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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Dearness allowance for MSRTC employees hiked to 53 per cent, announces Eknath Shinde
Deputy Chief Minister (CM) Eknath Shinde on Tuesday announced that the employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) will receive a revised dearness allowance of 53 per cent of their basic salary from June, a rise from the current 46 per cent. During a meeting with the representatives from various MSRTC unions at the Sahyadri Guest House in Mumbai, Shinde also declared a series of employee welfare measures, including an accident insurance cover of Rs 1 crore and free travel passes for retired employees and their spouses for an entire year instead of the existing nine-month validity. Read more
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Amid women commission`s review meet, its chairperson Chakankar, MVA leaders trade barbs
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sushma Andhare and Maharashtra State Commission for Women chairperson Rupali Chakankar traded charges on Tuesday after the latter faced criticism and and calls for resignation over a dowry-linked suicide case involving a politician`s family in Pune. Andhare took strong exception to Chakankar`s comments that the opposition has been targeting her and the commission for media attention, reported PTI.
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Special focus on low-lying areas in Mumbai, says BMC chief Gagrani
As Mumbai reels under the early arrival of the South West monsoon, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation`s (BMC) Commissioner and Administrator, Bhushan Gagrani, on Tuesday directed civic officials to place special focus on ensuring low-lying areas in the city do not get waterlogged during a downpour. Gagrani also directed officials to ensure barricades and debris are removed from roads immediately after road concretisation work is completed. Read more
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Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Soon, take your cars by train on Konkan Railway
The Konkan Railway is planning to explore ferrying passenger vehicles, like cars and SUVs, on board train wagons for those wanting to take their own vehicles and avoid highways this Ganapati festival season, on an experimental basis. "It is a fabulous idea and we shall definitely explore it. We have been carrying trucks for such a long period. The truck drivers that are on board them have to buy regular tickets to be permitted to travel. We can definitely think of passenger vehicles. We will, however, need to check and rework a few technicalities, as the wagons carrying trucks have mechanisms made to those specifications. But it is doable, and we will try it for this Ganapati festival season," said Santosh Kumar Jha, Chairman and Managing Director of Konkan Railway. Read more