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Chandivali societies spend lakhs on tankers as BMC water shortage continues

India, July 13 -- For nearly a week, hundreds of families living in around 30 to 40 housing societies in Chandivali's Nahar Amrit Shakti area have been waking up to dry taps, forcing residents to depe... Read More


BMC fast-tracks Ghatkopar STP, sets March 2027 deadline

India, July 13 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed officials to expedite work on the 337-million-litres-per-day (MLD) Ghatkopar Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), setting a target ... Read More


Ghatkopar STP to be ready by March '27: BMC

Mumbai, July 13 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed officials to expedite work on the 337-million-litres-per-day (MLD) Ghatkopar Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), setting a target... Read More


How staff crunch in civic garden dept hit tree care for over a decade

MUMBAI, July 10 -- What's the toughest part about overseeing Mumbai's 2.97 million trees? The civic garden department, guardian of the city's green cover, would sum it up in a single word. It isn't ag... Read More


No proof that rd concretisation led to tree falls, says BMC chief

MUMBAI, July 8 -- Municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide on Tuesday rejected claims that Mumbai's ongoing road concretisation works were responsible for the recent spate of tree-fall incidents that clai... Read More


63-year-old man dies after rain-uprooted tree falls in Mumbai's Kurla

India, July 5 -- A 63-year-old man died on Sunday afternoon after a tree uprooted by heavy rain and strong winds crashed onto a shop in Mumbai's Kurla West, officials said. The accident was reported ... Read More


RTI reveals backlog of 537 disciplinary inquiries in BMC

Mumbai, July 5 -- Even as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) swiftly suspended officials following the death of an 11-year-old boy in a tree-fall incident in Chembur, its disciplinary mechan... Read More


After Mumbai tree-fall tragedy, RTI reveals backlog of 537 disciplinary inquiries in BMC

Mumbai, July 5 -- Even as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) swiftly suspended officials following the death of an 11-year-old boy in a tree-fall incident in Chembur, its disciplinary mechan... Read More


BMC orders city-wide audit of trees amid concretisation work

India, July 4 -- After two people died, one of them a child, when trees collapsed on them in the last three days, the civic administration has ordered a week-long audit of trees across Mumbai to ident... Read More


BMC orders city-wide audit of trees amid concretisation work

MUMBAI, July 4 -- After two people died, one of them a child, when trees collapsed on them in the last three days, the civic administration has ordered a week-long audit of trees across Mumbai to iden... Read More