The Bombay High Court has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to conduct a comprehensive audit of its land holdings and identify properties that can be used to provide free homes to sanitation workers, while questioning the civic body’s 18-year delay in implementing a Maharashtra government policy introduced in 2008.
The reopening of Mumbai’s Elphinstone Bridge has been pushed further, with the railway portion of the replacement structure now targeted for completion by November 2026 and the full bridge likely to open to traffic only by January or February 2027, a year after the 112-year-old bridge was closed. The reconstruction
Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport is set for a major transformation, with phased redevelopment of Terminal 1 scheduled to begin in January 2027. The changes will alter flight operations gradually, while Metro Line 3 is expected to provide an important alternative for passengers travelling between the airport’s terminals. The
The long-standing traffic congestion at Kalyanphata and the progress of the Airoli-Katai Naka Freeway came under focus during a meeting between the Janrajya and Kalyanphata Traffic Action Committee (JKTAC) and Thane district collector Dr Shrikrishna Panchal on August 31. The committee submitted representations carrying signatures from more than 1,000 residents
Mumbai-based developer Lloyds Realty Developers, a subsidiary of Lloyds Enterprises, is planning to invest Rs 1,935 crore through its associate company in a large-scale cluster redevelopment project in Goregaon West. The project will bring together five housing societies under a single integrated redevelopment plan and is expected to generate approximately
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has revived its plan to develop 27 underground parking facilities across Mumbai, with one proposed in each administrative ward, as the city struggles with a growing shortage of parking space. The initiative was announced by BJP Mumbai president and MLA Amit Satam during the Maharashtra
The reservation of Bandra Reclamation’s Neville D’Souza Football Ground as a playground remains unchanged, with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) informing the Bombay High Court that no final decision has been taken to convert the site into a convention or exhibition centre. In an affidavit filed on August 19, the
Mumbai’s elected corporators are seeking a substantial increase in their annual ward development allocation, proposing that the existing Rs 60 lakh fund be raised to Rs 1 crore. The demand has received support across political parties, with corporators citing rising construction costs, inflation and growing civic requirements in their wards.
The rehabilitation process in Dharavi’s Sector 6 has moved forward after 61 of 85 hutment owners at Ganesh Nagar-Meghwadi agreed to vacate their structures voluntarily for the redevelopment project. The residents have signed rental agreements as part of the relocation process, while the remaining 24 families have been given time
The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by slum dwellers from Chinchpokli East who opposed their relocation to Bhandup under a redevelopment project, ruling that they had no enforceable right to insist on in-situ rehabilitation. A division bench of Justices Suman Shyam and Advait Sethna passed the order
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