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Small Large The state government’s drive to clean up the Airoli creek has been bolstered by the support from volunteer groups run by young and environmentally conscious people The amount of filth and garbage that’s being unearthed in the ongoing drive to clean-up the mangroves in Airoli, Mumbai – which the state government declared the ‘Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary’ in 2015 – has left even the authorities astounded. The Mangrove and Marine Biodiversity Conservation Foundation of Maharashtra, along with three volunteer groups, started the drive in the last week of December, and h...

BMC unveils Rs 39,038 crore budget; here are the key highlights Mirror Online / Updated: Feb 3, 2021, 17:39 IST The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( BMC), which is the richest civic body in the country, on Wednesday unveiled its Rs 39,038.83 crore budget for the year 2021-22. The total budget estimates for the next financial year are 16.74 per cent more than the last fiscal, when it had presented a budget of Rs 33,441.02 crore. During 2021-22, the proposed capital expenditure is Rs.18,750 crore. From this, work of various STP projects, coastal road, GMLR, Hydro - Solar Power Project at ...

Big push for infra, BMC schools to be designated as 'Mumbai Public Schools' ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Wed, Feb 3 2021 20:51 IST | ​ 0 Views Municipal Commissioner I.S. Chahal. Image Source: IANS News Mumbai, Feb 3 : Hoping to improve the public perception towards the schools run by the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the country's richest civic body has decided to redesignate all its schools as 'Mumbai Public Schools', while giving a mega-push to infrastructure development of the country's commercial capital, BMC Commissioner I.S. Chahal said here on Wednesday. Presentin...

BMC allots Rs 150 crore for works to mitigate chronic flooding spots File Photo/ FPJ After years of waterlogging woes and facing criticism from all corners, the BMC claims to have been working on war footing towards resolving the city's flooding problem. Of the 386 chronic flooding spots identified by the civic body, civic officials said they have already completed work at 171 spots and prepared a detailed plan for the rest. The civic body has made a budgetary provision of Rs 150 crore for works to mitigate chronic flooding spots in its budget 2021-22. Heavy rainfall in July-September 2020 c...

Updated Feb 01, 2021 | 19:29 IST Two teenagers were arrested in Mumbai for allegedly robbing an RBI official while he was on his evening walk. One of the accused was identified as Furkan Amir Shaikh (Representative Image).   |  Photo Credit: iStock Images Key Highlights The two teenagers allegedly saw techniques of rendering people unconscious before attacking the man Mumbai: Two teenagers from Mumbai allegedly took to the internet to check tricks for knocking people out and they robbed a man using the same. The accused allegedly mugged a senior employee o...