News / Author / Jeet Mashru

Jeet Mashru

Articles by Jeet Mashru

Comics take off on Mumbai being in a constant state of work-in-progress

Mumbai: The city is in the process of reinventing itself with the tacit promise that one day its citizens will enjoy all the trappings that are par for course of a true blue Mahanagri – a well-oiled network of Metro, concrete roads, a shiny coastal road and trans-harbour link

Chetan Kolge, who is famously known as ‘Poster Boy Chetan’, uses humorous handmade posters to highlight civic issues in still images. Kolge filmed himself sitting inside a pothole holding up a poster proclaiming ‘We are ready to use helmet for the pillion riders, are you ready to give us better roads?’ It became a talking point on social media. (HT PHOTO)

cities

Published on Feb 07, 2023 12:31 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

Fire brigade to get robots, drones

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to upgrade, supplement and strengthen its existing firefighting systems despite a slashed budgetary allocation of ₹227 crore for the Mumbai Fire Brigade for 2023-24, which is ₹33 crore less when compared to the last financial year

cities

Published on Feb 05, 2023 12:38 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

BMC incorporates citizens’ requests in budget

Mumbai: In a first for the BMC, this year’s budget actually had a participative element: feedback was invited from citizens, and, as the civic body claimed, suggestions were taken cognisance of and incorporated in the budget

cities

Published on Feb 05, 2023 12:37 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

Mulund to get muddy water for over a month, thanks to BMC’s laxity

The water to Mumbai and suburbs comes from the Bhandup water treatment plant (WTP), which runs through a water tunnel underground passing through Thane. An illegal borewell dug in Thane has damaged the tunnel, stated the civic body’s note

Mumbai, India - February 02, 2023: Residents of Vaishali Tower society show the muddy water being received during regular water supply, at Vaishali Nagar, Mulund, in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, February 02, 2023. (Praful Gangurde/HT Photo) (HT PHOTO)

cities

Published on Feb 03, 2023 01:01 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

Union health ministry orders removal of 4,000 sex-determination videos on YouTube

Mumbai: The Union ministry of health and family welfare on Tuesday sent notices to YouTubers who had uploaded videos on prenatal sex-determination, ordering them to remove these within 36 hours

cities

Updated on Feb 01, 2023 01:04 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru & Payal Gwalani

Senior citizen suffers injuries as scooter hits pothole

Mumbai: A 64-year-old woman, a pillion rider, suffered injuries on her face, especially around her eyes, after falling off a scooter when the vehicle got stuck in a pothole and was hit by a car

cities

Published on Feb 01, 2023 01:02 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

1,250 trees to go for new sewage treatment plant in Worli

P Velrasu, additional municipal commissioner (projects), said, “There are a total of 1,286 trees in the area. As per the conditions of our tender, we have asked the agency to work on a design that will result in a minimum number of tree cuttings. We have also issued a letter to the winning bidder to design it in a way that minimum trees are affected

cities

Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:54 AM IST

ByPrayag Arora-Desai and Jeet Mashru

Where is our 90 feet road, ask Chandivali residents

The proposed 90 feet road in the BMC’s Development Plan connects Andheri to Chandivali Farm Road and further to JVLR.

When HT visited DP Road Number 9, this reporter found that so much patchwork had been done on the road that it was a mess of paver blocks, asphalt and cement concrete with multiple potholes to boot. Residents have complained that with access to footpaths completely blocked, they have to walk on the narrow road, which leads to a further slowdown of vehicles and causes traffic jams. (Praful Gangurde/HT Photo)

cities

Published on Jan 29, 2023 12:15 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

BMC ‘closes complaints’ on broken garden equipment, puts children’s safety at risk

The children’s play area, at the Prof M V Chandgadkar Udyan, located in Matunga east, has broken equipment, posing a threat to their safety. A resident has complained repeatedly, but claims that instead of fixing the problem, the authorities have closed his complaints.

Broken equipment at The Prof M V Chandgadkar Udyan at Matunga east in Mumbai. Children continue to play on broken equipment risking injuries. BMC is yet to act on complaints by residents. (Satish Bate / HT PHOTO)

cities

Published on Jan 25, 2023 01:00 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

Poor safety and fractured limbs at firemen recruitment drive in Mumbai

The physical includes running 800 m under three minutes, doing 20 pull ups, shimmying down a 20 ft rope and jumping from a height of 19 feet, which is nearly two storey-high. It’s during this manoeuvre that things have been getting hairy for the participants

Tushar Kumbhare, 30, from Nagpur is one of those who jumped and the canvas safety gave way. He fractured his left leg. The number of injuries at the recruitment centre are so high that by the time Kumbhare fell, the on-site doctor had even run out of any analgesic spray. (HT Photos)

cities

Updated on Jan 24, 2023 12:42 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru & Niraj Pandit

