BMC COVID centres case: ED conducts raids in eight locations
• 2 years agoEarlier, the ED had conducted searches at 15 properties in the case, including those of Sujit Paktar, a close aide of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, party functionary Suraj Chavan who is said to be close to Aaditya Thackeray, and IAS officer Sanjeev Jaiswal.
12 deaths, 233 cases and counting… Why Mumbai is witnessing a measles outbreak
Fp Explainers • 2 years agoMumbai is in the grips of a measles outbreak; the city has already recorded 12 deaths and 233 cases of the contagious viral disease. Health officials say that a disruption in the inoculation programme because of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as vaccine hesitancy has caused the surge in infections
Measles outbreak in Mumbai: What is the disease and how is the city fighting to contain it?
Fp Explainers • 2 years agoAs per reports, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has confirmed one death due to measles, while three more casualties caused by the highly contagious disease are suspected. The Centre has rushed a three-member team to assist the state health departments
Bombay High Court jolt to Eknath Shinde group as Uddhav camp gets permission for Dussehra rally
Fp Staff • 3 years agoEarlier, the BMC had denied permission to both the camps to hold a Dussehra rally at the Shivaji Park ground citing law and order concerns. The dispute over the iconic venue was then moved to the Bombay High Court
Mumbai’s Lalbaughcha Raja has been fined Rs 3.66 lakh. This is not the first time
Fp Explainers • 3 years agoThe Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has imposed a fine of Rs 3.66 lakh on the renowned Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh mandal for creating 183 potholes in the roads during festivities. In 2014, the organisers had to shell out Rs 5.56 lakh for ‘damaging roads’
Mumbai: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation makes 162 artificial ponds for the immersion of Ganesha idols
• 3 years agoThis comes after BMC asked the citizens to immerse Ganesha idols made of Plaster of Paris (PoP) in artificial lakes or ponds to encourage people to reduce pollution
Mumbai: More than 60,000 Ganesh idols immersed in a day
• 3 years agoAs many as 60,473 idols were immersed in the sea, other water bodies as well as in artificial ponds on Thursday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said in a release
WATCH: 4-storey building collapses in Mumbai's Borivali; no casualties reported
Fp Staff • 3 years agoThe building was declared dilapidated and had been vacated, the BMC said. The fire brigade is checking whether anyone is trapped under the debris
Mumbai: High Court gives nod for demolition of 100-yr-old dilapidated building, directs occupants to vacate it
• 3 years agoThe BMC in April this year issued a letter to the building's landlord to vacate the premises.
BMC has complete 50% work on second tunnel of Mumbai Coastal Road, says official
• 3 years agoThe excavation work for the 2 km-long second tunnel with a diameter of 12.49 metre began on 11 January this year