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PMC slaps notice to IAS officer Puja’s mother for footpath encroachment

The unauthorised construction on the footpath is about 60 feet long, three feet wide, and two feet high. It is blocking the movement of people on the road and footpath, as per the notice issued under Section 226 (1) A of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act

The notice states that as per the complaint received, there is an encroachment of public road in front of a residence located in plot number 112, National Housing Society on Baner Road in Aundh. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 14, 2024 05:16 AM IST

BySiddharth Gadkari

Speeding truck crushes homeless man to death

The victim was identified as Mukesh Kumar, 26; Manoj Kumar, 28, was injured in the incident and was rushed to a hospital, where his condition has been stated as stable; according to eyewitnesses, many homeless men were sleeping on the footpath and were saved as they managed to get off the footpath

The truck damaged two electricity poles before ramming into the wall of a compound on Hambran Road in Ludhiana. (HT Photo)

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Published on Jun 22, 2024 10:33 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

This Dadar footpath wasn't dug up by BMC, but by crooks looking for copper wire

The Matunga police have already arrested five men for robbing ₹6 lakh- ₹7 lakh worth of copper wires, which cost ₹845 per kg

Mumbai, India - June 10, 2024. Unknown people dug up the footpath from King Circle to Dada TT and stole an MTNL cable worth 70 lakhs. June 10, 2024. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 11, 2024 04:37 PM IST

ByShashank Rao, Megha Sood

Mahim residents move HC over inaction against encroachers

Petitioners Urich Kamath and Shrikant Shenoy referred to the court’s November 14, 2022, order, wherein the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was directed to clear all encroachments on Senapati Bapat Marg within four weeks

Mumbai, India - Dec. 12, 2023:Illegal Bike and Car washing center on Senapati Bapat road between Dadar and Matunga, in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. (Photo by Raju Shinde/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Dec 16, 2023 07:40 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru

After PMC removes encroachments on Ahmednagar Road, ‘owner’ secures footpath with tin sheets

During the drive, one of the residents, claiming ownership, covered the area, including the footpath, with tin sheets after the removal of stalls, forcing pedestrians to use the road to commute

PMC has initiated “Mission 15” wherein it has identified 15 arterial roads where encroachments and illegal banners will be removed even as the stretches will be revamped by filling potholes, clearing stormwater lines, repair of streetlights, and resurfacing of roads. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Dec 05, 2023 05:52 AM IST

BySiddharth Gadkari

DDA finalises plans to spruce up Dwarka in Delhi

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) plans to beautify and revamp Dwarka, a sub-city in southwest Delhi, including the installation of fountains and statues, as well as revamping footpaths along an 8-km stretch. Tenders for the project will be floated within the next 15 days, with the aim of awarding contracts by the end of December. The project is in response to the lack of adequate streetlights and walkable footpaths in the area, which have been a longstanding concern for residents.

The present state of footpaths near Yashobhoomi. (VipinnKumar/ HT Photo)

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Updated on Nov 30, 2023 05:38 AM IST

BySnehil Sinha

9-year-old dies after pointed tool from construction site falls on his head

The police have identified the deceased as Rudra Ketan Raut of Virbhadranagar in Baner, who was walking home with his mother Pooja, 30, when the incident took place near a construction site near Ganraj Chowk in Baner

The police have identified the deceased as Rudra Ketan Raut. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 24, 2023 06:12 AM IST

ByNadeem Inamdar

23-year-old woman, daughter electrocuted in Bengaluru

According to police, the woman, identified as Soundharya, and her baby girl were electrocuted after accidentally stepping on a live wire lying on the footpath.

A case has been registered against five officials of Whitefield sub-division Bescom (Representative photo)

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Updated on Nov 20, 2023 07:38 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Bengaluru

Speeding car jumps curb, hits three girls in Kothrud

According to Alankar Police Station officials, the accident took place near Revive Hair and Beauty Studio on Gulavani Maharaj Road at Ganeshnagar at around 3.30 pm

While taking a turn, the accused lost control of the wheel and the vehicle jumped over the footpath hitting the three girls. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 05, 2023 04:16 PM IST

ByShrinivas Deshpande

Speeding pickup runs over pedestrian on Ludhiana’s Tajpur road

The speeding pickup jeep jumped over the footpath and before hitting a pedestrian near the Ludhiana Central Jail on Tajpur

The victim has been identified as Jai Ram, 40, of Guru Ram Das Nagar, Ludhiana. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Nov 01, 2023 08:00 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

BMC razes structure on footpath hours after Powai residents’ protest

Residents in the Powai-Chandivali area of Mumbai staged a protest against encroachments on footpaths. After media coverage, the BMC demolished a structure, but residents want all encroachments cleared.

