recently released a circular issuing the installation of required amenities in suburban railways. These amenities include one-third urinals and toilets for women alone, modular eatables vending machines to replace catering stalls and electronic coach indicators at …
May 18, 2018
Civic body identifies 17 spots where lines, drains dustrubed for underground Metro may lead to flooding.
May 18, 2018
Soon, we will be able to track the real time status of CR trains on our mobile phones. The Central Railway has issued tenders for a new app called “Where is My Train” which will be made available on Android …
May 18, 2018
Environment Minister Ramdas Kadam (Shiv Sena) on Thursday conducted a meeting with Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials to discuss the project for rejuvenating four rivers in Mumbai — namely Dahisar, Poisar, Oshiwara, and Mithi. The minister also asked BMC to …
May 18, 2018
Huge crowds gathered on narrow bridge at Elphinstone Road last year amid rains and resulting chaos led to the tragedy. Trains pulled in and out of Parel station (central) quickly during the evening peak hours on Thursday, but there was …
May 17, 2018
Mumbaiites travelling from the business hub of south Mumbai may soon be able to reach the proposed Navi Mumbai airport faster by train than road. Thanks to a proposed elevated corridor between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Panvel, the …
May 17, 2018
If Mumbai floods this year, the state government will be answerable and not the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar said on Wednesday while visiting various spots in the western suburbs where the civic body has been doing its …
May 17, 2018
A citizens’ campaign to revive the 12-kilometre Dahisar river has got a leg up by the city administration, which on Tuesday granted the necessary permissions for building a long-awaited check dam on the river, like the one at Sanjay Gandhi …
May 17, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport has been losing its grip on SoBo. A recent stocktaking of BEST passenger traffic and bus trips revealed the undertaking is operating the least number of buses from its five depots in the island …
May 16, 2018
Rising above politics, BMC says no to hoardings with leader’s photos. Civic body allows use of digital boards to send out disaster, emergency warnings. Send your suggestions and objections on the draft policy guidelines, within 30 days, to advtpolicyguideline2018@gmail.com
May 16, 2018
4-fold rise in vehicles since 2001, worsens air, congestion. Experts attribute increase to poor public transport, growing per capita income and aspirational value.
May 16, 2018
THE BMC has come up with a new advertisement and sky signs policy, which is expected to pave the way for setting up digital hoardings and regulating banners across the city. Believed to boost the civic body’s revenue and give …
May 16, 2018
WHILE HEAPS of waste removed from drains as part of the pre-monsoon cleaning of stormwater drains dot the roads in the city and the suburbs, BMC officials claimed that traffic congestion on the roads and paucity of parking spaces are …
May 16, 2018
This monsoon, there is at least one risk that is likely to be eliminated for the 37 lakh daily commuters of Western Railway. It is the danger of slipping between the gap of platform and train. The WR authorities have …
May 15, 2018
In its bid to regularise hawkers in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has found only 23,265 eligible hawkers in the scrutinisation of hawkers in the city. BMC been scrutinising 99,437 hawker registration forms. “We have given the remaining …
May 15, 2018
Localities in civic wards A and D have topped the defaulters’ list for solid waste management (SWM). Wards A comprises of localities like Colaba and Churchgate while Ward D includes Grant Road and Malabar Hill. The defaulters list contains the …
May 15, 2018
The Prime Minister’s Swachh Bharat campaign has new takers as Cuffe Parade residents decide to take matters into their own hands and clean up the shoreline. The local citizens will pick up brooms for two hours on May 20 to …
May 14, 2018
Over 100 bikers from different biking clubs in the city gathered on the streets to promote road safety among Mumbaikars. Held at Lokhandwala Back Road, Andheri, bikers were all set in their gears, and the group rode towards Carter Road, …
May 14, 2018
More than 1 lakh plastic bottles have been recycled in the last 10 months with the help of crushing machines installed at 10 Metro stations on the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor as part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The bottles were collected from …
May 14, 2018
Siren-blaring ambulances rushing patients for emergency medical care often struggle to reach their destination because motorists, particularly the younger lot, block their way on city roads, a study has found. Bikers, private cars, and autos lead this group of insensitive …
May 11, 2018
At 1.80 lakh litres, ‘Rail Neer’ bottling plant at Ambernath supplies largest drinking water consignment to the Railways. Now with the plastic ban coming into effect in the state, the rail authorities are looking at alternatives. At present, the 80-lakh …
May 11, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is trying hard for all housing societies and commercial complexes who are bulk generators of garbage to enforce municipal solid waste management rules. However, even four months after the deadline for compulsory waste segregation, only …
May 11, 2018
