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Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation to promote boxing among its civic school students

After the success seen with conducting football premier matches exclusively for municipal school students, the department has decided to explore the field of boxing; an estimated ₹7 lakh is provisioned to get the basic infrastructure and training module ready for both the teachers and students

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is keen to promote boxing among municipal school students. First the teachers would be given training and then they would select the interested boys and girls to take up the sport. (For representational purposes only) (HT FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Apr 09, 2022 05:05 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation asks traffic police to reconsider No Parking zones in city

To resolve the parking woes in Navi Mumbai, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has proposed to the traffic police department to reconsider positioning of No Parking zones in some parts of the city; the development comes after ex-corporator, Vaijayanti Dashrath Bhagat, stated problems caused by No Parking boards in Sanpada Sector 16 that is predominantly a shopping hub

Parking on Sector 16 Sanpada, Navi Mumbai, roadside results in traffic jams, according to ex-corporator, Vaijayanti Dashrath Bhagat. The civic body has asked traffic police to reconsider No Parking zones in some parts of the city. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Apr 08, 2022 08:44 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

CIDCO property attached as per court orders for not paying compensation to farmers

Acting on the orders issued by the Senior Division, Alibag Court, the property of CIDCO comprising 2,000 computers, 2,000 chairs, 3,000 tables and 500 fans was attached on Friday; the Joint Civil Judge, Vikram Karadkar, Alibag, had ordered on January 3, 2022 to attach CIDCO property for failing to pay the increased compensation for the land it had acquired from farmers

CIDCO property has been attached as per Alibag Court orders for not paying compensation to farmers. (HT FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Apr 08, 2022 08:06 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Fire due to petrol-diesel pipeline leakage in Navi Mumbai brought under control

Fire broke out on Tuesday morning in MIDC areas of Adavali and Bhutavali in Navi Mumbai; the fire was doused with the joint efforts of fire personnel and fire tenders sourced from NMMC, MIDC and TMC by 12 noon

Fire personnel bringing fire caused by petrol-diesel pipeline leakage in Navi Mumbai under control on Tuesday. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Apr 06, 2022 01:44 AM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi Sameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation to improve security at headquarters with advanced equipment

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation will get a major security overhaul with high end bag scanners, machines to scan vehicle number plates and web-based visitor management system within the next three months

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is set to improve security at its headquarters with advanced equipment. (HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 02, 2022 07:02 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai traffic police take action against one of its own for riding triples on two-wheeler

A 40-second video of police personnel riding triples on a bike on the Mumbai-Pune Highway garnered a lot of attention on social media since Wednesday, prompting Navi Mumbai traffic department to levy challan on one of their own

The grab from a 40-second video that went viral in which police personnel were riding triples on a two-wheeler, thus violating traffic rules, on the Mumbai-Pune Highway. The Navi Mumbai traffic police have levied a fine on the rider. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Apr 02, 2022 07:01 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Marathi literature through calligraphy to adorn 35 Navi Mumbai walls

Thirty five walls across the city of Navi Mumbai will depict prominent literature by Marathi poets in the form of calligraphy; to promote Marathi literature and to get residents to take up reading, the civic administration is getting some segments of Marathi Abhangs (devotional poetries) inscribed onto the city walls

A wall in Vashi depicting Marathi literature in the form of calligraphy. The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has identified 35 walls across the city to display literary works of great poets. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Apr 01, 2022 07:20 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai civic body chalks out detailed action plan to address issues relating to air pollution

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has chalked out a detailed action plan to address the increase in levels of Particulate Matter with diameter of 10 micrometers (PM10) and incorporate stringent measures to address issues related to air pollution

The air quality in Navi Mumbai is not encouraging and Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has chalked out a detailed action plan to address issues related to air pollution. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Mar 26, 2022 07:51 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Independent wet waste composting system gaining momentum in Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is appealing to housing societies to set up independent composting units in order to reduce the garbage being carried to the landfill site and also lower the transportation cost of the garbage; as a result, more housing societies are accepting independent wet waste composting system

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is appealing to housing societies to set up independent waste composting units. (HT FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Mar 25, 2022 08:09 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Parents protest against Nerul school levying fees under ‘various heads’

