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The civic body has targeted triming of 1.11 lakh dangerous trees before the monsoon

The BMC data also shows that although it transplanted 21,916 trees during the six-year period — between 2018 and 2023 — their survival rate was low. Data on survival of transplanted trees was available only for 9 out of the total 24 wards.

India News: MUMBAI: The results of the annual garden competition organized by the BMC were announced on February 11, Sunday.

Several people throng Mancherji Joshi Five Gardens in Dadar and Dr Abdul Kalam Vanodyan in Malad every day.

As part of their monsoon preparedness, the BMC has issued notices to 4,500 government and private premises, including residential societies.

Two mid 19th-century British East India Company-era cannons, installed to protect Mumbai, have now been refurbished and now adorn two parks, officials said on Monday.The sturdy steel cannons, both over 3 metres long with the inscription 1856, ...

The sturdy steel cannons, both over 3 metres long with the inscription 1856, denoting the year they were cast, were part of many installed by the British rulers to protect the then Bombay, from any seaward aggression via the Arabian Sea.Thes

Recognising their historical significance, the BMC's garden department submitted a proposal to the civic heritage conservation cell seeking approval to restore both the cannons.

The BMC said, Mayors of Municipal Corporations in Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka and Commissioners of Municipal Corporations and related officers were present for the workshop

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