Colaba Residents Rally Against Jetty Project, Demand Relocation
The residents of Colaba have intensified their opposition to the proposed jetty and amphitheatre project, with an online petition gaining nearly 2,800 signatures by Thursday evening. Aiming to reach at least 5,000 supporters, the movement seeks to pressure the government into reconsidering the Rs 229 crore project, planned between Gateway of India and Radio Club. […]
BMC Launches Emergency Tree Survey Amid Rising Concerns Over Concretisation
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has launched an emergency tree survey, called “Dead Dangerous Tree,” to evaluate and identify weakened trees on the city’s roads in response to last week’s pre-summer heatwave and skyrocketing temperatures. The survey is anticipated to cover about 1,000 trees over the course of the next eight days and will concentrate […]
Medical Infrastructure Budget Underutilised, Bombay HC Takes Note In PIL
The Bombay High Court today asked the State orally why it was not using the funds for building medical facilities in the State in a suo moto PIL regarding mortality in government hospitals in the districts of Nanded and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar in Maharashtra. “You must understand the nature of litigation…we don’t want to discuss […]
PIL in HC Challenges Mulund Salt-Pan and Transfer for Dharavi Redevelopment
A lawyer filed a public interest litigation in the Bombay High Court on Monday, challenging the Centre’s transfer of salt-pan land in Mulund to the Maharashtra government, which will be used in part to rehabilitate certain Dharavi inhabitants. Sagar Devre, a Mumbai resident, noted in his appeal that salt-pan lands are a highly sensitive aspect […]
Navi Mumbai: To Reduce Noise and Air Pollution, NMMC Task Force Will Visit Construction Sites Every Week
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has established a specialized task force to examine construction sites every week around the city. The force was established to investigate the noise and sound pollution that the city’s ongoing development and building projects are causing. NMMC has been working on a comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to address […]
Bombay High Court Creates Special Bench to Review Slum Redevelopment Law after SC Order
In order to assess a Suo moto Public Interest Litigation (PIL) for conducting a thorough audit of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971, the Bombay High Court constituted a special division bench on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. In response to a decision rendered by the Supreme Court in the matter of […]
Developers to Pay More than Rs.700 Crore Rent to SRA for Slum Dwellers
More than Rs 700 crore in rent was gathered from developers by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to be given to the residents of slums that were chosen for reconstruction between August 2023 and July 2024. According to SRA authorities, the funds were obtained for 192 slum rehabilitation projects and will be paid as rent […]