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Defense’s objections against the redevelopment of a structure near INS Trata are rejected by the Bombay High Court.

October 6, 2023

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court ordered the BMC to process permissions for redeveloping a three-story property near the naval missile battery base INS Trata at Worli in four months without receiving approval from the naval authorities after observing that what was not a security risk to the defense establishment earlier cannot become one on being […]

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Bombay High Court: Tenants have few rights and can’t control redevelopment.

April 10, 2023

MUMBAI: According to the Bombay High Court, tenants have few rights and cannot tell the owner how to renovate their property. The court ordered the BMC to grant a commencement certificate for redevelopment in the matter of a Khar (West) building where an “obstinate tenant” (HC’s words) was delaying renovation. The owner, a limited liability […]

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BMC’s air pollution management strategy in Mumbai depends on builder self-certification.

March 29, 2023

MUMBAI: According to an action plan created by the civic body, if builders do not take action to reduce the dust produced from construction sites, the BMC would issue stop-work warnings to them and take legal action if necessary. If contractors fail to self-certify that a construction project complies with dust mitigation standards, such as […]

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Mumbai: The HC orders the BMC to create regulations for the use of cranes when building highrises.

March 13, 2023

MUMBAI: We expect that none of the highrise developments in the city should render people susceptible and prone to such mishaps, in which innocent people might get maimed or lose their life, stated HC in directing BMC to develop standards for the use of cranes in highrise structures. In a plea, Lokhandwala Residency Tower Cooperative […]

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Bombay High Court ordered MMRDA to stop road-widening work on housing society plot.

September 10, 2020

On 8 September, Bombay High Court ordered MMRDA “for further stalling of road-widening work on a property owned by a housing society” in Kurla, after alleging that the government had “high-handedly” taken over 700 square metres. The work is carried out in an extended road from Kurla to Vakola on a road between Santacruz and […]

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BMC resumes infrastructure work amid lockdown, explains as the pre-monsoon measures.

April 10, 2020

Despite the lockdown, BMC has begun pre-monsoon road-resurfacing, desilting and bridge-building work to prevent accidents, flooding, water-logging and rainfall diseases — it has a little over a month and a half to complete the job. On 6 April, BMC resumed 112 works on roads, bridges and stormwater drains (including desilting) with 2,500 labourers. Additional Municipal […]

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COVID-19: BMC prepares 20 additional hospitals in Mumbai along with quarantine wards.

April 9, 2020

The coronavirus is Spreading like wildfire, the amount of people in Mumbai testing positive for COVID-19 is rising constantly. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has prepared, with this rise, 20 more hospitals with doctors and nurses at standby. “Two, 140-bed hospitals in Vikhroli and Ghatkopar have been equipped with different entry gates and quarantine wards. In […]

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BMC Commissioner seeks to provide temporary shelters for the homeless labourers.

March 31, 2020

BMC commissioner Praveen Pardeshi has instructed building proposals department officials to locate recently built unoccupied buildings in their regions so that they can act as temporary shelters for homeless labourers and other emergencies. Civic officials said there were several such buildings in the city, so it was necessary to use the first few floors of […]

BMC Commissioner seeks to provide temporary shelters for the homeless labourers.more