Registration of healthcare facilities mandatory
These rules aim to make available a database of clinical establishments which are authorised to function and thereby improve public health quality by eliminating quacks The Union Ministry of public
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
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Over 25 trees felled in the green zone
Mumbai: Over 25 trees have been felled recently on a land owned by Airport Authority of India (AAI). Residents fear that sooner or later, this plot of land, a green zone, will be encroached by slum dwellers.
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Avhad may be penalised for dumping garbage
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party MLC from Thane Jitendra Avhad could be penalised by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) under its cleanliness and sanitation bylaws 2006. Ashish Shelar, BJP corporator of Mumbai, demanded that Avhad be punished as per the civic body's rule as he dumped a truckload of garbage at a public road near the BMC headquarters.
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Plan B for Metro-III can cut cost by Rs3,000 cr
Mumbai: Recession teaches even the richest some valuable lessons. The cash-rich Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA), which even lends to the state government for loan waivers to farmers, has been forced to rethink its original plan to construct a totally underground Metro line (Metro-III) between Colaba and Bandra.
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Bio-diesel to fuel IIT-Bombay's power aspirations
Mumbai: In a few months from now, IIT Bombay's vehicles like buses, cars and ambulances could well be run by using fuel produced from the first campus bio-diesel plant in India -- installed by students of the institute's chemical engineering department.
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Minus BRTS, pioneer prefers south Mumbai
Mumbai: Had the bus rapid transit system (BRTS) been in place in Mumbai, its pioneer -- Jaime Lerner -- would have probably travelled to Kamala Raheja Vidyalaya Institute of Architecture in suburban Juhu to meet the press.
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Denotifying of wildlife sanctuaries opposed
Mumbai: Wildlife experts are fuming over recent decisions made by the Maharashtra State Wildlife Board (SWB), alleging that the board has been acting against the interests of wildlife. The board met hurriedly on February 20, without prior notice to members and without issuing an agenda.
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24X7 water supply in Mumbai only by 2011
Mumbai: Although the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has promised 24X7 water supply to the city in its annual budget, the fact is that Mumbai will have to wait for almost two years, till 2011, for that to happen. At present, the BMC simply cannot provide more water to the city, according to a white paper that is to be tabled soon.
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Climate Champs team up for green planet
Mumbai: The city's young Turks are bringing about a green revolution by choosing to contribute to the preservation of the environment.
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It's official: Monthly parking passes soon
Mumbai: Though the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans a four-fold increase in parking charges, frequent users of parking lots need not worry as the civic body will soon introduce a monthly pass scheme for them with special discounts. With this, the BMC intends to do away with the touts who have been issuingmonthly passes 'unofficially'.
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500 go birdwatching
Mumbai: While Mumbai was waking up to a lazy Sunday morning, 500-odd birders had already hit birding hotspots like Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Sanjay Gandhi National Park and even Fansad Wildlife Sanctuary. The fifth edition of Mumbai Bird Race, organised on February 22, has set a record of maximum number of participants.