Mumbai
Residents association in Versova, Andheri-Mumbai, has decided to set up a security cordon around the mangrove cover in the area.The association says it decided to take matters into their own hands because of the repeated attempts by land sharks to appropriate the mangroves. Despite several complaints from the area`s residents, the official machinery was unable [...] Continue Reading »
The three Regional Transport Offices (RTO) in the Mumbai city have collected Rs 14 lakh as penalty from errant drivers in the past two months alone.The Transport Department has received 4,000-odd complaints from passengers on its helpline 1800-22-0110. Most of the calls were for fare refusals, especially for short distances. Every driver refusing a passenger [...] Continue Reading »
Malad residents found a unique way to mark the triumph of all that is good in mankind. Organized by the Lourdes Colony residents’ advanced locality management (ALM), the cleanliness drive saw volunteers pick up brooms and sweep the streets clean. While most Mumbaikars celebrated Dussehra with family and friends, over 100 citizens from Malad a [...] Continue Reading »
The sales tax department has threatened to take action against many builders after having come across several cases of tax evasion. The Builders have already collected Tax on under-construction property from the property buyers. But only a few have deposited it. Construction projects in the city and the state are once again under the scanner. [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI), the apex body of real estate business in the state, has directed all its members not to book flats without receiving the commencement certificate (CC) from the authorities. This move will ensure that people buy flats only in approved projects. With a view to curb unethical practices, MCHI [...] Continue Reading »
The state government of Mumbai has decided to interlink all sub-registrars’ offices to curb scams. The move will curb instances of a single flat or a property being registered in names of multiple buyers. Once the offices are interlinked, registration officials will be able access all the records pertaining to a particular property at the [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Dadar (W) are happy that the authorities are finally taking steps to stop the exploitation of the historic park-Shivaji Park by political parties and religious leaders for their events. Shivaji Park is much sought-after residential addresses with its old-world charm, a view of the sea or the park, and tree-lined lanes.The only drawback [...] Continue Reading »
Bandra and Khar residents’ associations team up with BMC to control the menace of dengue and malaria. Residents association and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will carry out inspection of building premises and conducting random checks of flats in suburbs. Bandra and Khar residents’ associations will carry out inspection of overhead tanks to ascertain whether they [...] Continue Reading »
The firing at Delhi’s Jama Masjid and a high alert in Mumbai has added to the woes of vehicle owners in the city. Following an emergency meeting on Sunday, Mumbai Traffic Police has ordered no-parking of vehicles within hundred meters of all major Ganpati pandals and two hundred meters of Lalbaugcha Raja. This will be [...] Continue Reading »
By a rough calculation made by the Mumbai civic authorities, at least one lakh million litres of water has gone down the drain this monsoon. If the rainwater harvesting and overflow of lake water could be arrested, the city could be able to get over 1,75,000 million litres of water. Despite last year’s severe shortage, [...] Continue Reading »
