Construction activity on the first Metro Rail of Mumbai between Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar, which was stalled following the September 4 accident at the Airport Station, has cost the authorities dearly.

A pedestrian was injured when a piece of solid cement-concrete slurry fell on his head on Saturday morning at the construction site of the Eastern Freeway at Panjrapole-Ghatkopar Link Road.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) officials are at loggerheads on when to start construction of Metro-II (Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd).

The MMRDA now has plans to construct a flyover at the Kherwadi Junction. With this flyover.

The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking has plans to add to its fleet of air-conditioned buses by adding 200 more buses.

It is over a year since the merchant vessel MV Pavit drifted from the Oman coast to the city.

This season’s rainfall is way below the rainfall recorded last year during the same period. According to data available, till date it has rained around 60 per cent.

With continuous urbanisation comes the need for rapid transformation of a city. The island city is no stranger to this, given the various infrastructural projects constantly

Even as the MMRDA faces serious criticism following Tuesday’s accident at a Metro station construction site, the authority feels that Reliance Infrastructure (Rinfra) has a major share in the Mumbai M

The MMRDA officials said on Wednesday that the safety audits done at construction sites aren’t foolproof and there are slips in reviewing it.