Speaking via video-conferencing during a review meeting on Saturday, Excise Minister Desai, who is also the Thane Guardian Minister, said the authorities need to ensure that funds from the District Planning Committee (DPC) be spent on projects
On Wednesday the meeting of Shiv-Sena office bearers was held at Tip Top Plaza hotel in Thane where the discussion was on preparations for attending the Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray meeting on May 14 at BKC
NCP activists on Sunday performed milk 'abhishek' on statues of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Thane city and Ambernath township in Maharashtra. They also staged a protest against Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai to condemn the alleged desecration of Chhatrapati Shivaji's statue in Bengaluru. Also Read: Shivaji statue defacing: Bengaluru police register FIR
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Thane district also continued to face the fury of incessant rains
Train and bus services were halted due to the flooding in certain regions
Mumbai: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) sounded a red alert for Mumbai and other districts in the Konkan region, predicting extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places over the next 24 hours.
Mumbai and its neighbouring districts of Thane, Palghar and Raigad have been witnessing heavy rains since the last couple of days.
Five members of a family were killed on Monday after a boulder rolled down and crashed on their home due to incessant rains in Thane city, while seven people were feared drowned at separate places in Maharashtra as Mumbai reeled under downpour for the second day, leading to water-logging and disruption in local train services, officials said.
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