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In a move to discourage people from bringing private vehicles to the business district, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is all set to increase parking charges after 16 years by four times. Next on the agenda: parking on streets will be banned and off-street parking will soon be introduced. read more »
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The Maharashtra government said on Tuesday that it was seeking legal opinion on whether private entities could be forced to use ‘Mumbai’ in their names instead of ‘Bombay’, days after the Shiv Sena raised the demand and even blackened some boards which said ‘Bombay’. read more »
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Throwing a protective ring around 524 plots reserved as Recreation Grounds and Playgrounds, the state government has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to ensure that large plots of land reserved for recreation grounds or playgrounds (RGs/ PGs) are not given to private players either on an adoption basis or under the controversial caretaker policy, which would allow private players s read more »
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Following the initiative by two banks to increase forest cover in Titwala, two companies have now offered to contribute in a similar manner in Kausa near Mumbra and in Kalwa.

Mahindra Life Space Developer Limited of the Mahindra Group and Sandoz Pvt Lt have approached the Forest department in Thane requesting it to lease out a 250-hectare plot in Kausa and a 5-hectare plot in Kalwa respectivel read more »
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Constructing a 233-metre concrete bridge 17 metres above the ground with crush-packed local trains zipping past down below; constructing a viaduct at 7 metres above the Andheri flyover on Western Express Highway—that’s a sampling of the engineering challenges whose high-precision solutions are getting fine-tuned in the office of the Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd.

That’s why, K P Maheshwari, directo read more »
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His soul-searching books have inspired readers across the world. Brazilian author Paulo Coelho is undoubtedly a trend, who will soon be a part of an average Maharashtrian’s booklist, thanks to the efforts of city-based Scion Publications Pvt Ltd, which has embarked on a daring and daunting task of translating Coelho’s books from English into Marathi and Gujarati. read more »
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Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and the Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd—the special purpose vehicle executing the 11.4-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro Rail corridor—will inaugurate the first public information centre at Saki Naka. read more »
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FINALLY, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has found a way to implement the ‘Greater Mumbai cleanliness and sanitation bylaws-2006’ — it has shortlisted five private security agencies to fine people littering, spitting or dirtying roads in any other manner.
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