Hard landing for fire service hopefuls as poor safety net leads to 100+ injuries

About a hundred men have ended up with fractured limbs owing to poor safety nets provided by the Mumbai fire brigade in the course of its ongoing recruitment drive

india news

Updated on Jan 24, 2023 12:21 PM IST

ByJeet Mashru & Niraj Pandit, Mumbai

This NGO trains people to make and upload videos on social causes

Nag, a farmer, was told about Kilam village by a friend in April 2022. “I get deeply affected by the problems people face in the area,” he said. “So when I heard about these villagers who had to traverse a considerable distance and extract water with their hands, I decided to visit the village and document it

cities

Published on Jan 23, 2023 12:53 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

BMC budget: Pothole free roads, footpaths, clean air, sanitation top the list

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday called for people’s participation in formulating its budget for 2023-24.

cities

Published on Jan 20, 2023 12:44 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

ASI team inspects remains of 12th-century temple in Aarey Colony

An ASI official who inspected the site said that a team would undertake one more inspection after which an excavation site would be set up there.

ASI officials visit the site where remains of a temple was discovered in Aarey Colony, Goregaon. (Vijay Bate/HT Photo)

cities

Published on Jan 19, 2023 12:41 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

BMC’s ‘bureaucratic’ reply irks citizens’ association

Mumbai: A letter from the office of the assistant engineer (Maintenance) of L ward of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has irked the members of Chandivali Citizens’ Welfare Association (CCWA)

cities

Published on Jan 18, 2023 12:53 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

Despite several complaints, Andheri Link Road continues to be in terrible shape

Despite various citizens reaching out to the authorities asking them to fix these bad patches, the road has continued to remain in bad shape. There has also been confusion amongst the citizens on who is responsible for maintaining this road

Mumbai, India - January 16, 2023: New Linking Road, near Infinity Mall Signal, at Andheri (West), in Mumbai, India, on Monday, January 16, 2023. (Photo by Vijay Bate/HT Photo) (HT PHOTO)

cities

Published on Jan 17, 2023 12:30 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

Here’s how youngsters will drive city forward

Strap: Inside the Operations Control Centre of Mumbai Metro, HT gets a close look into how young train operators are trained to run Mumbai MetroMumbai: With Metro Line 2A and 7 to be flagged off by prime minister Narendra Modi on January 19 and open to public on January 20th, the Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Limited (MMOCL) is preparing to make two of the most important metro lines operational

cities

Updated on Jan 15, 2023 12:20 PM IST

ByJeet Mashru

Mahim church plans to beef up security after vandalism

Following the vandalism at a cemetery attached to St Michael’s Church in Mahim on January 7, the church committee is planning to beef up security and bring in measures to avoid such incidents in future

Mumbai, India - January 10, 2023: An outside view of St. Michael Church, more famously known as Mahim Church, at Mahim (West), in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. (Photo by Vijay Bate/HT Photo) (HT PHOTO)

cities

Published on Jan 11, 2023 12:34 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

BMC orders recast of cracked concrete roads, fines contractor

HT on January 7 had reported that a popular Twitter page called @mumbaimatterz had been tweeting for the past six months about newly built concrete roads in Mahim West developing cracks.

Following the HT report, the chief engineer for roads was instructed by the additional municipal commissioner (projects) P Velrasu to investigate the matter, and core samples were taken of the roads. On Tuesday, Velrasu said that all the panels that had developed cracks would be recast. “An equivalent amount will be levied on the contractor as penalty,” he said. (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

cities

Updated on Jan 10, 2023 10:10 PM IST

ByJeet Mashru

Mulund, SoBo residents cautious about dumpyard transforming into racecourse

For now though residents of the nearest residential areas of Neelam Nagar and Hari Om Nagar, are chuffed at the prospect of their properties’ equity soaring in future. Bharat Soni, a local resident and secretary of Hillside Residents Welfare Association is hopeful that the area might attract the affluent crowd in future

Mumbai, India - January 09, 2022: Aerial view of Mulund Dumping Ground, where the Mahalaxmi racecourse is likely to be shifted from South Mumbai after the BMC proposed the State government, at Mulund, in Mumbai, India, on Monday, January 09, 2022. (Praful Gangurde/HT Photo) (HT PHOTO)

cities

Published on Jan 10, 2023 12:34 AM IST

ByPrayag Arora-Desai and Jeet Mashru

At 208, city’s AQI improves after four days of hazardous air

The AQI of Chembur still remained in the ‘very poor’ category at 303. The AQI of Mazgaon, which was in the ‘very poor’ category a few days ago stood at 273, Malad at 228, Colaba at 215 and Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) at 208 all remained in the poor category

View of Mumbai’s skyline engulfed in smog from Marine Drive. Gufran Beig, founder and project director, SAFAR and chair professor, NIAS, IISc, said, “The slight improvement in the AQI can be seen as surface wind speed has increased and direction is also coming from the ocean. This is just a temporary relief though.” (HT PHOTO)

cities

Updated on Jan 10, 2023 12:24 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

Gokhale Bridge: WR announces night blocks till January 14

During this block, some trains on the down slow-line will be diverted between Santacruz and Goregaon, due to which some trains will not stop at Ram Mandir railway station.