The industrial court has paved the way for the launch of 80 electric buses in Mumbai although procurement of the smaller-mini and midi-buses may get delayed indefinitely, BEST sources said on Thursday. Currently, the city has just six electric buses …
May 11, 2018
The BMC has decided to allow three of the six contractors named in the roads scam to take up civic works again. They will be able to bid for works only up to Rs7.5 crore. The civic body described this …
May 10, 2018
Expressing concerns over the safety of motorists, state transport minister Diwakar Raote has warned that the proposed speed of 150 km per hour can lead to accidents on the Mumbai-Nagpur Super Communication Expressway, also known as Samruddhi Mahamarg. The Rs46,000-crore …
May 10, 2018
Every evening, the beauty of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) World Heritage building gets amplified when it’s illuminated with colourful lights. To add a feather to its cap, the electricity supplied will be from ‘green energy’.Electricity generated from wind energy …
May 9, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has launched a separate phone number for consulates across the city during emergencies. The decision for a separate hotline was taken after 26 representatives from 13 consulates met Mumbai’s disaster management team of the BMC …
May 9, 2018
To curb the ongoing biker menace, on Tuesday, Maharashtra Transport Minister Diwakar Raote suggested that at least in Mumbai, traffic police must continue nabbing two-wheeler riders who breach traffic rules and keep them waiting for a good few hours to …
May 9, 2018
For two months, the BMC left a road dug up in Colaba under the pretext of carrying out stormwater drains (SWD) work and then botched it up further by laying paver blocks, claim residents. On Tuesday, when TOI visited JA …
May 8, 2018
The number of buses and passengers in the fleet of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) has reduced considerably than it was around ten years ago. Additionally, the BEST is not utilising its fleet to the fullest which …
May 8, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal corporation (BMC) will be installing 298 de-watering pumps this monsoon to prevent major flooding. There are several locations in Mumbai where water logging cannot be avoided, either because of the topography or incomplete storm water drain (SWD) …
May 8, 2018
In a first, five rivers in the city and two lakes are set to get flow level transmitters, which will remotely send the civic administration an early warning on days the level of water starts rising, especially after heavy rain. …
May 4, 2018
Making the RTI more effective and ensuring that information is readily available will be the topmost priority, said Sumit Mullick, the newly appointed Chief Information Commissioner. Mullick took his oath of office on Thrusday. He also said that levying of …
May 4, 2018
After Chennai Metro, upcoming Mumbai Metro corridors will also have separate first class compartments where commuters will be able to book seats in advance. Apart from this, Metro coaches and stations will also have Wi-Fi connectivity along with USB charging …
May 4, 2018
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken the Navi Mumbai route and decided to fix radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to garbage bins to track garbage removal in four wards. Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has been using RFID tag …
May 4, 2018
To tap future voters and raise awareness among youngsters about the electoral system, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has been promoting Electoral Literacy Clubs (ELCs) in schools and colleges since January this year. Three months later, around 2,500 institutions …
May 4, 2018
Will people residing in the Khar-Juhu belt get a reprieve from flooding this monsoon? The Bombay high court on Thursday directed the BMC to spell out the measures it plans to undertake to clear nullahs, stormwater drains in the area …
May 4, 2018
Fewer services and water-resistant locomotives: that’s Central Railway’s plan to beat waterlogging on tracks this monsoon. For the first time, CR has decided to implement a ‘Sunday time-table’ on high-tide days that will see heavy rains. A ‘Sunday time-table’ means …
May 3, 2018
It will be some time before hawkers are allotted demarcated spaces across the city. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has not been able to finalise and mark out hawking pitches as the zonal town vending committees (TVCs), which have to …
May 2, 2018
Every civic department, including roads, storm water drains and traffic, should forward its list of works under the defect liability period (DLP) to the assistant municipal commissioners of the respective ward. This is among the measures listed by the BMC’s …
May 2, 2018
In an alarming reflection of the city’s air pollution levels, the WHO’s global air pollution database has ranked Mumbai as the fourth most polluted megacity in the world, up from last year’s fifth place. The state capital has also been …
May 2, 2018
The BMC has chalked out a plan to make four wards in the suburbs garbage free in its long-term quest for acleaner Mumbai. It includes eliminating public garbage collection points, and getting the contractor to start a toll-free number where …
May 2, 2018
The Legal Metrology department has launched a new website which enables all applicants to apply and renew licences online without visiting LMD offices. This has been done to improve transparency and make it easier for applicants.
