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A 15-year-old with a dream to become an engineer, and an 11-year-old who loved football: two lives were tragically snuffed out in Mumbai s suburbs in less than two months after trees, apparently with weak roots, fell on vehicles. Aarika Srivastava, 15, suffere
A 51-year-old man died after a part of a third-floor balcony of a residential building collapsed in South Mumbai s Walkeshwar area late on Tuesday. This was the second monsoon-related death reported in the city in the past 24 hours, after an 11-year-old boy wa
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the petitioners and intervenors in a public interest litigation (PIL) on tree falls to share their findings and suggestions with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), after an intervenor disputed the civic body s
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) house witnessed heated exchanges among corporators on Friday after BJP s Priti Satam raised an objection against BMC public relations officer (PRO) Tanaji Kamble, alleging that he threatened an editor agains
In a big blow to the opposition in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), senior Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator and former Mayor Vishakha Raut is likely to lose her seat after the caste verification committee in Palghar invalidated her Other Backward Caste
The Bombay High Court on Thursday restrained the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from taking any further steps to alter the reservation of the Neville D Souza football ground at Bandra Reclamation from a playground to an exhibition centre. Miffed with
Travel time between Mumbai s Madh Island and Versova is set to be drastically reduced to just 10 minutes, with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) planning a Rs 2,395-crore cable-stayed flyover connecting the two areas. If everything goes as per plans
Does your Mumbai flat not have an Occupation Certificate (OC)? Here s what homeowners should know The Mumbai civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), is set to implement an amnesty scheme to help eligible housing societies obtain long-pending Occu
Mumbai, The Bombay High Court on Thursday expressed its displeasure with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation over its decision to approve a proposal to change the reservation of a football ground in Bandra to an exhibition centre. The HC was particularly mi
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation s (BMC) general body on Tuesday night cleared the proposal to change the reservation of the iconic Neville D Souza football ground in Bandra to a convention and exhibition centre. The BMC cleared the proposal amid objecti
Mumbaikars may soon have to spend more on paying taxes the civic body has proposed a sewage tax for those not paying property taxes, and a hike in water tax by 6-7 per cent. From next year, over 50,000 homes in Mumbai are likely to be imposed a sewage charge a
In the wake of the fatal Chembur tree collapse that killed 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastava, an internal committee appointed by Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Ashwini Bhide has proposed sweeping reforms to strengthen the protection of the city s trees, including m
Days after a 55-year-old man lost his life after falling into a sewer manhole, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) records show that 2,205 sewer manholes across Mumbai are yet to be fitted with protective grills or manhole covers as a safety measure. The
After weeks of worry over shrinking reserves, heavy rain over Mumbai s lake catchments has given the city s water stock its biggest boost of the monsoon so far. The combined storage in the seven lakes supplying Mumbai rose from 16.92 per cent of capacity on Mo
Amid forecasts of strong winds sweeping Mumbai this week, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday directed developers, contractors and site engineers to suspend all work at heights and remove loose materials from upper floors to safeguard worker
Pulling up the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation over inadequate measures related to potholes, and non-installation of protective grills on manholes leading to the death of a man, the Bombay High Court Monday questioned if the civic body did not value lives o
Pune-Mumbai vehicular traffic has resumed after landslides and waterlogging were cleared from the expressway. However, authorities urge caution and suggest postponing non-essential travel
Mumbai rains today: Mumbai is grappling with heavy rainfall as the IMD issued a 'red alert', forecasting intense showers and gusty winds. Western suburbs bore the brunt with over 150 mm of rain in some areas
MUMBAI: The recent spate of tree collapses leading to deaths soon after the onset of monsoons has jolted civic authorities and the state s ruling dispensation into action. However, amid cross-departmental blame-game within the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporatio
Failure to upload site images, mismatch in vehicle registration numbers, deposition of dust these are among the irregularities flagged after Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based monitoring and site inspection of desilting works, with the Brihanmumbai Municipal C
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has found several violations of environmental rules at the project site of the upcoming Dahisar Transport Hub and has sought an explanation...
Amid the city s ongoing water shortage, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is eyeing to introduce a new water tanker policy that seeks to introduce a radical change through digitisation of...
A day after rains caused the Monsoon season s first closure of the Andheri subway, the water logging incident sparked a political slugfest Thursday, with Shiv Sena (UBT) s Aaditya Thackeray and BJP Mumbai chief Ameet Satam taking potshots at each other. At 7.4
From intense monitoring of filling points for water tankers to appeals for judicious use by public the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has gone back to its drawing boards amid concerns of adequate water supply in Mumbai after the India Meteorological...