A group of parents assembled before DAV School, Nerul, to protest against school management levying fees under the head of ‘other activities’ during the pandemic; failing to meet anyone from the management, the parents marched to NMMC headquarters

Parents protesting outside DAV School in Nerul on Tuesday. The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation deputy municipal commissioner (education), Jaideep Pawar, has said that a meeting between parents and school would soon be convened. The parents protested on Tuesday against DAV School, Nerul, levying fees under ‘various heads’ during the pandemic. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Mar 22, 2022 11:12 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

80% respondents give good feedback for Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation public toilets

A year after Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation introduced a QR code scanning system to enable citizens to share their feedback and suggestions, the administration has received a total of 6,162 responses; 7% recorded the condition of toilets condition to be unclean, 20% said the hygiene standards need to be satisfactory while 80% of the public gave good feedback

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, in a bid to ensure that the community and public toilets in the city are kept neat, had launched the QR code system in February 2021. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Mar 19, 2022 07:35 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Parents protest against Podar school for increasing fees during pandemic

Parents from all the boards (ICSE, CBSE and IB) assembled at 11am outside the school to appeal to the management to revoke the fee hike

Parents of students studying in Podar International School stage a protest against school management over hiked school fees and other financial irregularities at Seawoods, Nerul, in Navi Mumbai on Saturday. (Bachchan Kumar/ HT PHOTO)

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Published on Mar 12, 2022 08:25 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi

Navi Mumbai NGO provides skill training to women who lost their spouses to Covid-19

The list of women endured extreme hardships during the pandemic runs long but for few women the means to hone skill sets has brought about drastic difference

Most of these women are uneducated and had no idea how to earn a livelihood but with dire situations wherein some lost their spouses or the husbands became jobless or were bed ridden (Stock Pic)

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Published on Mar 11, 2022 06:54 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi

NMMC proposes third bridge connecting East, West Nerul

Presently, commuters have two flyovers to access either side of the node, at a distance of 4 km on either side of the proposed flyover

The bridge, for which <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>45.5 crore has been allocated in the budget, will ease congestion on the existing flyover (Praful Gangurde)

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Published on Mar 11, 2022 05:56 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi

Nerul girl back to Mumbai from war-hit Ukraine

Daksha’s father Pradeep (48), and mother, Neha (44) were at the airport. “Usually I do not approve of such practices but the situation was such that everybody’s prayers were welcome,” Pradeep said

Daksha had left India on February 10 to join Kharkiv National Medical University, which insisted on conducting physical classes despite the ongoing pandemic (Abhinandan Sood)

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Updated on Mar 09, 2022 12:28 AM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi

Navi Mumbai to get international-level hockey ground by March 2023

Navi Mumbai will soon get its very own international-level hockey ground; the sports department of NMMC has got the administrative approval to get an artificial astro-turf constructed at Vashi Sector 10

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has got the administrative approval to get an artificial astro-turf hockey ground at Vashi Sector 10. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Mar 05, 2022 07:57 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai schools going offline at end of academic year worrying parents

It has become a matter of concern for parents as the private schools in Navi Mumbai are switching the medium of instructions for students from online to offline right towards the end of the academic year; across the city, many private schools are making it compulsory for the students to attend the school offline while terminating online system completely

Students attending offline classes at a school in Thane. Navi Mumbai schools going offline towards the end of the academic year has parents worrying. (For representational purposes only) (PRAFUL GANGURDE/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Mar 03, 2022 08:10 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai civic body to upgrade security in city

Thermal cameras to look for intrusions over the coastal regions, automated cameras to capture every number plate of vehicles that enter and exit the city, Red Light Violation Detection cameras to prevent signal jumping are some of the high-end surveillance measures that Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is incorporating in the city in the next nine months and upgrade security

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation to upgrade security in the city by bringing in high-end surveillance measures. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Mar 03, 2022 06:08 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Miyawaki plantation technique transforms landfill site in Navi Mumbai

The biodiversity has also improved with 12 types of snakes, over 35 varieties of birds, and more than 15 variants of butterflies

