Mumbai's lake levels reach 80.45 per cent capacity

According to data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the lake levels of the seven reservoirs supplying drinking water to Mumbai have reached 80.45 per cent. Read More

Mumbai: IRS officer who shot to limelight for his undercover visits at civic hospitals transferred

Sudhakar Shinde, additional commissioner and in charge of important departments like health and solid waste management has been transferred with an immediate effect as extension of his deputation hasn't been approved. The question about his transfer was raised several times by opposition parties in the assembly sessions. Read More 

Mumbai: Sion bridge shut, ripples all over eastern suburbs

Confusion reigned supreme on day one of the Sion bridge’s closure as vehicles clogged up Dharavi, the Eastern Express Highway and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Road. Motorists said the authorities should have put up maps highlighting alternative routes. Read More

Mumbai Coastal Road deadline further extended to May 2025, says BMC

The BMC has already missed the deadline to open one arch bridge connecting the Coastal Road to Bandra Worli Sea Link by July end.  In a reply to an RTI activist, it has also been revealed that the BMC has allowed one of the contractors to push the deadline to May 2025. Read More

Mumbai: Green light for Yari-Lokhandwala bridge

The BMC has received preliminary approval from the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change for a bridge project connecting Yari Road to Lokhandwala. The bridge will pass through 0.21 hectares of mangrove forest. Read More

Mumbai: Upper Vaitarna stock reaches halfway mark

Rain activity has abated further and lake areas witnessed hardly any precipitation. However, the Upper Vaitarna finally crossed the halfway mark due to moderate rainfall in the first half of the week and percolation effect. Read More

Western Railway revises Mumbai Central–Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express train timings, check details

The Western Railway on Tuesday said that it has decided to revise Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express train timings. In an official statement, the Western Railway said that the timings of Train No. 22961 Mumbai Central–Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express was being revised. Read More

Devendra Fadnavis for BJP national chief?

Political corridors are abuzz with talk of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) getting a new national president soon, and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis is one of the prospective candidates for the top position. Read More

Mumbai: BMC hasn’t cleaned lakes for 10 years!

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has acknowledged that no desilting has been carried out at its main drinking water lakes and reservoirs for the past 10 years. Navi Mumbai-based environmentalists have alleged that this leads to inaccurate data on water capacities in the reservoirs. Read More

Maharashtra: 10 leopards moved from state to Gujarat

Ten leopards captured over man-animal conflicts in the Junnar forest division of Pune district have been relocated to a shelter in Gujarat, officials said on Thursday. Read More