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Jai Bhim Nagar residents brace for another eviction

MUMBAI, Aug. 15 -- On a recent muggy afternoon, 55-year-old Meenabai Govind Limbole sat on the edge of a footpath along Powai Plaza, watching the traffic crawl by. A plastic sheet hung limply over the... Read More


Jogeshwari residents await a footpath for over 3 years

India, Aug. 14 -- When Neeta Shah, a 75-year-old pedestrian, died in Malabar Hill on Tuesday after being forced to walk on the road due to the absence of a footpath and coming under the wheels of a bu... Read More


As Mumbai expands, so does its construction, demolition debris

Mumbai, Aug. 14 -- Towering cranes, rising skylines - as Mumbai's urban renewal churns out 10,000 tonnes of construction debris every day, builders and the civic authorities are grappling with a daunt... Read More


In Jogeshwari West, residents await a footpath for over 3 yrs

Mumbai, Aug. 14 -- When Neeta Shah, a 75-year-old pedestrian, died in Malabar Hill on Tuesday after being forced to walk on the road due to the absence of a footpath and coming under the wheels of a b... Read More


Mumbai's mounting construction waste crisis

India, Aug. 13 -- New rules for disposing of construction debris will take effect in April 2026, but with lack of facilities to process the rubble, can they really be enforced? Mumbai: Towering crane... Read More


As Maximum City grows, so does its construction debris

Mumbai, Aug. 13 -- Towering cranes, rising skylines - as Mumbai's urban renewal churns out 10,000 tonnes of construction debris every day, builders and the civic authorities are grappling with a daunt... Read More


Protestors tear down Dadar kabutarkhana cover, feed pigeons

MUMBAI, Aug. 7 -- Despite the order by the chief minister and an upcoming Bombay high court hearing, a mob of around 1,000 people descended on the Dadar Kabutarkhana on Wednesday morning. With women t... Read More


BMC collects rRs.r68k from pigeon feeders, 32% of this from Dadar Kabootarkhana

India, Aug. 5 -- Even as the tussle between obdurate pigeon feeders and the BMC continued at the Dadar Kabootarkhana, the civic body was more successful at other kabootarkhanas in the city, collecting... Read More


BMC collects Rs.68k fine at kabutarkhanas even as tiffs continue with pigeon feeders

MUMBAI, Aug. 5 -- Even as the tussle between obdurate pigeon feeders and the BMC continued at the Dadar kabutarkhana, the civic body was more successful at other kabutarkhanas in the city, collecting ... Read More


BMC covers Dadar kabutarkhana with plastic, after 1st attempt foiled

MUMBAI, Aug. 3 -- Police on Saturday held back restless crowds as civic workers pulled large plastic sheets across the Dadar kabutarkhana, to comply with a court order following a ban on feeding pigeo... Read More