Transformed landfill site in Navi Mumbai. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Mar 03, 2022 04:52 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation withholds plans of water cuts in city

Residents and housing societies can take a breather as the water cuts that the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation had intended to carry out in the city has been withheld; on February 21, notices were issued across the wards in the city informing about the corporation’s plans to discontinue water supply in the evening one day in a week; however, with elections slated soon, it was met with stiff opposition from the political parties and residential societies. So, the commissioner has decided to re-assess the situation

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation withholds plans of water cuts in the city. Morbe Dam has adequate storage of water, claim political leaders. (HT FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Feb 25, 2022 06:43 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport initiative to provide books in buses gets positive feedback

A month into the Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport flagging off its first-of-its-kind initiative books in buses, it’s the positive remarks by commuters in the feedback registry that has uplifted the department’s spirits

A book shelf in one of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport buses. NMMT initiative to provide books in buses gets positive feedback. (HT FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Feb 25, 2022 05:19 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Electric Vehicles for Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation officials

The switch from fuel vehicles to Electric Vehicles is to be undertaken in phases; The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation vehicle department, after assessing the condition of its existing vehicles, has identified 10 cars that are eligible for an upgrade in the first phase; presently, it owns 35 cars assigned specifically for the Class 1 and 2 officers

A charging station in Navi Mumbai. Ten vehicles of NMMC officials are identified for upgrade from fuel to Electric Vehicles in phase 1. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Feb 25, 2022 04:58 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Environmentalists concerned over hill cutting in Navi

Environmentalists in Navi Mumbai express that even as the decision to resume mining atop the hillocks is pending with the government, repeated incidents of hill cutting were being witnessed in the last few days; the State is yet to take decision on 51 applications made for resuming quarrying atop the hills

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Published on Feb 24, 2022 05:52 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

CIDCO hands over 68.40ha mangrove forest in Panvel Taluka to forest department

A total of 68.4 hectares of mangrove forest area in Panvel Taluka was handed over by CIDCO to the forest department on Monday; in a tweet, CIDCO Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Sanjay Mukherjee, informed about the transfer done with the mangrove cell of the forest department and termed it to be a step towards sustainable development

CIDCO has handed over 68.40 hectares of mangrove forest in Panvel Taluka to forest department on Monday. (For representational purposes only) (HT FILE)

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Published on Feb 21, 2022 09:57 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation set to present ₹5,000Cr budget for 2022-23

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is all set to present its budget for the financial year 2021-22 in the coming week.In the last financial year, the budget projected was ₹4,825Cr while the it is expected to be around ₹5,000Cr for 2022-23

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is getting ready to present <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>5,000Cr budget for 2022-23. Amongst the budgetary allocations, some of the crucial works to be undertaken would be beefing up the security in the city by having more CCTVs. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Feb 19, 2022 08:59 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Kharghar residents carry out beautification work to protect playground from encroachment

In a bid to save a playground from encroachment and dumping of debris, residents of Kharghar have joined hands to carry out the beautification work surrounding it; they planted 120-odd indigenous saplings around six months ago at the periphery of this ground at Sector 35-H Plot No. 1, Kharghar

A resident tags a sapling at the periphery of a playground at Sector 35-H Plot No. 1, Kharghar. The residents carry out beautification work around the ground to prevent encroachment. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Feb 19, 2022 07:35 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Ahead of Navi Mumbai civic elections, gaothan residents demand legalisation of constructions

Votes of over one lakh gaothan residents are at stake if parties contesting in the upcoming Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections fail to find a solution to legalise the large-scale unauthorised constructions in their areas; City-based Agri Koli Foundation has hinted at fielding its own candidates from the newly-demarcated wards of NMMC to ensure no party gets the desired majority without their support

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Published on Feb 18, 2022 06:21 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Airoli school girls football team gets jersey sponsors

Following HT’s report highlighting the efforts that the girls are putting into football practice, Thane-based Aniket Foundation has decided to sponsor jerseys for the football team of school No. 103 in Airoli

