Gargai Water Project Approved Despite Environmental Concerns
Mumbai’s increasing water needs were met on Wednesday when Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis approved the Gargai water supply project inside the Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary. However, the project has serious environmental repercussions, including the destruction of hundreds of thousands of trees and the submersion of 186 hectares of private land and roughly 658 hectares of forest […]
BJP Victory Eases Path for Adani’s USD 3 Billion Dharavi Project
The billionaire Gautam Adani-led group’s USD 3-billion proposal to transform the Mumbai slum of Dharavi into a “world-class” district will benefit from the BJP-led Mahayuti’s resounding victory in Maharashtra. If elected to power, the opposition Shiv Sena (UBT), led by Uddhav Thackeray, had vowed to abandon the project completely and recapture all the land that […]
Shivaji Maharaj Statue in Sindhudurg collapses, Sanjay Raut Demands the Resignation of CM
According to the PTI, Sanjay Raut, a leader of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), requested on Tuesday that Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde quit over the collapse of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue in the Sindhudurg district and claimed there was a scheme involved in its construction. According to the PTI, Sanjay Raut further […]
Residents of Mumbai’s BDD Chawl Redevelopment Face Obstacles While They Wait for Agreements & On Time Rent
Controversies and delays have beset the much-anticipated renovation project of BDD Chawl in Worli, Mumbai. After satisfying the majority of the residents’ requests, the project is finally starting to take shape, but there are still a few problems that need to be fixed. Many residents are having difficulty getting the guaranteed monthly rent from the […]
Why Mumbai Matters
While the rest of India will have its eyes on Maharashtra, given that it is the biggest decider and swing state in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Maharashtras attention seems to be focussed on its capital, Mumbai. Mumbai’s mysterious ways are more unfathomable than an OTT web series this election season. The Thackeray cousins, an […]
MMRDA begins pre-trials for Mumbai’s Metro trains
Close to a month after chief minister Uddhav Thackeray unveiled the first indigenously built Metro train for Metro-2A (Dahisar-DNDa Nagar) and Metro-7 (Dahisar E-Andheri-E), the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) conducted pre-trials for the train at the Charkop depot before testing begins on the actual route in a month. However, the MMRDA said the […]