Mumbai’s residential property market posted its strongest first-half performance in more than a decade, with 80,221 property registrations recorded between January and June 2026. According to Knight Frank India, registrations increased by 6 per cent year-on-year from 76,060 transactions during the same period in 2025, making it the highest first-half
Fresh water seepage was reported in the northbound tunnel of the Mumbai Coastal Road on Sunday following heavy monsoon rainfall, prompting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to undertake immediate repair work. Civic officials, however, maintained that the tunnel remains structurally safe and that the leakage posed no risk to motorists.
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed developers and contractors across the city to suspend hazardous construction activities and strengthen safety measures at project sites following the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Red Alert for extremely heavy rainfall and strong winds. The civic body said compliance with the advisory is
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a citywide safety advisory for all construction sites following heavy rainfall and strong winds, days after a section of road collapsed near an under-construction site in Bhandup’s Sonapur area, where a vehicle fell into the resulting crater. The civic body said the advisory
Mumbai: A portion of the newly inaugurated Missing Link on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway suffered a concrete slab collapse on Monday following incessant rainfall in the Lonavala region, disrupting traffic and drawing renewed attention to the durability of the recently commissioned infrastructure. The incident occurred near the entry point of the
Mumbai: As vehicle ownership continues to rise across India’s major cities, the shortage of parking space has emerged as one of the biggest urban planning challenges. In Mumbai, where land is scarce and redevelopment is reshaping the city’s skyline, automated parking systems (APS) are increasingly being viewed as a practical
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project will achieve a major construction milestone on Sunday as Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurates underground tunnel boring work between Vikhroli and the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), marking the first use of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) for India’s first high-speed rail corridor. The tunnel excavation
Two separate ceiling slab collapse incidents in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai have claimed two lives, once again bringing the structural safety of ageing residential buildings into sharp focus, particularly during the monsoon season. The two accidents occurred within occupied homes and have renewed concerns about the impact of ageing infrastructure,
Mumbai is set to significantly expand its parking infrastructure with plans to develop 27 underground parking facilities—one in each administrative ward—to address the city’s growing parking shortage and traffic congestion. The announcement was made by BJP Mumbai President and MLA Amit Satam during the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly’s Monsoon Session. According
Home affordability remained largely stable across India’s major residential markets during the first half of 2026, as lower home loan interest rates continued to offset the impact of rising property prices, according to Knight Frank India’s latest affordability assessment. The report found that six of the country’s eight leading housing
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