The BMC’s tall promises of making the roads pothole-free before Ganeshotsav have proved hollow, with over 3,000 potholes still dotting Mumbai’s roads. The BMC had set Saturday as the deadline to complete pothole repairs.

Shiv Sena, the ruling party in the BMC, has taken an aggressive stance on the issue of proposed heritage structures in the city.

Private parties seeking to develop educational institutes on civic plots reserved for educational purposes will now have to construct schools and amenities on the 15 per cent of land, instead of provi

The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), which will have separate lanes for public transport, will finally get underway in the city.

The civic corporators have come up with their freshest demand for an office on a municipal land to “serve people” at the cost of public exchequer.

As the month of June passed with almost no rains, the BMC announced 10 per cent water cuts across the city from July 1.

Independent corporator Manoj Sansare was announced as one of the group leaders in the BMC with the support of only one corporator.

Heavy rains in the city have finally given the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation an opportunity to evaluate the much-touted cold-mix technology for pothole repairs.

The BMC’s estimated cost of inducing artificial rains in lake catchment areas has increased by `8 crore. The civic body will now spend as much as `20 crore to carry out cloud seeing tests.

Citing Dadar’s Shivaji Park as a Costal Regulation Zone (CRZ) area, the BMC has denied permission to the MNS to construct rainwater harvesting mechanism system at the ground.