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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


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

Mumbai, July 4 -- 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 gave tree-care contracts to builders as they made low bids

MUMBAI, July 4 -- The recent spate of tree collapses leading to deaths soon after the onset of monsoons has jolted civic authorities and the state's ruling dispensation into action. However, amid cros... Read More


Open manhole swallows up 55-yr-old man

MUMBAI, July 3 -- Saki Naka resident Aslam Esaf Shaikh, 55, died after falling into an open sewer minutes after he left home for work on Thursday afternoon. The mouth of the sewer on Khairani Road was... Read More