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BMC clears felling of 184 trees for rRs.r4,124cr Bhandup water plant

India, Oct. 7 -- As the BMC moves to replace its more than four-decade-old water treatment plant at Bhandup, 420 trees will be affected by the Rs.4,124-crore project, with the civic Tree Authority on ... Read More


panel submits Chembur tree death report

MUMBAI, Oct. 7 -- Former University of Mumbai (MU) vice-chancellor Sanjay Deshmukh, who was appointed to head a one-member committee to investigate the death of 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastav, submitted... Read More


BMC doubles artificial ponds at Banganga after thousands of fish die following Pitru Paksha rituals

India, Oct. 6 -- In a bid to prevent deaths of thousands of fish at the historic Banganga Tank in Walkeshwar, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday decided to double the number of art... Read More


Yari Road-Lokhandwala flyover deadline set for December 2027

India, Oct. 6 -- The BMC has set December 2027 as the deadline to complete the long-pending flyover connecting Yari Road with Lokhandwala Back Road across Kavathe Creek in Andheri (West). Additional m... Read More


Fish deaths: BMC doubles ritual tanks at Banganga

MUMBAI, Oct. 6 -- In a bid to prevent deaths of thousands of fish at the historic Banganga Tank in Walkeshwar, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday decided to double the number of ar... Read More


flyover linking yari road with lokhandwala set for dec '27 completion

Mumbai, Oct. 6 -- The BMC has set December 2027 as the deadline to complete the long-pending flyover connecting Yari Road with Lokhandwala Back Road across Kavathe Creek in Andheri West. Additional mu... Read More


'Enough is enough': Khar residents protest pub nuisance

India, Oct. 4 -- When Bhavika, 27, returns from work late at night, she doesn't walk straight to her building. Instead, she phones her brother and asks him to meet her at the gate. "This is how unsafe... Read More


Opposition grows to ticketed Coastal Road Gardens

MUMBAI, Oct. 4 -- Citizens' voices against the 15% ticketing of the proposed 130-acre Coastal Road Gardens, planned as a waterfront public open space along seven km of Mumbai's Coastal Road between Pr... Read More


More voices join the chorus against privatisation of Coastal Road Gardens

India, Oct. 3 -- Citizens' voices against the 15% ticketing of the proposed 130-acre Coastal Road Gardens, planned as a waterfront public open space along seven km of Mumbai's Coastal Road between Pri... Read More


On Day 1, confusion rules over BMC's 14-ft slum demolition plan

India, Oct. 2 -- On the day the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was supposed to begin a special drive to demolish unauthorised slum structures measuring 14 feet and above, its own administrat... Read More