Expect hygienic khau gully food
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) are all set to cast aside fears associated with street food by implementing a project promoting safety and hygi
MPCB raises a stink over dumping sites
Taking serious note of citizens’ complaints, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has slapped a notice on BMC for repeated violations of environmental norms at dumping grounds.
Auditor’s old note flays contractors
Irate corporators might have forced the civic chief accountant (finance) to apologise for his allegations of their illegal nexus with contractors, but a note prepared much earlier by a now retired chi
60K cases will suffer owing to HC decision
Following the Bombay high court’s decision not to allow law officers employed by the civic body to practice as advocates in courts, the BMC faces a huge challenge to contest about 60,000 cases that ar
Civic body to lend BEST `1.6 crore
To rescue the debt-stricken Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking, the civic body has decided to lend an internal loan of `1,600 crore to it.
BMC to fund construction of four Fobs
Commuters on the Harbour Line will soon get some respite, as the BMC has decided to fund the construction of four foot overbridges (FOBs), which will be built by the Central Railway.
Civic schools to get Iskcon meals
Unhappy with the performance of women self-help groups, the BMC has now decided to handover the charge of the mid-day meal scheme for civic students to International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon).
BMC set to adopt new CWC system
The BMC has decided to adopt a new set of civic works contracts (CWCs) system, which will have a panel of contractors.
BMC to relax road tender terms
After being criticised for failing to attract reputed companies for road works, the BMC has now decided to roll out a red carpet for them by relaxing tender conditions.
Peddar Road witnesses 4th cave-in
The spate of cave-ins at Peddar Road continued, after a part of the road, near Cadbury House fell in on Tuesday afternoon.