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Water cuts till mid-July,come rain or shineSubscriber Only
May 25, 2010 23:23 IST
The ongoing water supply cuts will continue till at least the third week of July,even if a good monsoon arrives within a fortnight as predicted.
Tue, May 25, 2010Slope on busy road,worry for civic body & driversSubscriber Only
May 24, 2010 04:14 IST
One of the busiest roads in the city has thrown up a unique problem for the civic body and Mumbaikars.
Mon, May 24, 2010Soon,X-ray scanner on goods trucksSubscriber Only
May 19, 2010 02:50 IST
Just as luggage gets checked at airports,goods trucks will soon have to pass through large X-ray scanners at octroi nakas across the city.
Wed, May 19, 2010Lakes Tansa & Vihar will not be desilted: too costly,not enough time before rainsSubscriber Only
May 17, 2010 00:21 IST
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has expressed its inability to de-silt Tansa and Vihar this year. The BMC said with monsoon less than a month away it was technically not possible to desilt the lakes...
Mon, May 17, 2010Too much water: more funds sought for drainage schemeSubscriber Only
May 12, 2010 23:10 IST
After a 17-year delay and a 100 per cent cost escalation,the BMC has sought yet another increase in the Central sanction for BRIMSTOWAD,or the Brihanmumbai Storm Water Drains project.
Wed, May 12, 2010Malad tunnel under repair,three months after ruptureSubscriber Only
May 10, 2010 03:19 IST
Eighty-seven days after the Malad tunnel was punctured,repair work finally picked up on Sunday as five specialised divers of the Hindustan Construction Company went 250 feet underground.
Mon, May 10, 2010No water connection,civic body cant shift project-hit to new flatsSubscriber Only
May 06, 2010 23:58 IST
Even as the 4,500 tenements constructed under the slum rehabilitation scheme have already been handed over to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation...
Thu, May 06, 2010The day it was best to stay homeSubscriber Only
May 05, 2010 23:13 IST
A number of Mumbais regular commuters chose to stay home after the railways advisory. Newsline tracks some of those who did venture out and suffered...
Wed, May 05, 2010Rayo razersSubscriber Only
May 02, 2010 03:57 IST
With six national go-karting championship titles and one multiple championship in Formula racing under his belt,few would have expected Mumbai racer Rayomand Banajee to put brakes on his racing career to train young drivers.
Sun, May 02, 2010BMC to repair burst tunnel soonSubscriber Only
April 29, 2010 23:53 IST
More than two months after a major tunnel burst due to illegal borewell digging at Malad Marve Road area,the BMC has decided to start the repair works soon.
Thu, Apr 29, 2010Census duty evokes mixed response from enumeratorsSubscriber Only
April 29, 2010 23:50 IST
Two days before the census exercise is set to begin in the city,enumerators who will toil for 45 days to gather data door to door from 150 houses,are both an excited and apprehensive lot.
Thu, Apr 29, 20104,500 free tenements ready,list of occupants waitsSubscriber Only
April 27, 2010 00:03 IST
The Slum Rehabilitation Authority may have readied 4,500 tenements,each 269 sq ft,for rehabilitating people affected by the Brihanmumbai Stormwater Drainage...
Tue, Apr 27, 2010On display soon,how mill workers lived and what they woveSubscriber Only
April 26, 2010 03:50 IST
A Mumbai Gallery with a tableau showing the kind of life textile mill workers had led in their typical chawl homes Girangaon,or the village of looms.
Mon, Apr 26, 2010Too shy to use,BMC removes condom machine in head officeSubscriber Only
April 23, 2010 23:30 IST
The BMC recently removed a condom-vending machine installed in its head office because it was not being used,and because it was embarrassing for one of the senior IAS officials whose cabin is close to the spot where it had been installed.
Fri, Apr 23, 2010Traders thrive outside IPL venue,commuters struggleSubscriber Only
April 22, 2010 23:16 IST
The frenzy surrounding the semi-final matches of the Indian Premier League at the DY Patil Stadium may have got security forces on its toes,but it proved to be a boon to the otherwise quiet area of sector-5 in Nerul.
Thu, Apr 22, 2010BEST owes Rs 90 cr as property taxSubscriber Only
April 21, 2010 01:50 IST
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport undertaking,which owes Rs 90 crore to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation,is one of the top defaulters of property tax to the civic body.
Wed, Apr 21, 2010Not enough hands to plug pipe leaksSubscriber Only
April 19, 2010 03:35 IST
AMID a worsening water crisis and never-ending pipe bursts,the BMCs hydraulic engineering department is struggling to handle the workload,plagued as it is by a manpower crisis.
Mon, Apr 19, 2010Water bills fail to reach half of Navi Mumbai consumersSubscriber Only
April 15, 2010 04:51 IST
Nearly half the legal consumers of water in Navi Mumbai did not receive the water bill for February and March.
Thu, Apr 15, 2010After a century,tribal hamlets in Aarey to get a water connectionSubscriber Only
April 14, 2010 01:59 IST
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will supply about 1.6 million litres of water per day to the 32 tribal hamlets in the Aarey Milk Colony in Goregaon.
Wed, Apr 14, 201089 Navi Mumbai seats,133 withdrawals,470 left in fraySubscriber Only
March 31, 2010 23:55 IST
Sagar Naik,nephew of NCP strongman Ganesh Naik,will contest unopposed from Kopar Khairne in the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation polls in April 11,all other candidates having withdrawn on Monday,the last date.
Wed, Mar 31, 2010No notice to BMC for flouting fire safety normsSubscriber Only
March 30, 2010 23:24 IST
Even as the Mumbai Fire Brigade is planning to crack down on establishments that flouted fire safety norms,it has come to light that the head office of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is ill-equipped to combat fire on its premises.
Tue, Mar 30, 2010BMC looks at Navy,rlys,hospitals to cut response time during disastersSubscriber Only
March 24, 2010 00:26 IST
With a view to reduce the response time of rescue operations during disasters and to improve the quality of its disaster management activities,the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will soon hire resources from government and private agencies in the city.
Wed, Mar 24, 2010Ahead of Navi Mumbai civic elections,rush to clear duesSubscriber Only
March 22, 2010 01:13 IST
Candidates,including many corporators,for the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation polls are rushing to pay their property tax arrears and other dues to the civic body...
Mon, Mar 22, 2010Only one way to detect a leak: wait for cave-inSubscriber Only
March 17, 2010 23:54 IST
A fortnight after a portion of a concrete road in Kalachowkie caved in owing to a leaking underground utility pipeline,the BMC has admitted that preventing such incidents is almost impossible since the leak-detection technology it was counting on,the Ground Penetrating Radar,will not serve its purpose.
Wed, Mar 17, 2010
Flood of worriesSubscriber Only
March 17, 2010 23:51 IST
Already reeling under an acute water crisis,Mumbai has been losing an additional 5 million litres everyday since February 17 when a borewell being dug without permission damaged an underground water tunnel in Malad.
Wed, Mar 17, 2010Journalism of Courage
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