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Shiv Sena says civic officials delayed nod for projects

The Shiv Sena has accused the civic administration of deliberately placing several proposals for discussion at the standing committee meeting ahead of the civic polls.

Mumbai civic body set to declare city free of open defecation next week

Although parts of Mumbai still do not have proper toilets, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is likely to go ahead and declare the city open defecation free this week

Salman donates five mobile toilets, urges people to keep Mumbai clean

On Saturday, Khan met civic chief Ajoy Mehta and Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray, and donated five mobile toilets, each with six seats, to the BMC.

Mumbai civic body prepares for pothole repairs well into monsoons

Following criticism over shoddy pothole repairs, the civic body wants to ensure that contractors also work during the monsoon, for which the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started making provisions nearly six months in advance.

Shiv Sena , BJP clash over tree hacking for Mumbai’s Metro III project

The tree authority meeting held at the BMC on Thursday saw the Shiv Sena and BJP tussle over the hacking of trees to make way for the construction of Metro corridors.

Garbage scam: Mumbai civic body to bring in new tools to monitor waste transportation

Days after a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader alleged a Rs900-crore garbage scam, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has brought in more measures to monitor the transportation of waste from the source to the dumping ground.

Delay in enclosure work at Byculla zoo: Mumbai to miss its date with 7 penguins

You will not be able to see the seven Humbolt penguins — the first in India — at the Byculla zoo by the end of this year.

Mumbai to use digital tools to supervise engineering work, curb corruption

After putting various guidelines in place to curb corruption and improve the quality of work carried out at the ward level and centrally by the contractors, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to use digital equipment to check roads and carry out other work.

Buffer zone around Sanjay Gandhi National Park can have homes and industries

The Union environment ministry’s notification on December 5 as well as the proposed development plan for the city reveals that affordable housing, tourism resorts and even small-scale industries can be permitted within the ESZ, along with road-widening projects and a Metro car shed

22K encroachments plague storm water drains works in Mumbai

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) ambitious project to make the city free of floods during the monsoon has hit a roadblock in the form of 22,000 illegal structures.

After road scam, Mumbai civic body to monitor work in wards

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) now wants to keep a close eye on the functioning of the 24 administrative wards in the city, following the road and storm water drains scams that rocked it over the past year.

Mumbai may be open defecation free by end of this month

A total of 118 locations in the city were identified by the ward officers as where open defecation takes place . Of these locations, only 44 locations have been made open defecation-free by the civic body.

Map water sources in Mumbai for firefighting, says civic chief

The civic chief has also instructed officials to come up with a standard operating procedure (SOPs) on firefighting at the spot depending on the seriousness of the fire

Bombay Gymkhana serves notice to BMC over road-widening plan

The BMC has received a legal notice from the gymkhana, which states that due procedure of law was not followed before the civic body implemented its plan to widen the Hazarimal Somani Marg

BMC has just spent 26% of its budget

Mumbai civic body completed road works worth Rs1,348 cr, spent Rs436 cr on drains

Boundaries of 24 electoral wards to be redrawn

Live feeds from 5K CCTV cameras to help BMC tackle disasters

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will inaugurate the control room on Monday morning, in the presence of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray

BMC move not to pay road contractors may cost you

The BMC has decided to withhold Rs959 crore, a figure that was arrived at after civic officials conducted a six-month probe and estimated that half the work carried out was shoddy

Campa Cola residents challenge ₹52-cr penalty order in high court

The residential complex was mired in controversy for two years owing to illegal construction that led to a demolition order for the 96 households.

Kala Ghoda art walk in Mumbai runs out of steam within a month

A brainchild of Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray, this art gallery, inaugurated on October 23, received low response within a month

Uddhav Thackeray performs puja for BMC project, ‘ally’ BJP gives it a miss

While there is no clarity whether the two parties will continue with their alliance for the upcoming civic elections, all does not seem to be well between the two ally partners — Shiv Sena and BJP

BMC to widen 177 roads to ease traffic, but not without hurdles

The Colaba Causeway, DN Road in Fort, and SV Road are among 177 thoroughfares in Mumbai that its civic body wants to widen further to ease traffic.

BMC mulls merging south Mumbai wards for better administration

After redrawing the ward boundaries for the upcoming civic polls, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to merge various south Mumbai wards for a better administration and speedy redressal of grievances.

‘Owners of heritage structures should get monetary compensation for preserving it’

Afzalpurkar also said other significant places outside Mumbai should also be paid attention to like in Pune, where several cemeteries are of utmost importance as several soldiers were buried there who had fought for the country’s independence.

Mumbai citizens want action against illegal structures at Nariman Point

While the BJP, on Saturday, started demolishing illegal additions made to the party’s state head office in Nariman Point, after missing the Bombay high court’s deadline of September 3, citizens have been asking why no action is being taken against the remaining structures.

Draft DP 2034: Hearing on citizens’ suggestions, objections to start from today

The hearing procedure began on October 17 and the BMC has completed hearing about 594 cases from government organisations, elected representatives, institutions and non-governmental organisations.

Maharashtra local bodies mop up Rs400 crore; BMC nets Rs49.45 crore in 3 days

The state urban local bodies, including municipal corporations and municipal councils, had mopped up nearly Rs400 crore in the last three days.

In Mumbai: BEST collects Rs11 crore, BMC Rs3 crore in one day

With the state government allowing the use of discontinued Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes for paying public utility bills, citizens rushed to their nearest ward offices and bill collection centres on Friday. Consequently, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) collected dues amounting to Rs11 crore, while the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) body earned Rs10 crore from property and water tax in a day.

Delimitation: Boundaries of 10 Mumbai wards may change based on citizen’s feedback

According to sources, about 10 electoral wards are likely to see alterations in their current boundaries. The committee went through over 600 suggestions and objections that included wrongly marked boundaries that divided one society in two wards and an open play ground in two wards.

Stuck for 8 years, work on Maharashtra’s Gargai dam takes off

The long-pending Gargai dam project finally inched ahead with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) receiving a biodiversity study report on the Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary’s 750 hectares of land, the project’s proposed construction site.