April 30, 2018
NEW DELHI: Talking on the mobile phone while driving in Rajasthan will now cost you your licence. The Jodhpur bench of Rajasthan high court has directed the traffic police to obtain photographs of such violators and forward their credentials to …
April 30, 2018
Starting May 1, the Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR) will issue train tickets, including the ones of the suburban networks, that will contain information in Marathi, in addition to English and Hindi. The move will be brought into effect …
April 30, 2018
After the state government decided to crack the whip on private bus operators overcharging passengers during peak seasons, the transport department launched a dedicated helpline for commuters on Sunday, to register complaints against errant operators. The transport department has issued …
April 30, 2018
With lack of awareness about the plastic ban imposed by the government and confusion prevailing about the items that are banned and those that are exempted, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to organise a ‘rath yatra’ or a march …
April 30, 2018
MUMBAI: While the plastic ban has been announced only recently, a slow revolution has already been taking place at railway stations in the city. Around 100 water ATMs installed at suburban stations have ensured that nearly 2.5 lakh plastic bottles …
April 30, 2018
MUMBAI: Mumbaikars are never satisfied with the quality of civic services, and for valid reasons. But here is a piece of good news. The quality of municipal water that is supplied to homes has improved by a decent margin. According …
April 27, 2018
MUMBAI: What if the corporates hubs, may of which virtually turn ghost towns after business hours, spring into life as an art and cultural carnival? Or as farmers’ market during weekends? In a space starved city, it’s ironical that centrally …
April 25, 2018
The BMC’s ambitious plans to collect plastic seem to have gone kaput as citizens have filled the civic bodies with all sorts of garbage. Following the state’s ban on plastic, the BMC, earlier this month, brought in huge collection bins …
April 24, 2018
The Bombay High Court has denied an interim stay on a recent amendment to the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act which had allowed civic bodies’ chiefs to have a final say in applications which sought the …
April 24, 2018
Existing restaurants, eateries, bars and pubs will be able to renew their fire no-objection certificates (NOCs) online as per the new requirements codified by the chief fire officer (CFO), by end of this week. In light of Kamala mills fire …
April 24, 2018
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said the state government will develop an ‘intelligent traffic management system (ITMS) for Mumbai’, which will later be implemented across Maharashtra to reduce congestion and increase traffic speed. At the Road Safety Fortnight’s inauguration, …
April 23, 2018
Following the plastic ban, the railway authorities have decided to replace plastic glasses with paper glasses across the suburban trains and stations in the city. The paper glasses will be introduced for the water vending machines, catering stalls and inside …
April 23, 2018
Shed the fear of police harassment, get ready to earn a badge of honour for helping road accident victims. This is the central theme of this year’s Road Safety Fortnight that kicks off today. To encourage greater public participation in …
April 20, 2018
The BMC has finalised a contractor for freeing up the Mulund dump of garbage after two failed attempts. The reclamation process is expected to take five years. The land is expected to be used primarily for public amenities. “It will …
April 20, 2018
Justifying its state-wide ban on plastic in the Bombay high court recently, the Maharashtra government cited plastic found in the stomach of a dead whale that was washed ashore in Mumbai. “The recent death of a whale near the seashore …
April 18, 2018
The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)-led government may be backtracking on the plastic ban imposed in the state. Or at least inventing a few loopholes. The state environment ministry is likely to exempt bags used to pack garments, take-away food containers, …
April 18, 2018
The Transport Department, auto-taxi unions and CNG meter fitters had their first meeting on Tuesday to discuss ways to prevent forged plates from being fitted on CNG tanks. One of the proposed solutions was to emboss QR codes on the …
April 18, 2018
To ensure enhanced communication with citizens, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is working on developing a mechanism to give timely updates to citizens about disasters. The mechanism is mainly aimed at people who inform the BMC’s disaster cell of a …
April 18, 2018
A police official said, within few days an official government resolution will be passed in this regard. The Maharashtra government has sanctioned four more police stations for Mumbai and greater Mumbai to deal with the steadily increasing cybercrime cases. A …
April 18, 2018
