Santa Cruz
In Mumbai, on Saturday, Christians are going to march to Azad Maidan to protest for land acquisition notices issued to various churches and church-run schools. The protest is being conducted under the banner of Save Our Land (SOUL). Activists say, since December they have been approaching various authorities including the municipal commissioner to withdraw the [...] Continue Reading »
A repeat land acquisition notice has been issued by BMC to a home for the dying and destitute in Santa Cruz. The notice requires them surrender part of its compound for road-widening. The activists, however, point out that the traffic bottleneck is near the station, not the hospice. Providing shelter to 65 mentally disabled inmates [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has for the third time extended the deadline for getting objections and suggestions from the citizens for the existing land use (ELU) maps. Since January 24, deadlines have been shifted twice. Now it has been extended for another month. BMC had got around 3,000 responses on the last day of giving [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has got around 3,000 responses on the last day of giving suggestions for the existing land use (ELU) maps. With just one day remaining, 3,000 people came out with suggestions and feedback on the deadline day. At least two months of period was given to the citizens to respond to the [...] Continue Reading »
Bombay High Court has recently directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to raze the illegal structures which have been rebuilt again. This came into light after a housing society in Santa Cruz filed a petition against an unauthorized construction in front of a division bench. Hearing the case, the two Judges involved reminded the civic [...] Continue Reading »
In India, where the bureaucracy is often criticized to be working under political pressure or in nexus with the lobbies, a bureaucrat’s action would be appreciated to work out a solid construction approval system in Mumbai. The influence of the powerful builders’ lobby in Mumbai has been curtailed due to the firm steps taken by [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be stopping the water supply to the western suburbs on December 8 and 9, 2011. BMC has decided to replace the water pipes and the works might be carried over to other couple of days, therefore has asked the residents of Mumbai to co-operate with the same. Some areas like; [...] Continue Reading »
