June 3, 2025: The Chief Fire Officer (CFO) of the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) has written a firm letter to the Mumbai Suburban District Collector, reiterating the urgent need to hand over the Chitrakoot Ground in Andheri West. The 5,500 sq mt plot, earmarked for the Ambivali fire station under
July 2, 2025: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)’s initiative to regularise unauthorised constructions in the Bhiwandi Surrounding Notified Area (BSNA) has witnessed a surge in applications, though only a small fraction have secured approval so far. Launched in March 2022, the policy was designed to address two objectives:
July 2, 2025: After a year-long attempt to attract bidders for its proposed desalination plant ended in failure, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) scrapped its initial tender in September 2024. Now, with Mumbai’s population projected to touch two crore by 2041 and its daily water demand expected to reach 6,426
July 2, 2025: In a significant development for the Mumbai Coastal Road (North) project, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has received in-principle approval from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) for the diversion of mangroves. The clearance, granted on June 19 , allows BMC to move a
July 2, 2025: Raymond Group chairman Gautam Singhania has said that while Raymond Realty aspires to develop ultra-luxury homes worth Rs 100 crore in the future, its current strategy is rooted firmly in the ‘affordable luxury’ segment of the housing market. “Today, we make a Rs 16 lakh jacket. That’s
July 2, 2025: Despite regulations laid down by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), mud-covered dumper trucks from an active construction site in Milat Nagar, Lokhandwala (Andheri), are generating severe dust pollution along an 800-metre stretch of Best Colony Road. The fallout has affected more than ten residential towers and several
July 1, 2025: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed a series of public interest litigations (PILs) challenging the Maharashtra government’s decision to construct a memorial for the late Shiv Sena supremo, Bal Thackeray, at Shivaji Park in Mumbai. The PILs contested the 2017 government resolution converting the old mayoral
June 30, 2025: While fatalities from overcrowded suburban trains along the Thane–Dombivli corridor have declined marginally in recent years, injuries have risen sharply—renewing concerns over commuter safety on one of Central Railway’s busiest and most perilous routes. Between January 2014 and December 2024, 1,025 passengers lost their lives and 1,829
June 30, 2025: The much anticipated Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) is almost finished, and in a few months it will be officially opened. The enormous airport site’s infrastructure is being upgraded quickly as the deadline draws near. The first look at the new NMIA was given via a video
June 30, 2025: In a passionate plea to prevent further fatalities on Mumbai’s overcrowded suburban railway network, railway accident survivor and passengers’ rights activist Samir Zaveri has urged Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to implement critical infrastructure reforms—chief among them, the introduction of
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