To ensure the safety of children, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) has allowed smaller vehicles (vans) with seating capacity of up to 12 to be used to ferry schoolchildren. Earlier, vehicles regardless of their seating capacity were registered as …
April 18, 2018
According to the plan, which will be executed by the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC), these stations on the central, western and harbour line will have elevated decks, to give more space to passengers Better infrastructure and more space will …
April 17, 2018
The parking scene in Mumbai, a fallout of the city’s ever-growing vehicle population, may become less chaotic in the coming years. The civic body has reworked its parking policy to encourage private parties to create space for vehicles, DNA has …
April 17, 2018
The state government has constituted a five-member committee to study proposals submitted by representatives of plastic traders and manufacturers with plastic traders and manufacturers demanding Maharashtra’s ban on the manufacture, use and sale of plastic be diluted, the state government …
April 16, 2018
Monitoring road repairs, getting garbage cleared, decongesting traffic, and maintaining trees… Juhu residents are doing it all Juhu residents show the way to a successful citizen-civic body partnership by adopting 13 roads https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/one-for-the-road/articleshow/63776656.cms
April 16, 2018
A month after the contractor for the Gazdarbandh pumping station in Santacruz was shown the door over delays, the BMC will float new tenders for completion of the work at an estimated cost of Rs 75 crore. The contract period …
April 16, 2018
he number of illegal autos in the state has grown by 300% in the past five years, with 4 lakh autos plying without valid permits in Maharashtra and 40,000 of which is in the Mumbai metropolitan region, latest statistics of …
April 13, 2018
The Bombay high court on Thursday said the Maharashtra government’s endeavour to make every city “smart” was commendable, but it would only be possible when a city’s roads, streets and footpaths were in a good condition and free of potholes. …
April 13, 2018
After de-registering as many as 310 of the 469 Advanced Locality Management (ALM) groups in the last six months, the BMC has decided to re-register those groups that show interest in waste segregation and composting. However, the re-registration will only …
April 13, 2018
The breezy seafront along Marine Drive seems to intermittently sway and waiver the civic body’s plans to stop people from jumping over the road near Girgaum Chowpatty. In the latest move to keep people from vaulting over the road divider, …
April 13, 2018
Housing minister Prakash Mehta has sought to shift the blame for the MP Mill compound slum rehabilitation scheme controversy to additional chief secretary (housing) Sanjay Kumar in his written reply to Maharashtra Lokayukta ML Tahaliyani, sources said. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/slum-scam-maharashtra-minister-seeks-to-shift-blame-to-housing-department-babu/articleshow/63739069.cms
April 13, 2018
Hit by the ban on manufacturing and use of plastic bags in the state, members of the Plastic Bag Manufacturers’ Association of India on Thursday urged the government to provide a seven-year moratorium period to exit the industry. During their …
April 13, 2018
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government on Thursday told the Bombay high court that citizens using banned plastic items can be penalized since the March 23 notification barring use of plastic came into effect immediately. Citizens have been given three months’ time …
April 12, 2018
After repeated complaints against fishing and in a bid to protect the crocodiles in its waters, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to ban fishing in the Powai lake. The Maharashtra State Angling Association (MSAA) does fishing in …
April 12, 2018
The century-old Bandra (West) railway station — a Grade-I structure with its blend of Victorian Gothic and vernacular architecture, bearing a proud UNESCO heritage tag — is all set to bid adieu to notorious traffic snarls. The much delayed Brihanmumbai …
April 12, 2018
The Bombay high court has ruled that a housing society cannot charge an admission fee to admit a new member. Twenty-five years after a SoBo society charged Rs15 lakh for admitting a new member, Justice Suresh Gupte said that amount …
April 10, 2018
Encroaching upon or destroying mangroves is illegal under the rules for wetlands and is also in violation of the orders issued by the Bombay high court to protect the green cover. Hundred tourist buses were found illegally parked near the …
April 10, 2018
BMC to appoint consultant to study problems with signalling system after traffic police’s letter. Motorists have long been grumbling about erratic signals that turn red after just a few, lucky cars cross over. Now, the city traffic police have joined …
April 10, 2018