Sumit Thakur, chief public relations officer (CPRO) has said in the past that such night blocks will be regularly conducted for the dismantling of the bridge, whereas a mega block for the same is planned in March. (HT PHOTO)

cities

Published on Jan 09, 2023 08:50 PM IST

ByJeet Mashru

About 25 shops gutted in fire near Jumma Masjid

The fire that started around 8:15 pm took more than two hours of firefighting followed by cooling operations to be brought under control.

Since the smoke was trapped inside the structure that caught fire, A bulldozer was brought in at around 10 pm to break the roof after fire fighters failed to break in manually. Heavy deployment of police was done by Mumbai Police in the lanes to control the crowd and traffic in the market. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)

cities

Updated on Jan 08, 2023 01:11 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

‘Disrespect to the dead…’: Church on crosses vandalised incident

According to the church authorities, the vandal was suspected to have jumped a wall and entered the ‘permanent graveyard’ section.

Father Lancy Pinto, the parish priest of Mahim Church, said, “Some staff members came to me and said there had been an incident at the graveyard. Initially I thought it must be something minor, but when I went there, I was shocked to see so many graves vandalised. After damaging the crosses on the graves, the man then went inside the church to offer his prayers before leaving.” (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

cities

Updated on Jan 08, 2023 04:52 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

Mahim’s newly concretised roads develop cracks within days

There are at least four such roads that developed cracks when half the road was open while the other half was being concretised. The cracks were filled with some material, but such shoddy jobs need to be monitored and brought to the notice of the BMC

Within a few months, cracks developed on the road, which were filled with chemicals. Similarly, Dharmaveer Sambhaji Maharaj Road in Mahim developed cracks within 10 days of its opening. Road concretisation may help the city become pothole-free but the focus should be on the quality of the roads instead of the quantity. (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

cities

Updated on Jan 07, 2023 12:26 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

With 306 AQI, Mumbaiites breathe ‘very poor’ air again

Experts have suggested that the limited number of stations monitoring AQI in the city is not enough and that the AQI monitoring network should be dense to understand the pollution trends better. Mumbai has only 17 active monitoring stations including the one in Vasai

Mumbai, India - January 05, 2023: An aerial view of Mumbai skyline engulfed in hazy weather, at Parel, in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, January 05, 2023. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

cities

Published on Jan 06, 2023 11:39 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

WR’s mega block in March for dismantling Gokhale Bridge

Mumbai: As a part of their continued dismantling of Gokhale Bridge, Western Railways (WR) will carry out a mega block in the month of March

cities

Published on Jan 05, 2023 12:26 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

Illegal units create pollution hell for Chandivali residents

Since 2017, residents of the township, which has over 5,000 houses, have written umpteen letters to the authorities to shut down the heavily polluting illegal units. However, no action has been taken and the units continue to emit toxic smoke

cities

Published on Jan 03, 2023 11:47 PM IST

ByJeet Mashru

Pipeline burst causes huge damage at Asalpha village

The burst happened near Panchavati Niwas on Pipeline Road, which runs adjacent to the north side of the Andheri-Kurla Road, located between the Jagruti Nagar and Asalpha metro stations. The area houses several chawls, many of which were badly affected.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in its press statement said that the burst was reported to the disaster management war room around 3.25 am, following which teams from the hydraulic engineering department were dispatched to Powai to shut the valve so that the teams could reach the site. (Vijay Bate/HT Photo)

cities

Published on Dec 31, 2022 08:13 PM IST

ByJeet Mashru & Yogesh Naik

One killed, two injured in Mulund wall collapse

A 40-year-old woman died and two persons were injured after a wall of an adjoining structure collapsed on their house in the Hanuman Pada area of Mulund west in the early hours of Friday. The deceased woman was identified as Laxmibai Katade

Mumbai, India - December , 29, 2022: A 40 year old name is Lakshmi katade woman died and three people were injured when a wall fell on a house in Mulund Hanuman Pada, Mumbai early morning on Friday ,Mumbai, India, on,Thursday, December, 29, 2022. ( Praful Gangurde / HT Photo)

cities

Published on Dec 31, 2022 12:03 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

