BMC launches drive to clear footpaths of encroachments

MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has launched a citywide campaign, titled Pedestrian First, to remove encroachments and make footpaths safe and obstacle-free. Ward office... Read More

A day after building collapse, Bhiwandi civic body orders evacuation of 1,074 unsafe structures

India, Aug. 2 -- In the wake of the collapse of the B-wing of Kohinoor building, in Gangaram Wadi, in Bhiwandi - that killed 10 persons and injured three on Friday - the Bhiwandi Nizampur City Munici... Read More

Day after building collapse, Bhiwandi civic body orders evacuation of 1,074 unsafe structures

India, Aug. 2 -- In the wake of the collapse of the B-wing of the Kohinoor building, in Gangaram Wadi, in Bhiwandi - that killed 10 persons and injured three on Friday - the Bhiwandi Nizampur City Mun... Read More

Bhiwandi building collapse survivor: 'My children's education is at stake now'

India, Aug. 2 -- Forty-year-old Arvind Shah's family has been rendered more than homeless by the collapse of the building in which they lived. "It has threatened the one dream I had spent my entire w... Read More

A day after collapse, 1,074 unsafe bldgs to be evacuated in Bhiwandi

MUMBAI, Aug. 2 -- In the wake of the collapse of the B-wing of Kohinoor building, in Gangaram Wadi, in Bhiwandi - that killed 10 persons and injured three on Friday - the Bhiwandi Nizampur City Munici... Read More

'My children's education is at stake'

India, Aug. 2 -- Forty-year-old Arvind Shah's family has been rendered more than homeless by the collapse of the building in which they lived. "It has threatened the one dream I had spent my entire wo... Read More

Parsi Punchayet opens door to tenancy for 1,900 families

India, July 31 -- For nearly three decades, every few years, 72-year-old Viraf Kapadia lived with the same uncertainty: would he still have a home? A resident of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet's (BPP) Go... Read More

Botanist, former MU V-C to re-investigate Chembur tree collapse

MUMBAI, July 31 -- Over two weeks after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) preliminary inquiry into the fatal Chembur tree collapse was rejected by mayor Ritu Tawde and the general body, t... Read More

Parsi body opens doors to tenancy for 1,900 families

MUMBAI, July 31 -- For nearly three decades, every few years, 72-year-old Viraf Kapadia lived with the same uncertainty: would he still have a home? A resident of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet's (BPP) Go... Read More

BMC nod for felling 1,457 trees, transplanting 1,297 trees for 11 infra projects

India, July 29 -- The tree authority of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday cleared proposals to fell 1,457 trees and transplant 1,297 trees across Mumbai to make way for a host of... Read More

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