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Mumbai’s newest sea deck will actually cover up a secret

August 09, 2026 2:01 pm

The first sea-viewing deck in Mumbai's suburbs will be part of a sewage treatment complex with gardens, a skywalk and a civic knowledge centre. Here's the map.

The blueprint is out: How Mumbai civic body, India’s richest, will house 330 corporators

August 06, 2026 2:36 pm

The BMC's new 330-seat civic house has been in the works for a while. The final blueprint, reviewed this week, shows a Parliament-style semicircular chamber, biometric voting at every desk and glass public galleries, built to fix a seating crunch that left 26 corporators standing during February's mayoral election.

After heavy rain, Mumbai dumped 10 days’ of drinking water into sea. Why?

August 03, 2026 10:00 am

The country's financial capital runs 400 MLD short of water daily, yet monsoon surplus flows to sea rather than being stored. The BMC argues dams would be financially impossible. Hydrologists say capturing rain locally is far more practical.

Changing City: How a twin-arm flyover is set to transform Navi Mumbai-Pune commute

July 31, 2026 4:59 pm

Fresh probe ordered into Chembur tree collapse a month after boy's death

July 30, 2026 11:51 pm

The move comes two weeks after Mayor Ritu Tawde rejected the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s preliminary inquiry report.

BMC QR-code drive uncovers 3,167 'ghost' hawker licences

July 27, 2026 12:35 am

Verification reveals authorised vendors have died; civic body weighs transfer to kin.

Changing City: Ghatkopar's Rs 350-crore cable-stayed bridge to ease traffic

July 25, 2026 7:59 am

One of the first cable-stayed bridges of the eastern suburbs, the structure will pass over the railway tracks while also crossing over the Line 4 of the Metro Rail project and the underground bullet train line.

FDA crackdown: BMC canteen shut over food safety violation

July 23, 2026 8:45 pm

According to some senior FDA officials, the inspection was a follow up to a notice previously served to the canteen operator, Kamal Caterers Private Limited, on June 16.

Mumbai mayor is getting info on WhatsApp forwards. The real problem is bigger

July 23, 2026 11:49 am

Mumbai's return to elected civic governance has triggered an unexpected power struggle, with BMC corporators alleging officials still function in 'administrator mode' months after elections.

Changing City | BMC floats tender for Mulund East-EEH flyover; project to end 3 km detour

July 17, 2026 2:50 pm

The BMC has invited bids for a Rs 108.23 crore flyover connecting Mulund East directly to the southbound Eastern Express Highway, a project aimed at reducing travel time, easing congestion, and improving safety at Octroi Naka.

In Pictures: Mumbai civic body removes over 1,400 huts on govt plot in Mankhurd

April 09, 2026 8:08 pm

According to officials, for several years, the Bombay Soap Factory government land in Mankhurd had been occupied by illegal encroachment

With plea and protests, Save Aarey campaign gathers momentum

September 11, 2019 7:10 am

Apart from the car shed for Metro line 3, a part of the Aarey Milk Colony -- which adjoins Sanjay Gandhi National Park -- will also be used to create Metro Bhavan, the nerve-centre for the 337-km network which is under construction.

PHOTOS | BMC budget: Here are the Brihan plans for you, Mumbaikars

February 04, 2016 11:44 am

The BMC, Asia richest municipal council, announced its budget allocations on Wednesday. We take a look at how much money is going where.

Mumbai trees infected by Mealybugs

November 05, 2014 3:05 pm

Mumbai has approximately 3,000- 4,000 rain trees in the city, of which 500 are infected by Mealybugs mainly in Dadar, Bandra, Andheri and Kandivali areas.

Make in India fire: BMC blames organisers of 'gross negligence'

February 24, 2016 3:34 pm

Mumbai, Feb 24 (ANI): The Mumbai Fire Brigade on Wednesday submitted an investigation report on a fire which occurred during the 'Make in India' programme last week to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in which it has accused the organizers of the event of 'gross negligence'. Pratap Rahangdale, Chief Fire Officer of Mumbai Fire Brigade, said that report was prepared by analyzing accounts of several witnesses and circumstantial evidence. He said that they have opened the report for the public. We studied circumstantial evidence and witness accounts. Rahangdale added that he was also one of the witnesses, as I was the first one to use extinguisher there. By studying all that we arrived at the chain of events leading to fire and prepared a final report.