Bombay Municipal Corporation
-
{
- All
- News
-
Mumbai Rains: Why City Is Most Vulnerable To Urban Flooding
Mumbai rains extremely vulnerable to urban flooding due to a combination of low lying areas and excessive rainfall that the city receives. Also, the heavy construction activity in the city is reducing the catchment area in the metropolis.
-
BMC Elections 2017: Aamir Khan Ad On Mumbai Civic Polls Promoted BJP, Allege Shiv Sena, Congress
A full-page advertisement featuring Bollywood star Aamir Khan in major newspapers on Tuesday has sparked a row, with parties like the Shiv Sena and the Congress alleging that it violated the election code of conduct and seemed to promote the ruling BJP in Mumbai's mega civic election. The ad was issued by an NGO, Mumbai First, urging the city to vo...
-
How Mumbai's Toxic Gas Brought My Family Closer
Last weekend I had a beautiful, surreal experience. It's what you see happen in movies, but seldom in real life. Without a travel plan and without proper packing, I took off on a drive to Nashik along with my family members. To pray at Shani Shingnapur (the ladies stayed back in the car, in case you are wondering!) and then chill over some fine win...
-
South Mumbai Hotel Pays Re 1 Annually For Cuffe Parade Plot
A 3,994 sq m plot adjacent to Vivanta by Taj-President (earlier Hotel President) in Cuffe Parade has become another precious open space lost to the city. Originally belonging to the Collector, the plot had been handed over to the hotel for development and maintenance. Ex-corporator Vinod Shekhar has alleged that the licence period of the hotel had ...
-
Mumbai Rains: Civic Body Helpline Received Over 5,100 Calls in Last 48 Hours
As torrential rains pummelled Mumbai, the 24x7 helpline number of the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) has not stopped ringing since the last two days with civic officials working overtime attending to complaints of water-logging and traffic woes across the metropolis.
-
On Twitter, Salman Khan highlights the plight of pavement-dwelling cancer patients
Cancer patients in danger of losing their makeshift shelters on the pavement outside a Mumbai hospital have found a champion in actor Salman Khan.
-
In one year, birthday girl Aaradhya Bachchan has travelled the world
Aaradhya Bachchan is one today and it's been an eventful year for Aishwarya and Abhishek's little daughter, to say the least.
-
No money to pay fine? Sweep the street clean
'Clean up after yourself.' More and more, this is the dictum being strictly enforced by BMC clean-up marshals who are tired of careless citizens littering the city streets that they struggle to keep clean. When two offenders were nabbed in the act of spitting near the premises of the Ghatkopar (East) station, they were given two options: pay up or ...
-
Relief for BMC employees; Diwali bonus soon
Approximately 35,000 Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) employees will get a Diwali bonus of Rs 7,500 each.
_625x300_22_July_18.jpg?downsize=260:195 "Mumbai Rains: Why City Is Most Vulnerable To Urban Flooding")
-
Mumbai Rains: Why City Is Most Vulnerable To Urban Flooding
Mumbai rains extremely vulnerable to urban flooding due to a combination of low lying areas and excessive rainfall that the city receives. Also, the heavy construction activity in the city is reducing the catchment area in the metropolis.
-
BMC Elections 2017: Aamir Khan Ad On Mumbai Civic Polls Promoted BJP, Allege Shiv Sena, Congress
A full-page advertisement featuring Bollywood star Aamir Khan in major newspapers on Tuesday has sparked a row, with parties like the Shiv Sena and the Congress alleging that it violated the election code of conduct and seemed to promote the ruling BJP in Mumbai's mega civic election. The ad was issued by an NGO, Mumbai First, urging the city to vo...
-
How Mumbai's Toxic Gas Brought My Family Closer
Last weekend I had a beautiful, surreal experience. It's what you see happen in movies, but seldom in real life. Without a travel plan and without proper packing, I took off on a drive to Nashik along with my family members. To pray at Shani Shingnapur (the ladies stayed back in the car, in case you are wondering!) and then chill over some fine win...
-
South Mumbai Hotel Pays Re 1 Annually For Cuffe Parade Plot
A 3,994 sq m plot adjacent to Vivanta by Taj-President (earlier Hotel President) in Cuffe Parade has become another precious open space lost to the city. Originally belonging to the Collector, the plot had been handed over to the hotel for development and maintenance. Ex-corporator Vinod Shekhar has alleged that the licence period of the hotel had ...
-
Mumbai Rains: Civic Body Helpline Received Over 5,100 Calls in Last 48 Hours
As torrential rains pummelled Mumbai, the 24x7 helpline number of the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) has not stopped ringing since the last two days with civic officials working overtime attending to complaints of water-logging and traffic woes across the metropolis.
-
On Twitter, Salman Khan highlights the plight of pavement-dwelling cancer patients
Cancer patients in danger of losing their makeshift shelters on the pavement outside a Mumbai hospital have found a champion in actor Salman Khan.
-
In one year, birthday girl Aaradhya Bachchan has travelled the world
Aaradhya Bachchan is one today and it's been an eventful year for Aishwarya and Abhishek's little daughter, to say the least.
-
No money to pay fine? Sweep the street clean
'Clean up after yourself.' More and more, this is the dictum being strictly enforced by BMC clean-up marshals who are tired of careless citizens littering the city streets that they struggle to keep clean. When two offenders were nabbed in the act of spitting near the premises of the Ghatkopar (East) station, they were given two options: pay up or ...
-
Relief for BMC employees; Diwali bonus soon
Approximately 35,000 Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) employees will get a Diwali bonus of Rs 7,500 each.
