On the anvil, biggest parking project in city
Mumbai Closed down mills, iconic spaces in a city that was a once a textile hub, will now be used to offer a key public amenity, parking spaces. If all goes well, Mumbai
Mumbai Closed down mills, iconic spaces in a city that was a once a textile hub, will now be used to offer a key public amenity, parking spaces. If all goes well, Mumbai
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: A new World Bank report has said India can further its climate resilience through a combination of measures and right incentives aimed at multiple levels of government
MUMBAI: A day after the Bombay high court disposed of a writ petition filed by Reliance's Mahamumbai SEZ, the fate of the Rs 40,000 crore project hangs in balance as the on-going protest movement has gained momentum.
MUMBAI: Corporators on Monday served a vital blow to Mumbai's chances to close the 127-hectare dumping ground at Deonar and converting it into a green belt.
Pune The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) Board has opted for a private-public partnership (PPP) to buy 650 buses, including 200 AC coaches, under the JNNURM scheme. The project is worth Rs 400 crore. As many as 100 will be Volvo buses run on diesel and the rest will be CNG-run. The private players will decide the AC bus fares, which will be 1.25 to 2.5 times the regular fare.
Mumbai The south-west monsoon has advanced to South Karnataka touching Mangalore on Monday, the India Meteorological Department announced.
Mumbai: The widening of National Highway Number 7 (NH-7) - connecting New Delhi to Kanyakumari - has ground to a halt outside the Pench Tiger Reserve amid fears that any widening here will destroy the ecologically rich but fragile forest ecosystem.
Mumbai: The much appreciated rehabilitation programme to move six villages out of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) has hit a major road block as around 19 rehabilitated families have come back and are refusing to leave unless they are paid more money to do so.
The Pench Tiger Reserve, which stretches across Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, is contiguous with the Nagzira Sanctuary, the Navegaon National Park, and the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra, which, combined, create a large green corridor running from southern Madhya Pradesh to eastern Maharashtra.
MUMBAI: In the wake of scarcity of complex fertilizers creating unrest among farmers, the state government has decided to ask the Maharashtra Agro-Industries Development Corporation to help overcome the crisis. The scarcity has been created owing to global market conditions.
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MUMBAI: Water-starved residents of Mira Road and Bhayander may have to wait for another two years before they get adequate water supply. Keeping the assembly elections in mind, the state h.TIMy agreed to set aside 200 mld water every day from the Surya dam for the Mira-Bhayander region.
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray will call on chief minister Ashok Chavan to press for greater coordination between the BMC, the railways, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) and the MMRDA to prevent flooding in Mumbai during monsoon.
MUMBAI: The BMC administered the polio vaccine to 7,35,000 children on Polio Sunday, covering 56% children under the age of 5 in the city. The turnout was markedly lower than the round in April which covered 68%. Civic officials attributed the low turnout to the holiday season and poor availability of health officials.
Although District Guardian Minister Ajit Pawar had called on a meeting on Thursday to address the water woes in different areas, many feel that it was too late a step, as the monsoon is just a week away. A member from Velhe taluka said that the administration took up the issue very late.
MUMBAI: Community-based monitoring (CBM) under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) will now cover 13 districts of Maharashtra and reach 1,035 villages in its second phase. The decision to expand the CBM was taken at a State level workshop recently held in Pune attended by representatives of social organisations and Madhukar Chowdhary, Mission Director, NRHM, Maharashtra.
FINALLY, the government has taken cognisance of the sudden end to the man-animal conflict in the problem areas of Chandrapur district. The acting Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) SK Sood has been asked to "immediately" explain the disappearance of tigers from forests around the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR).
NEW DELHI: To bring clean water to thousands of slum residents of Mumbai, a team of engineering students from the US, who collaborated with students from IIT-Bombay, would visit the city later this month with their ideas and plans to tackle the grave problem.
MUMBAI: Protests against the Metro rail's second line between Charkop and Mankhurd via Bandra seem to have created a divide between the island city and the suburbs.
Mumbai Mangroves, a natural greenbelt or buffer zone that has the potential to protect the city from powerful rains, are depleting at a fast pace. Ahead of monsoon, the residents of a suburban area have taken it upon themselves to avoid further depletion of the greenbelt.