The Maharashtra government on Thursday told the Legislative Assembly that air pollution monitoring systems have been installed at most construction sites across Mumbai as part of efforts to address the city’s worsening air quality. Responding to a question raised by Manisha Chaudhary during the ongoing Budget Session, Deputy Chief Minister
Nearly four years after the promise of a pothole-free city, residents across Mumbai say the ongoing road concretisation project continues to cause severe disruption to daily life. While the initiative aims to permanently eliminate potholes, the execution of the work has left many neighbourhoods grappling with dug-up roads, noise, dust
Maharashtra revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule informed the legislative assembly that the state government has abolished the non-agricultural (NA) tax on land used for residential, commercial and industrial purposes in urban areas. Bawankule acknowledged that although the decision to scrap the NA tax was approved by the state cabinet in October
After more than two decades of waiting, 265 families from old Chikhalwadi in Grant Road have finally received the keys to their redeveloped homes under a cluster redevelopment project. In a celebratory gesture, each household was also gifted a 24-inch colour television to help them settle into their new apartments.
A Mumbai-focused real estate developer has secured a redevelopment contract worth around Rs 160 crore for a cooperative housing society in Kandivali West, highlighting the growing pace of redevelopment across the city’s western suburbs. The project will involve redeveloping a nearly three-decade-old residential building into a modern commercial-cum-residential tower equipped
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a ₹384 crore tender to install bollards at entry and exit points of footpaths across Mumbai in an effort to prevent two-wheelers from riding onto pavements. The initiative forms part of the civic body’s Universal Footpath Policy, aimed at making pedestrian infrastructure safer
A review meeting on metro and road infrastructure projects in the Thane district region was recently conducted in Mumbai, with discussions centred on expanding metro connectivity to rapidly growing suburban cities such as Kalyan, Dombivli, Ulhasnagar, Ambernath and Badlapur. The meeting was chaired by Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Member of Parliament
A recently opened shortcut road near University of Mumbai Gate 1 in Kalina, intended to decongest Kapadia Nagar Junction, has instead created fresh challenges for commuters. The stretch connects the university gate to the UTI building in Bharat Nagar but was made accessible to the public before it was fully
The Bombay High Court has turned down the Maharashtra government’s claim over a 193-acre land parcel in Thane’s Manpada-Chitalsar belt, ruling that its acquisition as private forest land was legally flawed. The state had challenged a 2017 decision of the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal, which held that the takeover process did
The Maharashtra government has initiated a comprehensive safety review of the Mumbai–Pune Expressway after a recent accident brought traffic on the crucial intercity corridor to a standstill for over 24 hours. The move signals a transition from ad-hoc traffic management to a broader, risk-based operational framework for one of India’s
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