September 19, 2020 02:50 IST
While Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of Babasaheb Ambedkar, was not invited, his brother Anandraj was sent an invitation around 11.30 am on Friday.
Sat, Sep 19, 2020September 17, 2020 02:56 IST
In 2017, the state government had awarded construction firms Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Shapoorji Pallonji the contracts to undertake the redevelopment of the chawls at Naigaon and NM Joshi, respectively
Thu, Sep 17, 2020September 16, 2020 23:46 IST
To provide direct connectivity to private commercial hubs, MMRDA had proposed a plan in January and made a policy that any private property can have direct connectivity with Metro stations. The cost of the FOBs will be borne by the private entity.
Thu, Sep 17, 2020September 16, 2020 04:17 IST
While transit camps are used as temporary accommodation for tenants of dilapidated cessed buildings, in many cases, they are themselves in a dilapidated condition.
Wed, Sep 16, 2020September 16, 2020 03:44 IST
Following a complaint filed by Nicolas Almeda, a former corporator, the civic body investigated the matter and first sent a notice to MMRCL on February 8.
Wed, Sep 16, 2020September 09, 2020 01:10 IST
The tender is for carrying out “survey, identification of overhead, overground, underground utilities, and identification of power sourcing options for substations” along the proposed Mumbai-Nasik-Nagpur High-Speed Rail Corridor.
Wed, Sep 09, 2020September 09, 2020 01:03 IST
At a meeting on August 19, the MSRDC signed a deal with the MMRDA to take over the construction of the 16-lane Virar-Alibaug multimodal corridor, officials said.
Wed, Sep 09, 2020September 04, 2020 03:06 IST
While malls were allowed to reopen across the state by the government from August 5, the Thane civic body had continued to keep their shutters down in view of the increasing coronavirus cases in the area.
Fri, Sep 04, 2020September 04, 2020 02:44 IST
Sources from MMRDA said the car shed for these two lines were planned in Dahisar and Charkop. In Charkop, a 16-hectare plot was reserved for the Metro line 2A car shed, while the car depot for Metro line 7 was planned in Dahisar
Fri, Sep 04, 2020September 04, 2020 02:39 IST
The MMRDA is currently undertaking infrastructure projects with a cumulative value of Rs 70,000 crore, including 331 km of Metro rail network and a Rs 23,000 crore mid-sea Mumbai Transharbour Link Corridor.
Fri, Sep 04, 2020September 01, 2020 04:23 IST
An MMRDA official said during the lockdown, banks and other government offices in BKC were open, but it was noticed that employees had taken to cycling down or walking to their workplaces.
Tue, Sep 01, 2020August 30, 2020 03:34 IST
At a review meeting on Friday, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray asked Mumbai Metro and MMRDA officials to examine whether the proposed Metro car shed in Aarey Colony can be shifted to Kanjurmarg or Pahadi-Goregaon.
Sun, Aug 30, 2020August 30, 2020 03:22 IST
During the pre-bid meeting on February 15, at least 16 representatives, however, had raised serious concerns about the plot and said the reclamation site was not suitable for the project.
Sun, Aug 30, 2020August 29, 2020 01:01 IST
Currently, the tallest Metro corridor is the Metro line 4 in Delhi near Haiderpur, which is 28-metre tall from the ground level. It is followed by the Metro line in Bangalore, which is 23-metre tall from the ground, and Metro line 4 in Mumbai.
Sat, Aug 29, 2020August 29, 2020 00:43 IST
On Friday, State Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar confirmed the cancellation of the tender. “We have directed the Dharavi Redevelopment Project Authority to call for a fresh tender,” said Kumar.
Sat, Aug 29, 2020August 28, 2020 02:10 IST
The fifth and sixth line between Thane and Diva will segregate express trains and local services on CR. In 2008, the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) had started work on the fifth and sixth lines
Fri, Aug 28, 2020August 28, 2020 01:39 IST
Housing Minister Jitendra Ahwad, who visited the site, said, “Tomorrow a meeting will be held and immediate transit homes will be provided to people of the apartment. Strict action will be taken against the guilty.”
Fri, Aug 28, 2020August 26, 2020 21:15 IST
The HC directions came on a PIL filed by RTI activist Sapan Shrivastava, after a fire at ESIC hospital killed 10 people.
Thu, Aug 27, 2020August 26, 2020 01:48 IST
According to sources, Larsen & Toubro decided to leave the project owing to delays and cost escalation.
Wed, Aug 26, 2020August 25, 2020 03:49 IST
While commercial space of 2.5 lakh sq m is set to be generated after the revamp, the station will be in the hands of the developer for 60 years.
Tue, Aug 25, 2020August 24, 2020 00:50 IST
An auditor said the 17 hospitals submitted 4,106 bills of Covid-19 patients. Of them, 3,347 have been scrutinised and at least 1,362 bills were found inflated. “The total excess amount is Rs 1.82 crore,” the auditor added.
Mon, Aug 24, 2020July 13, 2020 01:19 IST
Spread over 2.4 sq km, Dharavi, which is home to over 60,000 families, is Asia’s largest slum. While the redevelopment has been on every political party’s agenda since 2004, it has failed to take off so far.
Mon, Jul 13, 2020July 02, 2020 01:56 IST
The Rs 1.1 lakh crore project, the Centre's flagship collaboration with Japan that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had described as a “white elephant”, was announced jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in Tokyo in 2017.
Thu, Jul 02, 2020July 01, 2020 23:00 IST
A senior officer from the MHADA said at present, it did not have the desired housing stock to conduct a larger lottery. The Covid-19 pandemic brought to a halt the construction of houses houses supposed to be completed this year.
Wed, Jul 01, 2020June 20, 2020 02:28 IST
A statement by MMRDA late Thursday said to enable participation of Indian companies, the eligibility criteria would be revised, giving chance to manufacturing facilities working in India for the last 10 years on similar projects.
Sat, Jun 20, 2020