BMC Mumbai
The Bombay High Court pronounced a split verdict on an appeal with Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The Civic Body under the jurisdiction of Maharashtra Rent Control Act was empowered reassess properties on the basis of steep market rents payable by individual occupants exempted under the rent law. The battle began when the civic body reassessed [...] Continue Reading »
Water meter reading project which was discontinued in April has been resumed by the BMC. They have already started installing the meters. 90% of the meters that were installed earlier were non-functional and the civic body had been charging consumers on the basis of last consumption. According to the hydraulics department, around 51,500 water meters [...] Continue Reading »
Bombay High Court on Monday while asking Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to ensure that precautions are taken by developers during construction of high rises referred to a recent incident when a coconut tree in a municipal garden killed a top official of a private equity firm. “Trees are falling in your gardens. People are dying,” remarked [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now promised to repair 164 pock-marked locations in the next four days. Fifty-three of these patches are in the island city, 85 in the western suburbs and 26 in the eastern suburbs. Since the onset of the monsoon, the civic administration has been facing flak over pathetic condition of roads. [...] Continue Reading »
BMC’s plan to levy a 100% premium on some areas like flower bed, parking and balconies appeared to have been made under the premise that developers were indulging in commercial exploitation. Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) recommended a maximum of 25% premium on compensatory FSI and that “this area should not be inclusive of [...] Continue Reading »
The common man may think he is the most vulnerable in the corruption chain. But Mumbai’s construction industry-although one of the most powerful and influential lobbies around-is one of the worst affected by the cancer. The city’s builders are not exactly pillars of rectitude, but even those among them who do not deviate from rules [...] Continue Reading »
The new development control (DC) rules-to allow developers to build 25% over the permissible Floor Space Index (FSI) in return for a 100% premium to be paid to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-were passed unanimously by the civic body on Wednesday, the last day for filing objections and suggestions on the DC rulesnotified by the [...] Continue Reading »
Corporators, ministers, and even the chief minister have questioned the BMC’s efforts in repairing the potholes. Potholes have become a major point of argument among the political parties in the civic body. Bad roads are being discussed at every civic body meeting, and a few times, the opposition (Congress-NCP) staged walkouts. The issue has become [...] Continue Reading »
The BMC this monsoon faced a public outcry due to the shoddy state of the roads that have been pockmarked with potholes and bad surfaces. Shoddy pothole repairs were also repeatedly carried out. The corporation currently has a shortage of around 80 engineers in the roads department, which has a cadre of 400 to 450 [...] Continue Reading »
Following the footsteps of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to consider software to monitor complaints about potholes and undertake immediate repairs. Officials claimed that they would be able to attend to potholes immediately with the software. A presentation on the system will be made for corporators and civic officials on [...] Continue Reading »
