MUMBAI: The BMC has decided to appoint Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CMFRI) to study the impact of its ambitious Mumbai Coastal Road project on the livelihood of fisherman and on marine
Prathmesh Kher, MUMBAI: A Bhandup slum will be the latest to get solar-powered streetlights. Local corporator Kashinath Karadkar has forwarded his proposal to the BMC standing committee for the lights in Sahyadri nagar. The proposal may come up before the standing committee on Wednesday.
Sukhada Tatke & Prathmesh Kher,
MUMBAI: Here comes a ray of hope for Mumbai's 39 lakh power consumers, upset at inflating bills every year, and a warning for warring distributors Reliance Infrastructure, Tata Power and BEST.
NAVI MUMBAI: In a bid to mitigate the power crisis faced by the industries, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is setting up a natural gas infrastructure at the industrial estates, including Thane, Dombivli, Navi Mumbai, Taloja, Poisar, Palghar, etc.
MUMBAI: The Centre's Bachat Lamp Yojana scheme, which was set to take off in January 2009, has failed to make any headway even after a year since its inception.
MUMBAI: If the BMC has its way, it will soon be mandatory for all hoardings in Mumbai to use solar energy instead of the conventional energy.
MUMBAI: A major component of a user's electricity bill will soon remain constant for a five-year lock-in period if a proposal put forth by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) gets the go-ahead. The MERC has proposed to all power suppliers in the state that power bills be divided into two components: a variable component and a non-variable component.
MUMBAI: In a bid to conserve energy at stations, the Western Railway (WR) has launched a new project that will ensure that lights on platforms switch off automatically when not in use. "The new plan is called the automatic platform lights controller system. Light controllers will be connected to the railway signals installed at a station.
MUMBAI: March 11, 2011, began like any other day for an official of the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) in the hi-tech emergency control room at the Vikram Sarabhai Bhavan, its headquarters at Trombay.
MUMBAI: Electricity bills could go up as the government has decided to levy an additional duty and tax on electricity produced and sold in the state.
