As work on the Rs 190 crore Gateway of India-Radio Club marina project has begun and the state govt has already announced plans for water taxis, the transport scenario on the city’s eastern waterfront is slated to offer citizens game-changing commute to the upcoming Navi Mumbai airport.E-water taxi project Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) will operate…
MUMBAI: Four fatalities were added Tuesday to the list of Covid-19 patients who have died in the state since cases began emerging in May, taking the toll to 14.In Maharashtra, two deaths occurred in Nagpur, one in Chandrapur, and one in Miraj. Elsewhere, a death each was recorded in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.All…
Mumbai: Around 85,000 slum households ineligible for free housing will be rehabilitated in rental housing outside Dharavi. On Tuesday, the state cabinet formally approved the transfer of 21.25 acres of Kurla dairy land to the Dharavi Redevelopment Project. In a press release, the govt said 8.5 lakh people are to be rehabilitated under the project,…
Mumbai: This monsoon, the BMC will spend nearly Rs 154 crore on pothole repairs. BMC officials said this sum is allocated for roads which are yet to be concretised and are under asphalt or paver blocks. Large-scale road concretisation works have been going on in the city for the past two years to make roads…
Mumbai: Mhada will provide a monthly rent of Rs 20,000 to tenants and residents of 96 dangerous buildings who independently arrange for their own alternative accommodation. The housing board will also arrange to lease 400 tenements for them.Mhada had declared these 96 cessed buildings as “extremely dangerous” during its annual pre-monsoon survey.The board has decided…
Mumbai: In a move that may change equations for FYJC aspirants, the state has added provisions on the govt-run admissions portal for introducing SC/ST/OBC quotas in minority institutions. The state says it had notified the decision through a GR last month, reports Yogita Rao.With 50% of seats already reserved for religious and linguistic minorities, the…
Mumbai: After operating with just five food safety officers (FSOs) for nearly a year, the city’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to appoint at least 40 new FSOs by June 7, in a bid to address a severe staffing shortfall. The drug department under the FDA is similarly stretched thin with only five…
Navi Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has instructed the Urban Development Department (UDD) to investigate complaints by environmental groups regarding damage due to dumping of debris at Navi Mumbai wetland, Lotus Lake. The construction debris from the upcoming Navi Mumbai airport project was dumped at the 7.2-acre Lotus Lake, which is protected by a high…
Navi Mumbai:An angadia was robbed of Rs 32 lakh cash by a six-member gang when he went to deposit the cash at an ATM in Juinagar on May 31. One of the robbers, posing as a cop, claimed that the cash was unaccounted for and told him to accompany them to the police station for…
Mumbai: A fortnight after the daughter-in-law of a now expelled Pune NCP leader died by suicide allegedly after being tortured for dowry, a delegation of women MVA functionaries called on governor C P Radhakrishnan on Tuesday to seek the removal of state women’s commission head Rupali Chakankar, who is also president of the women’s wing…