One of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation schools girls football team at a practice session. Following HT’s report highlighting the efforts of the girls, Thane-based Aniket Foundation has decided to sponsor jerseys for the football team of school No.103 in Airoli. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Feb 17, 2022 06:47 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

Environmentalists concerned over gun shots heard around Kharghar wetlands

Five air gun shots heard by environmentalists early morning around the Kharghar wetlands opposite Sector 19 have once again brought to the fore the threats posed to the migratory birds visiting the city

Air gun shots heard by environmentalists early morning around the Kharghar wetlands opposite Sector 19 have once again brought to the fore the threats posed to the migratory birds visiting the city. (For representational purposes only) (HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Feb 17, 2022 06:12 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi mumbai

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation allows public gardens, playgrounds to reopen

With the decrease in the number of Covid cases, the garden department of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, on Saturday, issued a circular to reopen the public gardens and playgrounds; permit also given to host sporting events while swimming pools to open to 50% capacity

A Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation public garden at Vashi Sector 17 opened on Friday. NMMC has allowed the reopening of public gardens, playgrounds. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Feb 12, 2022 08:10 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi, Navi Mumbai

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After the success seen with conducting football premier matches exclusively for municipal school students, the department has decided to explore the field of boxing; an estimated ₹7 lakh is provisioned to get the basic infrastructure and training module ready for both the teachers and students

Fire broke out on Tuesday morning in MIDC areas of Adavali and Bhutavali in Navi Mumbai; the fire was doused with the joint efforts of fire personnel and fire tenders sourced from NMMC, MIDC and TMC by 12 noon

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation will get a major security overhaul with high end bag scanners, machines to scan vehicle number plates and web-based visitor management system within the next three months

A 40-second video of police personnel riding triples on a bike on the Mumbai-Pune Highway garnered a lot of attention on social media since Wednesday, prompting Navi Mumbai traffic department to levy challan on one of their own

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has chalked out a detailed action plan to address the increase in levels of Particulate Matter with diameter of 10 micrometers (PM10) and incorporate stringent measures to address issues related to air pollution

A group of parents assembled before DAV School, Nerul, to protest against school management levying fees under the head of ‘other activities’ during the pandemic; failing to meet anyone from the management, the parents marched to NMMC headquarters

Parents from all the boards (ICSE, CBSE and IB) assembled at 11am outside the school to appeal to the management to revoke the fee hike

The list of women endured extreme hardships during the pandemic runs long but for few women the means to hone skill sets has brought about drastic difference

Presently, commuters have two flyovers to access either side of the node, at a distance of 4 km on either side of the proposed flyover

Daksha’s father Pradeep (48), and mother, Neha (44) were at the airport. “Usually I do not approve of such practices but the situation was such that everybody’s prayers were welcome,” Pradeep said

Navi Mumbai will soon get its very own international-level hockey ground; the sports department of NMMC has got the administrative approval to get an artificial astro-turf constructed at Vashi Sector 10

The biodiversity has also improved with 12 types of snakes, over 35 varieties of birds, and more than 15 variants of butterflies

A month into the Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport flagging off its first-of-its-kind initiative books in buses, it’s the positive remarks by commuters in the feedback registry that has uplifted the department’s spirits

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is all set to present its budget for the financial year 2021-22 in the coming week.In the last financial year, the budget projected was ₹4,825Cr while the it is expected to be around ₹5,000Cr for 2022-23

In a bid to save a playground from encroachment and dumping of debris, residents of Kharghar have joined hands to carry out the beautification work surrounding it; they planted 120-odd indigenous saplings around six months ago at the periphery of this ground at Sector 35-H Plot No. 1, Kharghar

Following HT’s report highlighting the efforts that the girls are putting into football practice, Thane-based Aniket Foundation has decided to sponsor jerseys for the football team of school No. 103 in Airoli

Five air gun shots heard by environmentalists early morning around the Kharghar wetlands opposite Sector 19 have once again brought to the fore the threats posed to the migratory birds visiting the city

With the decrease in the number of Covid cases, the garden department of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, on Saturday, issued a circular to reopen the public gardens and playgrounds; permit also given to host sporting events while swimming pools to open to 50% capacity

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