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‘This is your creation and appeasement’: Bombay HC pulls up BMC over Powai road encroachments, says cars move like snails

February 12, 2026 7:27 pm

A Bombay High Court judge orally remarks that the court will transfer erring Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials to someplace where they will not get even water.

A High Court bench observed that the “meagre 60 toilets” were “insufficient” for a “large population” of over 4,000 persons.

‘Adequate sanitation facilities a basic human right under Article 21': HC directs BMC to provide sufficient toilets in Mumbai slums

February 07, 2026 10:27 pm

The HC held that the BMC, particularly when the land in question belongs to it, is duty-bound to provide an adequate number of toilets and maintain them “so that the hygiene and health of the slum dwellers is looked after”. The court added that this obligation applies to all slums in Mumbai.

BMC has appealed to residents in the H West ward to store and use water judiciousl

Taps may run dry in these Bandra-Khar areas as BMC cuts water for 14 hours on Feb 10

February 07, 2026 3:47 pm

The BMC has appealed to residents in the H West ward to store and use water judiciously. It has also recommended boiling water for drinking for the next few days.

Amid the notices, SRA conducted a site visit at the Worli land parcel where it observed construction activity by the BMC bridge department.

BMC–SRA tussle over Worli STP land deepens as agency hands back plot, orders demolition of transit camps

February 06, 2026 7:55 pm

In response to the notice, the SRA on Friday handed over the contested plot, sprawling over 17,756 square metres, to the BMC appealing them to take over the possession of the STP reservation plot.

From corporator with least assets to AIMIM’s surprise leader in BMC

January 26, 2026 4:44 pm

From a humble background and with limited financial resources, Ubale won from Ward 140 — one of Mumbai’s poorest localities in the Mankhurd–eastern Chembur belt — largely on the goodwill he built over the years by teaching children and offering home tuitions in the area.