Mumbai, India - Oct 17, 2023 : Residents of Adityavardhan CHS Ltd, Saki Vihar Chandivali, object to footpath encroachment outsideÊtheirÊbuilding, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Oct 17, 2023. (Photo by Vijay Bate/HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 18, 2023 08:46 AM IST

ByJeet Mashru, Mumbai

Coastal road facilitates new entry point to Mahalaxmi temple

The holistic pilgrim facility project for the Mahalaxmi temple is being handled by architect Abha Narain Lambah and structural consultant Shashank Mehendale. It envisages multiple entry and exit points for better crowd management and an integration with the coastal road garden behind the temple

A six-meter wide and approximately three-hundred-meter-long footpath has been constructed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation from the existing public parking lot at Bhulabhai Desai Marg to Mahalakshmi Temple on the fill area under the Mumbai Coastal Road Project. (Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo))

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Updated on Oct 16, 2023 08:12 AM IST

ByLinah Baliga

Minor on joyride rams car into footpath in Malad West, one dead

A 17-year-old college student crashed a car into a footpath, killing one person and injuring another in Malad West. The minor and his friend who lent him the car have been booked by the police.

Mumbai, India - Sep 27, 2023 : An 18-year-old booked for killing a 21-year-old in a car accident and the friend of the accused also booked for giving him his car knowing that he did not possess a licence. The accident took place on the Malad link road on Tuesday when the accused wasÊonÊaÊjoyride, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Sep 27, 2023. (Photo by Vijay Bate/HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 28, 2023 08:40 AM IST

ByMegha Sood, Mumbai

Differently abled homeless man battered to death on Gurugram’s Basai Road

According to the police, they were looking into the murder from several angles, including whether some drug or alcohol addicts targeted him to steal his money

The deceased was later identified by his first name as Sheenu, who used to live on a tricycle under a temporary tent at the location. Investigators said that Sheenu would beg and even sleep on the tricycle or the nearby footpath. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Published on Sep 21, 2023 12:05 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Gurugram

‘Lockdown jaisa’: G20 restrictions affect Delhi street vendors, gig workers

Markets, commercial establishments and food delivery services are shut in New Delhi district, but essential services, such as delivery of medicines, will be available

Delivery executives wait for orders in CP on Thursday. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Sep 07, 2023 10:49 PM IST

ByAshna Butani

Rohideshwar Fort wall collapses on Thursday night

The villagers, who got to know about the incident on Friday morning, said that no one was injured due to the collapse of the embankment and the footpath leading to the fort has been closed

With the fortifications of some bastions on the fort having also developed cracks at many places, authorities have banned tourists on weekends. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

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Updated on Aug 11, 2023 11:48 PM IST

ByDheeraj Bengrut

One-year-old girl mowed down by SUV in Chandigarh’s Sector 37

Toddler was asleep under a rag on the footpath near Kashyap Rajput Dharamshala in Sector 37, when the SUV ran over her while parking

Nathi Ram, a resident of Dadumajra Colony, who routinely visits the dharamshala, was parking his car, when he failed to notice that there was a child under the rag, leaving her injured, said Chandigarh Police. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Updated on Jul 15, 2023 12:59 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Unfinished footpath work adds to traffic congestion near Pune RTO office

The unfinished work of footpath laid between RTO and Pune railway station by Maha-Metro has not yet alleviated the traffic problem, even after instructions from PMC and the traffic department

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Updated on Jun 03, 2023 12:37 AM IST

BySiddharth Gadkari, Pune

PMC to use pervious blocks to percolate, drain rainwater

The municipal corporation wants to use blocks in low-level areas, around the drainage chambers, and water logging part of the road

To percolate and drain the rainwater and boost the groundwater level, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to lay pervious blocks on the footpath in Bibvewadi area on a pilot basis. (Rahul Raut/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on May 04, 2023 10:29 PM IST

BySiddharth Gadkari

8 days after mishap, KDMC yet to cover manhole in Dombivli

DOMBIVLI: Even eight days after a 53-year-old man was injured, the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) is yet to properly cover the manhole on a footpath on 90 Feet Road in Thakurli, Dombivli

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Updated on Apr 28, 2023 12:35 AM IST

BySajana Nambiar

1-year-old girl abducted from CSMT, found near Churchgate station

An unknown person allegedly abducted a one-year-old girl from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and abandoned her near the Churchgate station in Mumbai. The CSMT Government Railway Police (GRP) has launched a manhunt for the person. The child was found abandoned on a footpath and reunited with her mother.

As per an officer from the CSMT GRP Police Station, on Saturday night, Farida Ansari and her one-year-old daughter were sitting in the waiting hall to board an early morning train to Uttar Pradesh. While waiting, Ansari fell asleep with her daughter sleeping just next to her. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 24, 2023 12:34 AM IST

ByMegha Sood

Man gets 17 stitches after falling into partially covered manhole

A 53-year-old man was injured after falling into a partially covered manhole on a footpath on 90 Feet Road in Thakurli, Dombivli on Wednesday night. The man suffered injuries on his leg requiring surgery and 17 stitches

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Updated on Apr 22, 2023 12:30 AM IST

BySajana Nambiar

Man killed, body stuffed in sack over property dispute in Delhi

Man strangled to death by brother-in-law and cousin over dispute about flats in Trilokpuri, Delhi. Suspects stuffed body in a sack and dumped it near Kondli drain. One suspect arrested, two on the run. Investigation ongoing.

