Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
After the Maharashtra government was forced to announce a change in the draft development plan (DP) owing to gross mistakes and critical comments by various urban planners, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief has assured that the new draft of the Development Plan (DP) 2034 will be completely error-free. Citizen forums and activists who protested [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) representatives have strongly expressed their dislike to take the contribution of special planning body in materializing the proposed and ongoing metro and mono rail projects. The MMRDA proposed plan was rejected strongly in the Chief Minister chaired authority meeting. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority conducted a meeting along with [...] Continue Reading »
With a Bandra-based builder – Innovative Construction Pvt Ltd – allegedly excavating of a portion of the Worli Hill, residents have expressed the concern that the move will apparently pose a risk to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) existing 22 million litre capacity reservoir atop the hill. According to the Worli Hill residents, a compound [...] Continue Reading »
A Mazgaon high-rise has become the first in south Mumbai since 2010 to get the BMC approval after height restrictions for high-rises situated close to the Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) were recently lifted by the Bombay High Court. The BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) had earlier issued a policy guideline requiring high-rise projects coming up within [...] Continue Reading »
A formal proposal has been submitted to the state government to bring all the roads within the limits of Mumbai under the jurisdiction of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Sitaram Kunte the BMC Municipal Commissioner stated that his team has submitted the report to the government. It is under the purview of the government now. They [...] Continue Reading »
CIDCO (City and Industrial Development Corporation) had appointed a Committee, headed by Mr. N V Mirani the former Principal Secretary, to survey the present condition of buildings constructed nearly 20-25 years ago in Navi Mumbai. The Mirani Committee, which submitted its report recently, stated that the buildings have become decrepit due to the lack of [...] Continue Reading »
The Mumbai Transformation Support Unit or MTSU which is a state government think thank recommended for a fresh design to ease the traffic at the Haji Ali Junction and also on Peddar road which is an aerial north south connector. The aerial connector will be able to cut down the rise in traffic problems in [...] Continue Reading »
With regard to the proposed demolition of 96 flats constructed illegally in the Campa Cola compound in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) told the Supreme Court on Monday that an out-of-court settlement of the dispute was “not possible.” In response to the query by a bench led by Justice S J Mukhopadhaya about the [...] Continue Reading »
Even as the BrihanMumbai Municipal has stood strongly against the residents of the Campa Cola Compound, there were a total of 4000 buildings which continued to stay tall and erect despite being given several orders of demolition. The Comptroller and Auditor General has mentioned in its latest report of Monday that there were a total [...] Continue Reading »
In a recent report, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has revealed that civic authorities may demolish parts for a new 21-stoery residential tower in Parel, Mumbai. The demolition of parts of the tower – built by realty developer Isa Enterprises – is seemingly imminent because of certain violations in construction. According to the demolition-related details [...] Continue Reading »
