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BMC to revise misused policy on bottlenecks

MUMBAI, Nov. 29 -- The BMC will soon roll out a revised bottleneck removal policy, to curb the malpractices that emerged soon after its launch in 2021. Now, system-generated NOCs will be issued and de... Read More


Road widening policy misuse triggers revamp

MUMBAI, Nov. 29 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon roll out a revised and amended bottleneck removal policy, to curb the malpractices that emerged soon after its launch in 2021.... Read More


Gagrani urges citizens to cooperate with door-to-door voter-list checks

MUMBAI, Nov. 29 -- As the 2025 municipal elections draw closer the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed civic officials to take serious note of all objections regarding the draft vote... Read More


Hoarding size capped at 40X40 in new policy

Mumbai, Nov. 28 -- Eighteen months after a giant, illegal billboard fell onto a petrol pump in Ghatkopar during a dust storm, resulting in 17 deaths, the BMC on Thursday unveiled a comprehensive new p... Read More


Coastal road promenade users flag security gaps, commercial exploitation

India, Nov. 27 -- The city's coastal road promenade, widely celebrated as a transformative public space for residents of Worli, Breach Candy, Walkeshwar and Napean Sea Road, is now at the centre of gr... Read More


Locals mobilise teams to clear encroachments

MUMBAI, Nov. 25 -- Determined to reverse what they describe as a rapid decline in civic standards, residents of the JVPD Scheme and Gulmohar area in Juhu have launched a structured, citizen-led campai... Read More


City to host diksha for aspiring Jain monks

MUMBAI, Nov. 25 -- In what is being presented as a historical moment in the Jain community, on Sunday, 59 Mumukshus - those trained for a period of time before they can be ordained as monks -- between... Read More


Juhu residents mobilise 80-member teams to clear 15 streets of encroachments, demand accountability from BMC

India, Nov. 24 -- Determined to reverse what they describe as a rapid decline in civic standards, residents of the JVPD Scheme and Gulmohar area in Juhu have launched a structured, citizen-led campaig... Read More


Juhu residents mobilise 80-member teams to clear encroachments

MUMBAI, Nov. 24 -- Determined to reverse what they describe as a rapid decline in civic standards, residents of the JVPD Scheme and Gulmohar area in Juhu have launched a structured, citizen-led campai... Read More


Khar society accuses BMC of illegal nod for Suniel Shetty's bungalow extension

India, Nov. 22 -- The St Vincent De Paul Cooperative Housing Society (CHS) Ltd has accused the civic administration of granting "unauthorised" approval to actor Suniel Shetty for a proposed vertical e... Read More