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1 month, 3 weeks ago

AQI Moderate, Light Showers Possible in Mumbai

Mumbai's air quality remains moderate, with light showers possible in the coming days. The city's average AQI was 132, with PM2.5 and PM10 pollutants contributing to the moderate air quality. While experiencing the effects of firecrackers due to Diwali, light showers are expected on Wednesday and Thursday, offering a potential relief. The maximum temperature in Mumbai was 34.2 degrees Celsius, …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra cabinet approves allotment of part of Deonar dumping yard to Dharavi redevelopment project

The Hindu

As part of the cabinet desicsions taken today, the Maharashtra cabinet approved the allotment of over 1,24.3 acres of Deonar dumping yard land to the Dharavi redevelopment project. “The land has been approved for the “Government Decision for Construction of Free / Affordable Houses on Rent to Eligible / Ineligible Residents of Dharavi by Special Purpose Company of Slum Rehabilitation …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Dharavi redevelopment: State proposes sending residents to Deonar dumping yard

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: After meeting with staunch opposition in places like Mulund, Kurla, Dahisar and Bhakti Park, the state housing department has proposed to rehabilitate Dharavi residents who are ineligible for free housing within the slum cluster at the dumping ground in Deonar. “The BMC is corresponding with the state government regarding using the Deonar dumping ground plot for rental housing for …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

BMC will enforce a two-day ban on animal slaughter and meat sale amid Paryushan Parv

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: A day after the Bombay high court directed the civic bodies in the state to urgently consider and decide a Jain trust’s plea seeking a temporary ban on animal slaughter and sale of meat during the Paryushan festival, the Deonar abattoir, run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will remain shut for two days on September 4 and 7, this …

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4 months ago

BEST wet lease drivers call off strike

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: The wet lease drivers of BEST called off their strike on Thursday afternoon. HT Image The flash strike was called by the wet lease drivers on Tuesday after an altercation with technical staff inside Deonar depot. “A message by the wet lease contractor SMT-ATPL said that the strike at Deonar depot was called off from 14.15 hours. Now, a …

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5 months, 1 week ago

78-year-old injured in GMLR hit-and-run succumbs to injuries

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: A 78-year-old pedestrian, Basha Shaikh, who was injured in a hit-and-run incident on Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road, succumbed to his injuries on Monday night. Shaikh, a resident of Shivaji Nagar in Govandi, was hit by an unidentified auto-rickshaw on July 9, resulting in a severe head injury. Shoaib later called his father’s mobile number, and an unknown person answered, informing …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Despite rollback of staff dismissals, TISS faces heat for handling of situation

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: The Tata Institute of Social Sciences has come under fire for its handling of recent staff terminations, despite a temporary withdrawal of dismissal notices amidst public outcry. "This decision came in response to a huge public outrage against the current TISS administration under the BJP-led union government's decision to terminate employees whose salaries were paid by the Tata Education …

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6 months, 1 week ago

One man on a mission to save 38 trees in Govandi

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: Appalled at how a large number of trees were dying in Govandi due to concretised bases and civic apathy, 39-year-old Irfan Khan decided to take matters into his own hands. After his complaints to BMC went unheeded, last month Khan approached the Bombay high court with a writ petition to save 38 trees. His petition said that 11 of …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bakrid 2024: Deonar abattoir sees sale of 200K goats and 15K buffaloes

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: A workforce of over 1,000 from the BMC will be put in action on the day of Bakrid, likely to be on June 17. With 200,000 goats and 15,000 buffaloes brought to the Deonar Abattoir for sale, the BMC has arranged for facilities for the sale, transportation and purchase of the animals. For the elimination of the approximately 7,500 …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Govandi’s Rafi Nagar cemetery now officially open

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: Nine months after the Rafi Nagar cemetery in Govandi was shut owing to the incidence of partially undecomposed bodies, the burial ground was officially thrown open on February 27. Burials had resumed at the cemetery around two months ago, but an official notice was pasted following requests from local residents, said the medical officer of health of the Brihanmumbai …

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1 year ago

After defeating one BMC project, Govandi residents brace for another battle

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: Residents of Govandi, subjected to toxic fumes from a biomedical waste treatment plant since 2009, won a long battle in September when the Bombay high court directed the BMC to shift the plant to Patalganga in Borivali within two years. “Govandi has become a testing hub and we are the guineapigs,” said Faiyyaz Alam Shaikh, president of the Govandi …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Many Dharavi leather units to be shifted to a swanky space in Deonar

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: The leather industry in Dharavi is set to get a shot in the arm with the state government’s plan to set up an industrial park on a two-acre land parcel near the Deonar abattoir. Dhammajyoti Gajbhiye, managing director of Lidcom, said such an enterprise was needed, as the number of leather units in Dharavi have dwindled over the years. …

State Units Leather Dharavi Deonar Raibage Gajbhiye

1 year, 2 months ago

Man booked for claiming ownership of Deonar ACP office

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: A 45-year-old man was booked for allegedly trying to usurp government land in Chembur where the office of the assistant commissioner of police of Deonar division is located. HT Image According to the Tilak Nagar police officials, when they carried out an enquiry, they learnt that the man who claimed ownership of the land had forged documents like the …