Police said the suspects killed the man to take over his two flats. (Representative image)

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Updated on Apr 20, 2023 11:45 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

PMC serves notices to properties to acquire land for PMRDA metro line 3

The PMRDA had written to the PMC to acquire extra land on Ganeshkhind Road and handover the same for work on metro line 3

Work underway for Shivajinagar to Hinjewadi metro line. (HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 18, 2023 11:28 PM IST

BySiddharth Gadkari

Maha Metro begins resizing footpath on RTO-Bund Garden stretch

After the PMC, the Pune traffic police department too wrote to Maha Metro, similarly urging it to reduce the width of the footpath as it was squeezing the road and causing frequent accidents on the said stretch

According to civic officials, the standard footpath width is 1.5 to 1.8 metres on both sides of the road. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 16, 2023 11:17 PM IST

BySiddharth Gadkari

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The unauthorised construction on the footpath is about 60 feet long, three feet wide, and two feet high. It is blocking the movement of people on the road and footpath, as per the notice issued under Section 226 (1) A of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act

The victim was identified as Mukesh Kumar, 26; Manoj Kumar, 28, was injured in the incident and was rushed to a hospital, where his condition has been stated as stable; according to eyewitnesses, many homeless men were sleeping on the footpath and were saved as they managed to get off the footpath

The Matunga police have already arrested five men for robbing ₹6 lakh- ₹7 lakh worth of copper wires, which cost ₹845 per kg

Petitioners Urich Kamath and Shrikant Shenoy referred to the court’s November 14, 2022, order, wherein the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was directed to clear all encroachments on Senapati Bapat Marg within four weeks

During the drive, one of the residents, claiming ownership, covered the area, including the footpath, with tin sheets after the removal of stalls, forcing pedestrians to use the road to commute

The police have identified the deceased as Rudra Ketan Raut of Virbhadranagar in Baner, who was walking home with his mother Pooja, 30, when the incident took place near a construction site near Ganraj Chowk in Baner

According to police, the woman, identified as Soundharya, and her baby girl were electrocuted after accidentally stepping on a live wire lying on the footpath.

According to Alankar Police Station officials, the accident took place near Revive Hair and Beauty Studio on Gulavani Maharaj Road at Ganeshnagar at around 3.30 pm

The speeding pickup jeep jumped over the footpath and before hitting a pedestrian near the Ludhiana Central Jail on Tajpur

Residents in the Powai-Chandivali area of Mumbai staged a protest against encroachments on footpaths. After media coverage, the BMC demolished a structure, but residents want all encroachments cleared.

The holistic pilgrim facility project for the Mahalaxmi temple is being handled by architect Abha Narain Lambah and structural consultant Shashank Mehendale. It envisages multiple entry and exit points for better crowd management and an integration with the coastal road garden behind the temple

A 17-year-old college student crashed a car into a footpath, killing one person and injuring another in Malad West. The minor and his friend who lent him the car have been booked by the police.

According to the police, they were looking into the murder from several angles, including whether some drug or alcohol addicts targeted him to steal his money

Markets, commercial establishments and food delivery services are shut in New Delhi district, but essential services, such as delivery of medicines, will be available

The villagers, who got to know about the incident on Friday morning, said that no one was injured due to the collapse of the embankment and the footpath leading to the fort has been closed

Toddler was asleep under a rag on the footpath near Kashyap Rajput Dharamshala in Sector 37, when the SUV ran over her while parking

The unfinished work of footpath laid between RTO and Pune railway station by Maha-Metro has not yet alleviated the traffic problem, even after instructions from PMC and the traffic department

The municipal corporation wants to use blocks in low-level areas, around the drainage chambers, and water logging part of the road

DOMBIVLI: Even eight days after a 53-year-old man was injured, the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) is yet to properly cover the manhole on a footpath on 90 Feet Road in Thakurli, Dombivli

A 53-year-old man was injured after falling into a partially covered manhole on a footpath on 90 Feet Road in Thakurli, Dombivli on Wednesday night. The man suffered injuries on his leg requiring surgery and 17 stitches

Man strangled to death by brother-in-law and cousin over dispute about flats in Trilokpuri, Delhi. Suspects stuffed body in a sack and dumped it near Kondli drain. One suspect arrested, two on the run. Investigation ongoing.

The PMRDA had written to the PMC to acquire extra land on Ganeshkhind Road and handover the same for work on metro line 3

After the PMC, the Pune traffic police department too wrote to Maha Metro, similarly urging it to reduce the width of the footpath as it was squeezing the road and causing frequent accidents on the said stretch

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