Mumbai : As part of the state-wide plastic ban, PET bottle manufacturers and recyclers will set up collection machines in at least 100 spots across Mumbai in the next 15 days. Spots identified for these collection machines are high footfall …
April 9, 2018
Six more such cases being probed after complaints from public With Mumbai facing an acute shortage of parking space, the traffic police have started a drive to identify and shut down illegal parking slots in the city. In the first …
April 9, 2018
Following report that MPCB action has been sought against it for flouting wet waste treatment rules, govt official claims a compost plant is in the offing https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/mantralaya-toes-line-fearing-bmc-action/articleshow/63673272.cms
April 9, 2018
MUMBAI: Your bus ride in the city will be costlier from mid-week. Officials from Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) on Sunday confirmed that they will clear the proposal for BEST fare hike on April 11. Once they give the …
April 5, 2018
In order to ensure that customers visiting cinema halls are not fleeced, the Legal Metrology Organisation (LMO) recently wrote to the state Revenue Department to direct cinema halls to stop unfair practices. The LMO had taken action against cinema halls …
Tags: Consumers, Food, legal metrology, LMO, Maharahstra, Movie theatres, mumbai
March 30, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has got the ministry of food and civil supplies’ nod, to allow all inedible ice to be coloured blue, so it can be identified. Every year, during the summer, a large number of gastroenteritis …
Tags: FDA, Health, Ice, mumbai, mysafetymylife, street food
March 30, 2018
After a spate of accidents, iron railings to be installed on the divider along the 3.6-km promenade. People will no longer be able to hop across from one side of Marine Drive to the other as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation …
Tags: Marine Drive, mumbai, Mumbai Traffic Police, mysafetymylife, road safety
March 27, 2018
Earlier in 2015, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority had doubled the fine amount from Rs. 500 to Rs. 1,000 for rogue drivers. The state transport department is going to undertake a week-long special drive against rogue taxi and auto rickshaw …
Tags: auto, Be a Smart Consumer, consumer rights, mumbai, refusal, RTO, taxi, transport
March 22, 2018
The high number of state and central government offices in Colaba-Churchgate are posing difficulties for A-ward office of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to perform better in waste segregation and processing, as the offices take time for required clearances. The …
Tags: BMC, Churchgate, Colaba, mumbai, Waste Generattion
March 17, 2018
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday launched 25 hybrid buses that run on diesel and electricty and aim to control carbon emissions. The fully AC hybrid buses purchased by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will be operated by …
Tags: Bandra Kurla Complex, BEST bus, electric bus, environment, mumbai, public transport
March 17, 2018
While the state cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to ban plastic carry bags and other items, one society has already taken the lead and done it. Kandivli’s 21-storey Whispering Palms XXclusive Co-operative Housing Ltd banned bin liners last year. …
Tags: Kandivali, mumbai, Plastic ban
March 17, 2018
Consumers purchasing bottled water and milk polypacks will have to pay an extra charge as a deposit to the retailer, which will be refunded when the empty bottles and poly packs are returned to them. The move comes after the …
Tags: environment, Maharashtra, mumbai, Pplastic ban, surcharge
March 17, 2018
Despite space crunch, Sandhurst Road and Mohammed Ali Road, which fall in ward B of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), have got a waste processing unit with two composting machines to process wet waste at source. http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mohammed-ali-road-to-treat-its-waste-right-at-home-2594612
Tags: mumbai, Waste Treatment
March 16, 2018
You could be penalised for using or possessing plastic bags and plastic and thermocol cutlery in public places soon. To come into force later this month, the State’s ban will see manufacturers, shopkeepers and consumers being penalised up to Rs …
Tags: environment, Maharashtra, Plastic ban
March 16, 2018
Hybrid buses, that run on both diesel and electricity, will finally roll out on Mumbai’s streets and 25 of them will begin operating from March 16. UPS Madan, Metropolitan Commissioner, said, “We are going to hand over all the 25 …
Tags: BEST, electric buses, environment, mumbai, Traffic
March 16, 2018
Observing that parking in a city like Mumbai should be treated as social interest rather than commercial, the Bombay High Court on Thursday, suggested the Mumbai Traffic Police to convince parents to send their wards to school by school buses …
Tags: children safety, mumbai, school bus, Traffic
March 15, 2018
95 lakh records have already been digitized. By March 2019, RTO offices to be completely paperless!
