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Colaba Causeway to get 91 uniform-sized hawker stalls

MUMBAI, Oct. 26 -- The city's iconic Colaba Causeway is set for a major aesthetic and structural transformation, following a Rs.2.28-crore contract which will be awarded by the BMC to deploy 91 unifor... Read More


BMC to spend Rs.18.25 cr on rd works at 48 black spots

MUMBAI, Oct. 26 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed spending Rs.18.25 crore on road safety measures at 48 accident-prone locations across Mumbai, with M/s Pragati Enterprises ... Read More


Colaba Causeway to get 91 uniform-sized hawker stalls to clear footpaths

India, Oct. 25 -- The city's iconic Colaba Causeway is set for a major aesthetic and structural transformation, following a Rs.2.28-crore contract which will be awarded by the BMC to deploy 91 uniform... Read More


KEM Hospital chemist contract renewal faces dispute

India, Oct. 23 -- A proposal to extend the contract of a medical store at KEM Hospital in Parel for another five years without inviting fresh tenders has come under scrutiny in the BMC. Opposition cor... Read More


Amid stiff opposition, BMC to dereserve Alexandra Cinema plot in Byculla for residential use

India, Oct. 23 -- The BMC Improvements Committee on Thursday passed a proposal to delete the cinema reservation on the 1,005-sq-m plot of the defunct Alexandra Cinema in Byculla-Nagpada, paving the wa... Read More


GMLR project puts 1,524 trees on chopping block, activists warn of irreversible consequences

India, Oct. 23 -- The proposed felling of 1,524 trees for the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project could further aggravate Mumbai's rising heat and pollution, undermine its ecological balance and ... Read More


Amid stiff opposition, BMC to dereserve Alexandra Cinema plot in Byculla for residential use

MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- The BMC Improvements Committee on Thursday passed a proposal to delete the cinema reservation on the 1,005-sq-m plot of the defunct Alexandra Cinema in Byculla-Nagpada, paving the w... Read More


'Felling 1.5k trees for GMLR could lead to more heat, pollution'

MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- The proposed felling of 1,524 trees for the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project could further aggravate Mumbai's rising heat and pollution, undermine its ecological balance and... Read More


'KEM Hospital chemist contract renewal to hurt poor patients'

MUMBAI, Oct. 23 -- A proposal to extend the contract of a medical store at KEM Hospital in Parel for another five years without inviting fresh tenders has come under scrutiny in the BMC. Opposition co... Read More


Manori fisherfolk demand halt to rRs.r3,000-crore desalination project over marine damage, livelihood fears

India, Oct. 20 -- Traditional fishing communities on Monday demanded an immediate halt to construction of the proposed 400-million-litres-per-day (MLD) desalination plant at Manori and cancellation of... Read More