Kalina
Santacruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR), India’s first double-decker flyover, undertaken under the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) of MMRDA, will give much-needed east-west connectivity in Mumbai. The 6.45 km six-lane road was thrown open to commuters last week, opening from Vakola Junction on Western Express Highway (WEH) and extending up to Amar Mahal Junction near the [...] Continue Reading »
The much-awaited Santa Cruz Chembur Link Road (SCLR), which was delayed by 11 years, by breaking 11 coconuts and burning incense sticks, was finally inaugurated by the MMRDA officials recently. Due to election code of conduct politicians were missing from the inauguration, MMRDA quickly completed the ceremony and opened up the link road. Direct connectivity [...] Continue Reading »
The floods of 2005 created mess in the Santa Cruz-Kalina belt but, for many of its residents, their anguish did not end with that one unforgiving monsoon. Every year, whether the rains are ruthless or not, high tide causes flooding in the ground floor houses at Air India Colony in Kalina and at Saraswati Road [...] Continue Reading »
An empty four-storey building collapsed following a heavy rainfall in Mumbai. The building Gopal Bhavan, is situated in Mamlatdar Wadi in suburban Malad. Luckily, there were none living in the apartment as the residents had already been evacuated following the declaration of the structure as ‘dangerous‘ by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Sources say that five [...] Continue Reading »