Tags: digitization, Driving License, mumbai, RTO
March 15, 2018
Municipal employees are protesting against a new biometric attendance system as they can no longer come to work late and leave early, senior BMC officials said. Civic unions have criticised the system after many employees complained their salaries were docked as they failed to …
Tags: attendance, BMC, civic issues, mumbai
March 15, 2018
It was a close shave for 15 students from Ryan International School, Goregaon (east), after the brakes of their school bus failed on their way home on Wednesday afternoon. The bus driver averted a mishap by directing the vehicle towards the footpath near Oberoi Mall and coming to …
Tags: goregaon, mumbai, mysafetymylife, road safety, school bus
March 14, 2018
The police will be able to charge a driver for violation of traffic rules even if he has broken it in another part of the state. If you are a Mumbai resident and think that you can get away with …
March 12, 2018
45 speed guns with cameras will curb your need for speed on Maharashtra highways. The police are acquiring around 45 speed guns with cameras for the state highways, which will enable their staff to avoid arguments with speeding drivers. https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/45-speed-guns-with-cameras-will-curb-your-need-for-speed-on-maharashtra-highways/story-dI7VltJYpc738vIreGpDoM.html
Tags: Highway, Maharashtra Police, Mumbai Pune Expressway, mysaafetymylife, Safety, Speeding, Traffic
March 12, 2018
The Duty Free Shop (DFS) at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) has been warned by the Legal Metrology Department (LMD) not to give inflated bills to customers on purchases on the pretext of rounding off to the nearest hundred …
Tags: airport, Amitabh Gupta, Benaifer Kohli, Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain, DGCA, duty free, Duty Free Shop, Indrani Malkani, legal metrology, MRP, mumbai, packaged goods, retail price, VCAN
March 2, 2018
Cops must help civic staff during demolitions: Mumbai HC
February 9, 2018
Indrani Malkani at the 2nd edition of the Maruti Suzuki TIMES NOW India Road Safety City Index across 10 cities. See how Mumbai fares!
February 5, 2018
February 1, 2018
BMC to Focus on bettering the education department and city’s health dispensaries
January 24, 2018
VCAN has organized a campaign about Mumbaikars Vow to be Safe on Roads. The campaign was launched by Amitesh Kumar, Joint Commissioner of police (traffic). Teams of road safety champions, volunteers have been encouraging on the road to pledge to …
October 23, 2017
The Legal Metrology organization of Maharashtra State has directed all bars and pubs to ensure stamping on the peg measure dispensers every two years. This is based on over a thousand complaints being received by the Government. Read the full …
October 5, 2017
VCAN’s Social Sanchar with Shri. Vijay Singhal, IAS, Shri. Vijay Singhal, Additional Municipal Commissioner MCGM, was held on 21st September 2017. The event, at the Royal Bombay Yacht Club, saw coverage in the print media.
March 17, 2017
VCAN’s Social Sanchar with Justice M.L. Tahaliyani, Lokayukta, and Justice A.P. Bhangale, President, State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, was held on World Consumer Rights Day, 15th March. The event, at the Royal Bombay Yacht Club, saw coverage in both the …
February 16, 2017
On 10th February, VCAN held its first Social Sanchar of the year, an Election Special, with Shri J.S. Saharia, the State Election Commissioner. The event, held at the Royal Bombay Yacht Club, saw coverage in several leading newspapers, and clippings …
December 26, 2016
On a happy note, V Citizens Action Network (VCAN) is proud to note that a member of our Panel of Experts, Mr. Jamshed Mistry, Independent Counsel and Founder of the International Legal Alliance, has been felicitated by the British Colombia …
November 15, 2016
The launch of our joint campaign with Eureka Forbes, “Breathe Life” on 10th November 2016 at the Royal Bombay Yacht Club, and the accompanying Panel Discussion was very well attended. Several Media outlets including Television and Print Media were also …
July 16, 2016
We are happy to note that a member of our Panel of Experts, Justice Sujata Manohar, a former Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and retired Supreme Court Judge, recently had an article featured in the esteemed publication ‘The Hindu’, in …
April 10, 2016
We are happy to see that both The Hindu, as well as The Times of India’s Mumbai editions reported on our recently held Social Sanchar with Dr. Pallavi Darade, on page 2 and page 4 of their Thursday, 7th April 2016 …
March 27, 2016
It is our pleasure to note that our Managing Trustee, Mrs. Indrani Malkani was recently invited to write an article, by the esteemed publication ‘The Hindu’, as a part of their series “Fixing Mumbai”. The article appeared in the Sunday, 27th …
July 8, 2015
We are delighted that The Times of India’s Mumbai edition reported our recently held Social Sanchar on page 9 of their Saturday, 4th July 2015 issue. The Social Sanchar held on Friday 3rd July, 2015 with Shri Sanjay Pandey, Controller, …
June 17, 2015
TOI Article dt 17th June’15 Water is essential and a Right to Life but the same Water when unsafe, will take away Life. With the onset of Monsoon, Mumbai Citizens are prone to water-borne diseases due to water contamination. It is a huge challenge for MCGM …
May 1, 2015
The DNA Mumbai published a detailed report of our recently held Social Sanchar on their Downtown and West Coast edition page of their Friday, 1st May 2015 issue. The detailed report highlights the various issues raised at the talk show …
April 24, 2015
The Times of India’s Mumbai edition reported our recently held Social Sanchar on page 4 of their Friday, 24th April 2015 issue. The report mentions the issues raised at the talk show on Thursday 23rd April, 2015.
