RTI reveals that CIDCO and MMRDA did not sign an agreement for the Atal Setu Casting Yard in Ulwe
According to the response to an RTI inquiry, the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) and the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) have not entered into any agreements about the 12 Ha casting yard at Ulwe in Navi Mumbai for the Atal Setu. This is startling because MMRDA has been using the land for […]
CIDCO Files Complaints With NMMC Regarding Removal of Blockage in DPS Lake
In a first for the city planners, CIDCO has filed a formal complaint against Navi Mumbai Muncipal Corporation in writing to the NRI Coastal police for opening the blocked water inlets at the DPS Flamingo lake in Nerul. The astonished greens have declared that Cidco’s actions merely validate the accusations made against them over their […]
Notice from CIDCO scares hoarding owners
Notices to dismantle hundreds of unlawfully erected hoardings by private advertisers in 94 villages inside the Navi Mumbai International Impact Notification region (NAINA region) have been sent out by the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO). Hoarding owners have responded to this notice by taking swift action and have started taking down the advertisement boards. […]
Bombay High Court requests that CIDCO provide a detailed hoardings policy
The City and Industrial Development Authority (CIDCO) has been ordered by the Bombay High Court to create a suitable policy for handling hoardings, emphasising the necessity of safety audits as opposed to removing all billboards altogether. According to a Times of India story, Justices Nitin Borkar and Somasekhar Sundaresan referred to CIDCO’s practice of arbitrarily […]
Road construction that prevented water from reaching flamingo habitat has started by NMMC
Even though the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) has not yet taken any action, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has begun work to remove the obstruction in one area in response to BJP MLA Ganesh Naik’s threat on Thursday that he would destroy a road that has impacted the flow of creek water […]
Navi Mumbai’s illegal billboards being removed by CIDCO
The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) started demolishing huge and illegitimate hoardings within its authority, beginning with Belapur railway station complex where at least four billboards were taken off on 22 May, 2024. While the removal of illegal hoardings that endanger the public has been welcomed by people and campaigners, they are also questioning […]
CM Eknath Shinde Directs Urban Development Secretary To Address Navi Mumbai Wetlands Catastrophe
In response to a legal mail concerning the environmental catastrophe affecting TS Chanakya Lake, NRI Wetland, and DPS Lake, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has directed his Urban Development Secretary to investigate the matter. The complaint, served by Law Global Advocates on behalf of Bharat Bhushan Gupta, a resident of the NRI complex and member of […]
CIDCO to construct coastal highway to connect MTHL and Navi Mumbai intl airport
CIDCO will construct a coastal highway in Navi Mumbai to connect the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport. The project will cost over ₹700 crore and will take 24 months to complete. However, it will result in the destruction of 3,728 mangroves and 196 trees. Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai town planning authority — City Industrial […]
NMMC to widen, concretise internal roads in Ghansoli node
For the first time since 2016 when the node was formally transferred from CIDCO to it, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) will undertake widening and concretisation of undeveloped roads in Ghansoli node after the monsoon. In the first phase of the road development work, the engineering department has planned to widen the road connecting […]
Denied promotion, CIDCO staffer knocks court’s doors
In a matter dealing with the ‘right to promotion as per seniority’ as a fundamental right, the Bombay High Court has issued notices to CIDCO (City and Industrial Development Corporation) and other parties for not promoting an Assistant Development Officer (ADO) who joined the town planning organisation 18 days late as he had to serve […]