Mumbai’s proposed ring-road network is set to expand with two additional corridors spanning approximately 307 km, taking the planned system to nine ring roads and strengthening orbital connectivity between South Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Bhiwandi and the northern suburbs, according to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). The proposed
Mumbai has emerged as a critical gateway for India’s internet connectivity, but the concentration of submarine cables along a small stretch of the city’s coastline is raising concerns about the resilience of the country’s digital infrastructure as data consumption and artificial intelligence (AI) demand grow. Around 13 of India’s 18
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has set a key delivery milestone for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project, with the state pushing to move the long-delayed transformation of the central Mumbai neighbourhood from planning to actual housing delivery. Speaking at the NAREDCO Maharashtra Real Estate & Infrastructure Investors’ Summit in Mumbai on
With redevelopment and rehabilitation issues continuing to trouble residents across Mumbai, Maharashtra Legislative Council Deputy Chairman Sachin Ahir on September 2nd, Wednesday, reviewed a series of long-pending matters before the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), including the BDD chawl redevelopment project. The meeting at Vidhan Bhavan focused on
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has ordered the immediate closure and evacuation of Orchid City Centre Mall on Bellasis Road in Mumbai Central, following a Supreme Court directive issued on August 25, with occupants barred from entering or using the fire-damaged premises until structural repairs and mandatory fire-safety requirements are
Redeveloped homes account for 15% of housing sales as ageing buildings, land scarcity and infrastructure drive urban renewal. Mumbai’s redevelopment market is witnessing a sharp acceleration, with more than 1,000 projects launched since 2020, accounting for nearly 13% of the city’s overall residential supply, according to a JLL-NAREDCO Maharashtra report.
Proposed Surat-Dankuni corridor to strengthen passenger, freight and industrial connectivity across the state. Maharashtra is set to gain a new east-west railway corridor aimed at connecting several areas of the state that have so far remained outside the rail network, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. Speaking via
A special PMLA court has rejected the bail pleas of former Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) town planning deputy director Y. Shiva Reddy and builder Arun Gupta in an Enforcement Directorate (ED) money laundering case linked to 41 allegedly illegal buildings in Vasai-Virar, citing alleged disproportionate assets in Reddy’s case
The Bombay High Court has rejected the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s (MMRDA) plea to dismiss a Rs 115.65-crore suit filed by BPL-BBC Joint Venture over a 2007 project to widen and deepen the Mithi River between Mahim Causeway and Dharavi Bridge, ruling that an error in naming the plaintiff
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) general body is set for a political confrontation over proposals to alter the reservations of three plots in Mulund, Amboli and Vile Parle, with the land currently earmarked for recreational or public purposes proposed for uses including a petrol pump, residential development and a municipal
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