November 28, 2014
We are happy to note that Social Sanchar, our event held on 27th November 2014 at DBS Centre, Nariman Point, has been covered in the press. The event, which saw Dr. BK Upadhyay, Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic, fielding questions …
November 25, 2014
The Times of India’s Mumbai edition featured a short article on our upcoming programme Social Sanchar on page 9 of their Tuesday, 25th November issue. The article mentions some details about our upcoming event on Thursday 27th November, 2014, at 4 …
October 17, 2014
With Mumbai having voted in large numbers on Wednesday, a lot of credit goes to the Chief Electoral Officer and his team, as well as to several other organisations each doing their part for raising Voter Awareness amongst the citizens. …
September 30, 2014
As part of our activities for promoting Voter Awareness and increasing the Voter turnout, we have mentioned the role that Co-operative Housing Societies can play. We are glad to announce that we are leading from the front, with our Trustee …
September 29, 2014
The Saturday, 27th September 2014, issue of the Times of India’s Mumbai edition featured our Portal in an article titled ‘Updated voters’ list to be uploaded after today: EC’. The article by Richa Pinto, on page 4, included a quote …
September 17, 2014
With the State Assembly Elections for Maharashtra coming up, the Times of India’s Mumbai edition has covered our initiatives and election related content in their Wednesday, 17th September 2014 issue. The article by Richa Pinto on page 4 talks about …
Tags: Be a Smart Voter
September 16, 2014
The Times of India in it’s Mumbai edition on 16th September 2014, featured VCAN in an article on how Housing Society Committees will assist Poll Officials during the upcoming State Assembly Elections. The article by Richa Pinto, on page 2, …
August 27, 2014
TogetherVCAN was featured in Monday 24th August’s issue of the Times of India’s Mumbai Edition, in an article on page 4. The article, by Richa Pinto, which appeared in the Times City section, features TogetherVCAN.in among other Tech Initiatives aimed …
August 20, 2014
The time has come again for another hike in autorickshaw and taxi fares. This fare hike however, is applicable in only vehicles whose e-meter has been reset or recalibrated. The process of recalibration of the e-meters will be gradual. Meters …
Tags: Be a Smart Consumer
August 19, 2014
VCAN has always emphasised that Hawkers provide an essential service which is availed of by the community. However, to keep the footpaths free for pedestrians, and yet offer the hawkers a source of livelihood, the residents and hawkers must work …
Tags: Dealing with Hawkers
August 17, 2014
In addition to the press coverage that the launch of our Portal on Friday 8th August at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chowpatty, received, we were also featured by the electronic media on two news channels. A clip courtesy of DD News …
August 11, 2014
The launch of our Portal on Friday 8th August at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chowpatty, saw significant press coverage with several newspapers covering the story the following day. DNA featured the following article on page 7. The Times of India …
August 4, 2014
In Monday 4th August’s issue of the Times of India’s Mumbai Edition, VCAN was featured in an article on page 5. The article, by Richa Pinto, talks about the upcoming launch of the portal, and its various features. The article …
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