Mumbai: The BMC had claimed that it had spent Rs 1,300 crore in repairing the drainage system and road in Mumbai. But just one week after the monsoon, the rains have led to potholes in many roads and drains are overflowing in several areas of Mumbai. Many waterlogged roads resemble a small pond.
Western Express Highway, which connects Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to Mumbai, Elphinstone Bridge in Parel, Central suburb's BR Ambedkar Road, Tulsi Pipe road that connect the city to its west suburb and Andheri's East-West flyover are the important roads of Mumbai. But all these roads are now waterlogged and have huge potholes.
Mumbai residents blame the BMC for the poor state of affairs and allege that the agency takes no steps to deal with monsoon rains.
While the situation is almost the same every year, but this time the difference is that the roads have been damaged and drains are overflowing after just a few days of rains while earlier this was the case after almost a one month of rains. Residents allege that the BMC has taken no steps to improve the quality of work. ...
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02:10 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Mumbai: The death toll in the tragic building collapse in Mahim, Mumbai rose to ten on Tuesday. Six people have been injured in the incident and include a fireman. Two others are still feared trapped in the debris and the rescue operations are on. Altaf Mansion, the five-storey building on Cadell Road collapsed late on Monday night after it rained heavily in the city. More than 60 fire brigade officials...
10:14 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Mumbai: Another tragic building collapse in Mahim, Mumbai has left four people dead and six injured. The injured include a fireman and many are feared trapped in the debris. Altaf Mansion, the five-storey building on Cadell Road collapsed late on Monday night after it rained heavily in the city. Around 10 to 12 people are feared trapped and rescue operations are still underway. More than 60 fire brigade officials and...
07:59 AM, Jun 11, 2013
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) preparedness is once again under question as the drop in temperatures has come with waterlogged streets, traffic jams and delayed train schedules. ...
11:55 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Mumbai: For hundreds of families, April 4 was a day of horror when a building collapsed in Thane. Two months on and over 20 arrests later, a CNN-IBN investigation brings you the shocking truth underlining the real estate business in Maharashtra. Let alone cramped residential buildings, documents show even offices of political parties are illegal in the Thane district. 71 per cent of party offices in Thane district are illegal....
07:31 AM, Jun 04, 2013
The Shiv Sena-led BMC has, in principle, accepted a proposal to ban display of lingerie on mannequins in Mumbai. They say that such displays excite men, thereby endangering the safety of women. Fashion designer Rina Dhaka joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the matter. Q. Is the ban on lingerie mannequins nothing but paranoid moral policing? Asked by: Isha A. Off-course, it is. Q. If men who run our...
03:22 PM, May 30, 2013
The Shiv Sena-run Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Tuesday provisionally cleared a proposal banning the display of lingerie on mannequins in the city. ...
11:52 PM, May 29, 2013
The Shiv Sena-run Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has provisionally cleared a proposal banning the display of lingerie on mannequins in the city. The proposal seeks strict action against shopkeepers and hawkers who display such mannequins. ...
11:58 PM, May 28, 2013
The Shiv Sena-run Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Tuesday provisionally cleared a proposal banning the display of lingerie on mannequins in the city. ...
10:03 PM, May 28, 2013
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena-run Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has provisionally cleared a proposal banning the display of lingerie on mannequins in the city. The proposal seeks strict action against shopkeepers and hawkers who display such mannequins. The proposal has been cleared on the grounds that such mannequins will excite men and pose a danger to women. The proposal is yet to get final clearance from BMC chief Sitaram Kunte. On getting...
12:14 PM, May 28, 2013
Mumbai: The iconic race course at Mahalaxmi in Mumbai may soon by replaced by an international theme park. The Shiv Sena ruled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) says it may not renew the 99-year lease to the Royal Western Indian Turf Club which runs the race course. The lease expires on May 31. The BMC says it wants to open the vast land to the public instead of leasing it to...
02:37 PM, May 14, 2013
Mumbai: There seems to be partial relief for the residents of the Campa Cola Compound in Mumbai. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has now postponed the demolition to May 2. The BMC has granted the residents of Worli's Campa Cola compound a 3-day extension. The BMC had issued eviction notices to around 200 families after a Supreme Court judgement stated that around 35 floors in the compound were unauthorised and illegal....
10:54 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued eviction notices to around 200 families in Worli's posh Campa Cola Compound after a landmark Supreme Court judgement. The residents are preparing to face the demolition squads starting Monday that will raze all illegal floors in the cluster of buildings. While the BMC claims the apex court's judgement will give more teeth to its drive against illegal constructions, the ruling is set...
08:51 AM, Apr 28, 2013
A population spurt in the Mumbra-Kalwa belt in Thane district has led to a booming illegal construction business with an estimated 2 lakh unauthorized flats. Former BMC commissioner GR Khairnar spoke out after the building collapse and said that the municipal commissioners are as much culpable as the builders and must be punished for allowing the illegal construction. He said, "Just like we are prosecuting the builders, we should prosecute ...
08:34 PM, Apr 05, 2013
It's tough to imagine Holi with no water, but that is exactly what Mumbai is aspiring to do this year. An extreme water crisis in the state has prompted various institutions in the city to try and do their bit during this festival. As Maharashtra faces one of its worst droughts in four decades, the city promises to do its bit. ...
08:25 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Maharashtra is facing one of its worst droughts in the last four decades. But the Congress remains unfazed, as it pulled out all the stops for a red-carpet welcome to party Vice President Rahul Gandhi during his day-long trip to Mumbai. ...
07:40 PM, Mar 02, 2013
Three people were arrested on Thursday after three were killed and six injured as a portion of an under-construction bridge collapses at Marol in suburban Mumbai. The construction contractor's team is being questioned for possible negligence. ...
12:00 PM, Feb 07, 2013
Year after year residents of Mumbai suffer from bad roads and water cuts - while the assets of the members of the BMC continue to grow. Even much of the Rs 27000 crore allocated for the BMC remain unused. ...
07:20 AM, Feb 06, 2013
Amitabh Bachchan launched The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation's virtual classroom facility and cleanliness drive. After inaugurating the expansion of the virtual classroom facility aimed at providing education to over 400 civic schools in Mumbai and distributing iron tablets as a part of an anti-malnutrition campaign, Amitabh Bachchan pledged his support to the cause of a clean Mumbai through BMC's latest clean up drive. ...
10:42 AM, Jan 24, 2013
Weeks after an electricity bill from Nallasopara slum colony brought a "Chhota Pakistan" to light in Thane district, a birth certificate issued to a resident from Gandhinagar locality in Mira-Bhayander, has revealed a settlement called "Bangladesh Zopadpatti". This slum pocket in Bhayander West, housing around 700 people from rural Maharashtra, is just a stone throw away from Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) and finds a place in the government records too....
03:40 PM, Jan 15, 2013