Copy

Whatsapp Twitter Facebook Linkedin

Jeet Mashru

Mumbai: The city is in the process of reinventing itself with the tacit promise that one day its citizens will enjoy all the trappings that are par for course of a true blue Mahanagri – a well-oiled network of Metro, concrete roads, a shiny coastal road and trans-harbour link

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to upgrade, supplement and strengthen its existing firefighting systems despite a slashed budgetary allocation of ₹227 crore for the Mumbai Fire Brigade for 2023-24, which is ₹33 crore less when compared to the last financial year

Mumbai: In a first for the BMC, this year’s budget actually had a participative element: feedback was invited from citizens, and, as the civic body claimed, suggestions were taken cognisance of and incorporated in the budget

The water to Mumbai and suburbs comes from the Bhandup water treatment plant (WTP), which runs through a water tunnel underground passing through Thane. An illegal borewell dug in Thane has damaged the tunnel, stated the civic body’s note

Mumbai: The Union ministry of health and family welfare on Tuesday sent notices to YouTubers who had uploaded videos on prenatal sex-determination, ordering them to remove these within 36 hours

Mumbai: A 64-year-old woman, a pillion rider, suffered injuries on her face, especially around her eyes, after falling off a scooter when the vehicle got stuck in a pothole and was hit by a car

The proposed 90 feet road in the BMC’s Development Plan connects Andheri to Chandivali Farm Road and further to JVLR.

The children’s play area, at the Prof M V Chandgadkar Udyan, located in Matunga east, has broken equipment, posing a threat to their safety. A resident has complained repeatedly, but claims that instead of fixing the problem, the authorities have closed his complaints.

The physical includes running 800 m under three minutes, doing 20 pull ups, shimmying down a 20 ft rope and jumping from a height of 19 feet, which is nearly two storey-high. It’s during this manoeuvre that things have been getting hairy for the participants

About a hundred men have ended up with fractured limbs owing to poor safety nets provided by the Mumbai fire brigade in the course of its ongoing recruitment drive

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday called for people’s participation in formulating its budget for 2023-24.

An ASI official who inspected the site said that a team would undertake one more inspection after which an excavation site would be set up there.

Mumbai: A letter from the office of the assistant engineer (Maintenance) of L ward of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has irked the members of Chandivali Citizens’ Welfare Association (CCWA)

Despite various citizens reaching out to the authorities asking them to fix these bad patches, the road has continued to remain in bad shape. There has also been confusion amongst the citizens on who is responsible for maintaining this road

Following the vandalism at a cemetery attached to St Michael’s Church in Mahim on January 7, the church committee is planning to beef up security and bring in measures to avoid such incidents in future

HT on January 7 had reported that a popular Twitter page called @mumbaimatterz had been tweeting for the past six months about newly built concrete roads in Mahim West developing cracks.

The AQI of Chembur still remained in the ‘very poor’ category at 303. The AQI of Mazgaon, which was in the ‘very poor’ category a few days ago stood at 273, Malad at 228, Colaba at 215 and Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) at 208 all remained in the poor category

During this block, some trains on the down slow-line will be diverted between Santacruz and Goregaon, due to which some trains will not stop at Ram Mandir railway station.

The fire that started around 8:15 pm took more than two hours of firefighting followed by cooling operations to be brought under control.

According to the church authorities, the vandal was suspected to have jumped a wall and entered the ‘permanent graveyard’ section.

There are at least four such roads that developed cracks when half the road was open while the other half was being concretised. The cracks were filled with some material, but such shoddy jobs need to be monitored and brought to the notice of the BMC

Experts have suggested that the limited number of stations monitoring AQI in the city is not enough and that the AQI monitoring network should be dense to understand the pollution trends better. Mumbai has only 17 active monitoring stations including the one in Vasai

Mumbai: As a part of their continued dismantling of Gokhale Bridge, Western Railways (WR) will carry out a mega block in the month of March

Since 2017, residents of the township, which has over 5,000 houses, have written umpteen letters to the authorities to shut down the heavily polluting illegal units. However, no action has been taken and the units continue to emit toxic smoke

The burst happened near Panchavati Niwas on Pipeline Road, which runs adjacent to the north side of the Andheri-Kurla Road, located between the Jagruti Nagar and Asalpha metro stations. The area houses several chawls, many of which were badly affected.

A 40-year-old woman died and two persons were injured after a wall of an adjoining structure collapsed on their house in the Hanuman Pada area of Mulund west in the early hours of Friday. The deceased woman was identified as Laxmibai Katade

Join Hindustan Times

Create free account and unlock exciting features like