Land Nagar Deonar Tilak Nagar Gulhane

1 year, 3 months ago

HC pulls up state govt, BMC over graveyard issue in M East ward

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Tuesday once again pulled up the state government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for the lack of progress on the issue of the shortage of burial space in the M/East ward. HT Image This time, however, there was an additional fresh petition challenging the state government’s cancellation of a cemetery reservation. The court enlisted …

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1 year, 7 months ago

NGO report on solid waste nails misinformation in BMC claims

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: In contradiction to the BMC’s Environmental Status Report, which claimed that waste collection from the city was 6,300 metric tonnes per day, an RTI by an NGO, Praja Foundation, found waste collected to be 7,582 MTD in 2022. HT Image The Praja Foundation’s annual report on the Status of Civic Issues in Mumbai, released on Tuesday, concentrates on the …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Godrej Properties acquires legendary actor Raj Kapoor's Mumbai bungalow

Hindustan Times

Godrej Properties Ltd on Friday said it has acquired legendary film actor, director and producer Raj Kapoor's Bungalow at Chembur in Mumbai to develop a luxury housing project. In May 2019, Godrej Properties had acquired R K Studios in Chembur from the Kapoor family to develop a premium mixed-use project Godrej RKS. Gaurav Pandey, MD and CEO, Godrej Properties, said, …

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2 years, 7 months ago

After Delhi, bulldozer rolls in Mumbai: Action on around 200 unauthorized huts in Govandi

India Today

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation took an eviction action on 215 unauthorized huts built on private vacant land in the Govandi area, Mumbai, on Tuesday. The corporation had received a complaint that a large number of unauthorized huts were built on private vacant land at Deonar village, Patilwadi, Govandi, Mumbai. With immediate notice, eviction action was taken against the unauthorized huts …

Mumbai Govandi Unauthorized Huts Eviction Action

2 years, 10 months ago

As Covid cases drop, no building sealed in Mumbai for the first time since pandemic began

India Today

For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, no building or floor in any building was sealed in Mumbai as on Tuesday. The last building in the city was sealed in M-East Ward, which was also released on Monday, according to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's Covid dashboard. As per the BMC guidelines, an entire building will be sealed only if …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Mumbai court convicts man for stalking, winking at 12-year-old girl and luring her with Rs 100

India Today

A special court in Mumbai has sentenced a 28-year-old man to four years in jail for stalking a minor girl, winking at her and luring her with money to accompany him. There is no reason to discard or disbelieve her version.” Judge Seema Jadhav said, “From the evidence on record, it emerges that the accused had stalked the victim on …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Bombay High Court Refuses To Interfere With BMC's Restrictions On Bakrid Animal Sacrifices

Live Law

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the BMC's circular limiting to 300, the number of water buffaloes to be sacrificed at the designated Deonar abattoir across three days of Eid-ul-Adha or Bakriid, from July 21 to July 23. On Tuesday, the Court said that the petitioner's primary grievance to designate a place to slaughter big animals …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Bombay High Court refuses to interfere with BMC's circular on animal sacrifices for Bakr Eid

India Today

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday disposed of two petitions, seeking directions to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to increase the permitted number of sacrifices of water buffaloes at Deonar Abattoir in Mumbai on Bakr Eid. Petitioners Al-Quarish Human Welfare Association and All India Jamiatul Quresh, however, requested the Court to increase the permit in the slaughterhouse from 300 to 700 …

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AQI Moderate, Light Showers Possible in Mumbai

Maharashtra cabinet approves allotment of part of Deonar dumping yard to Dharavi redevelopment project

Dharavi redevelopment: State proposes sending residents to Deonar dumping yard

BMC will enforce a two-day ban on animal slaughter and meat sale amid Paryushan Parv

BEST wet lease drivers call off strike

78-year-old injured in GMLR hit-and-run succumbs to injuries

Despite rollback of staff dismissals, TISS faces heat for handling of situation

One man on a mission to save 38 trees in Govandi

Bakrid 2024: Deonar abattoir sees sale of 200K goats and 15K buffaloes

Govandi’s Rafi Nagar cemetery now officially open

After defeating one BMC project, Govandi residents brace for another battle

Many Dharavi leather units to be shifted to a swanky space in Deonar

Man booked for claiming ownership of Deonar ACP office

HC pulls up state govt, BMC over graveyard issue in M East ward

NGO report on solid waste nails misinformation in BMC claims

Godrej Properties acquires legendary actor Raj Kapoor's Mumbai bungalow

After Delhi, bulldozer rolls in Mumbai: Action on around 200 unauthorized huts in Govandi

As Covid cases drop, no building sealed in Mumbai for the first time since pandemic began

Mumbai court convicts man for stalking, winking at 12-year-old girl and luring her with Rs 100

Bombay High Court Refuses To Interfere With BMC's Restrictions On Bakrid Animal Sacrifices

Bombay High Court refuses to interfere with BMC's circular on animal sacrifices for Bakr Eid