MMRDA
A source says that RDSO is likely to issue ‘speed certificate’ to Mumbai Metro. The RDSO concluded that this will provide the path for the operator Reliance Infra obtaining safety certificate. A source added that the process of issuing the certificate for the Mumbai Metro is almost completed. The trial report is nearly ready and [...] Continue Reading »
Just days before the Election Commission’s code of conduct come into effect, the state government has gone all out with the programme to attract votes. It plans to implement infrastructure projects that are bound to improve the transportation network in Mumbai. The various projects being floated include: Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s (MMRDA) tenders for an elevated [...] Continue Reading »
Finally, the metro plan of Navi Mumbai sees the light of the day! City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) is likely to start the bidding process soon for the project. The awarding of bids would include for rolling stock and systems for Navi Mumbai’s first metro rail corridor – Belapur–Kharghar–Taloja–Pendhar. A meeting was held recently [...] Continue Reading »
With the fast pacing growth in the city with high rise, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has no idea of the number of open spaces or plots in Mumbai. The civic body which is an authority body, supposed to keep records of all the plots available in the city, but fails to do so. It does [...] Continue Reading »
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has confirmed that the housing policy which was long pending will be announced in the next two days. This was announced during a meeting where all housing and other related issues were discussed. The meeting was attended by all the MLAs from Mumbai. With the announcement, it is believed that [...] Continue Reading »
The rental housing scheme by MMRDA has been lying aside for a while as it is awaiting final approval from the state CM. This scheme has become one of the worst-hit projects of MMRDA as around 5,000 flats have been constructed but none have been allocated. These 5,000 flats in Thane have been constructed by [...] Continue Reading »
BMC is coming up with a new mechanism to find out and demolish the illegal constructions or the changes that have been done in a building or apartment in Mumbai by making a special team of officials who will be responsible for eradicating such structures. This motion will be public from May onwards where at least [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra Government has decided to give the developers in Mumbai an opportunity to use 100 percent of basement area in an upcoming building for parking facility. This initiative has been taken by the state in an attempt to avoid the parking woes caused by the occupancy of roadside spaces by cars. Currently, only 50 [...] Continue Reading »
If you are a regular traveller via the Kalanagar junction then a good news for the commuters especially to and from the Bandra-Kurla Complex is the city’s business park. To save travelling time, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is planning to come up with two tunnels and a flyover connecting BKC. The flyover [...] Continue Reading »
Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted interim stay to senior bureaucrat T C Benjamin, on an order directing the Maharashtra Anti- Corruption Bureau (ACB) to investigate accusations against him in an alleged real estate scam. The ACB registered an FIR against Benjamin, the Principal Secretary of the State Urban Development Department, and developer Niranjan Hiranandani, [...] Continue Reading »
