July 15, 2025: In a significant move aimed at reshaping Mumbai’s housing sector, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis chaired a high-level meeting at Vidhan Bhavan on Monday to review the report submitted by the ‘Cooperative Housing Societies Self-Redevelopment – Cluster Self-Redevelopment Study Committee’. The much-anticipated report, presented by MLC Pravin
July 14, 2025:Residents of the Patra Chawl redevelopment project in Goregaon, Mumbai, have announced a protest against the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), scheduled for July 15. Their primary demand is the issuance of Permanent Alternate Accommodation (PAA) agreements prior to possession of their new homes. While MHADA
July 14, 2025: The persistent waterlogging outside Prabhadevi station has once again reignited a blame game between the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Western Railway (WR), with the BMC now officially stating that the area lacks any drainage infrastructure and falls entirely under railway jurisdiction. For six monsoon seasons, commuters
July 14, 2025: A multi-storey illegal building constructed on land owned by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s heir, Yashwant Bhimrao Ambedkar, in Kalyan has been demolished following a government intervention, State Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule told the Legislative Assembly on Friday. The building, Tanishka Residency, was developed illegally on approximately 3,200 sq
July 14, 2025: In a landmark move likely to reshape property ownership in Navi Mumbai, the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) has announced that residential plots allotted on a leasehold basis can now be converted to freehold. This long-awaited policy offers thousands of homeowners full ownership rights, removing longstanding
July 12, 2025: Heavy rainfall in catchment areas has significantly boosted water levels in the seven lakes supplying drinking water to Mumbai. According to data released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday, July 12, the combined water stock in these reservoirs now stands at 74.47% of total capacity.
July 12, 2025: In a powerful and wide-ranging address at the 5th Annual SMISS Asia Pacific Conference in Mumbai on 11 July, Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, urged India’s leading spinal surgeons and medical innovators to reimagine the country’s healthcare infrastructure as the “spine” of the nation’s ascent
July 11, 2025: A storm is brewing between Mumbai’s indigenous Koli fishing community and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over the proposed relocation of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Fish Market to the basement of the redeveloped Crawford Market complex. The BMC has announced plans to permanently rehabilitate 348 licensed vendors
July 11, 2025: By next year, Mumbai residents will have access to oral and breast cancer screening facilities at every Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health post. In a significant public health initiative, the civic body is collaborating with Tata Memorial Hospital’s Department of Preventive Oncology to train existing healthcare staff
July 11, 2025: Mumbai’s crucial transport corridor—formerly known as Carnac Bridge—has officially reopened under a new identity: Sindoor Bridge. The renamed structure, which commemorates a recent military operation, is intended to shed colonial-era associations and embody a modern, nationalistic ethos. The original bridge, built in 1868 and named after a
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