Mumbai: A provision of about Rs 160 crore for the environment and climate change department in the BMC budget for 2026-27 is more than double that of about Rs 76 crore made in the revised estimates for 2025-26. The BMC said it aims to leverage climate budgeting as a governance system, to allocate resources to…
Mumbai: The BMC budget has proposed a multimodal, multi-deck underground tunnel connectivity project to tackle traffic congestion. The system will be designed to carry vehicular traffic on one level, and utilities and drainage systems on another. The drainage system will also serve in flood mitigation during heavy rainfall.“Underground tunnel-based connectivity will be constructed at traffic…
Mumbai: The ecologically sensitive area (ESA) around the Sawantwadi-Dodamarg wildlife corridor has been set at 212.59 sq km spread over 25 villages in Sindhdurg district.The Union Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) issued the final notification on Tuesday. The draft notification had been issued in March last year. In a PIL filed by…
Navi Mumbai: Environmental groups and city residents will form a silent human chain on March 1 at 8.30 am to peacefully protest against NMMC’s decision to axe as many as 440 full-grown trees for the proposed underpass to be constructed at Sanpada along Palm Beach Road, opposite Kesar Solitaire building in Sector 19, Sanpada.The protest…
Mumbai: A 37-year-old motorcyclist died after his two-wheeler collided with the side luggage door of a private bus that had been left open while the bus was stationary at Malad (W). The bus driver and owner fled without taking the victim, Vasant Godekar, to a doctor. It was the bus’s 17-year-old cleaner who tied his…
Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced that the BMC has been directed to use IoT and AI to create a dynamic system to monitor air pollution at all construction sites. The issue of air pollution resounded in the legislative council, with legislators raising the issue of air pollution in Mumbai and across the state…
The Messi Experience – A Dream Come True, an internationally acclaimed immersive exhibition celebrating the extraordinary journey of global football icon Leo Messi, making its India debut in March 2026. The internationally celebrated The Messi Experience – A Dream Come True is set to arrive in India this March as part of its 2026 world…
Mumbai: School teachers will not be assigned booth level officer (BLO) duties during the exam period, said minister of state for school education Pankaj Bhoyar in the Legislative Council on Tuesday.The issue of teachers being used to count the number of stray dogs in Greater Mumbai was raised during Question Hour by NCP MLC Vikram…
Mumbai’s civic body plans a significant education budget increase for 2026-27 MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed an education outlay of Rs 4,248.08 crore for 2026-27, a 7.4% increase over last year’s budget estimate of Rs 3,955.64 crore. The allocation includes a slew of initiatives ranging from National Cadet Corps (NCC) units in…
MUMBAI: Four men from Wasseypur in Jharkhand were arrested Tuesday night for threatening a Borivali-based jeweller by posing as Lawrence Bishnoi gang members and demanding Rs 30 lakh. They have no connection with Bishnoi gang. The accused had left threat calls and messages on the jewellery store’s mobile number , warning that if money wasn’t…
