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The acute power shortage in the state, aggravated by absence of rains, will hit the industries in Maharashtra the hardest.

Beginning Tuesday midnight, all industries in the state will have to face extra eight hours of load-shedding, over and above the 16 hours that they undergo every week.

If the power demand-supply situation does not improve, the staggering (load-shedding) could soon go u read more »
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After coming close to clinching the deal to buy the Bhatsa dam in Thane, the main source of water supply to Mumbai, at a cost of Rs 800 crore, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has backed out.

That’s because the engineering committee set up by the civic body to conduct the feasibility study of the dam, reported that it had developed huge burrows and cracks with several leaky spots. read more »
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The city may have to go through water cuts this summer to help its parched neighbours.

Municipal corporations around Mumbai, faced with an acute water shortage, have rushed in to claim the city's daily share of 3,400 million litres of water.

The BMC has already received a request from Thane Municipal Corporation for an additional 100 million litres of water every day. This, besides the 1 read more »
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Even as inflation-driven rising prices are forcing citizens to cut down on groceries, some traders are aggravating the problem by hoarding commodities to create shortages and make a profit.

One such trader was arrested on Thursday for hoarding around 9,400 quintals (1 quintal = 100 kg) of mutter (pea read more »
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More water in 2008 was the promise civic chief Jayraj Phatak made to the residents of Mumbai three months ago. On Monday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced that Mumbai would get an extra 70 million litres per day (MLD), which will meet the needs of nearly one lakh families, in a fortnight.

However, engineers of the BMC's water department say nothing of the sort will happe read more »
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The problem of acute housing shortage faced by Mumbai Police may soon be over, as talks are on between the state government and the Remaking of Mumbai Federation (ROMF), a body of associations of various stakeholders and eminent personalities aimed at the planned redevelopment of Mumbai city, to refurbish the existing police infrastructure and housing setup. read more »
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Chronic shortages of electricity are damaging many Indian industries' ability to expand the economy.
Random electricity outages mean that workers at small factories in Thane, many of which make forged metal components, plastics or chemicals, are forced to spend half their shifts sitting idly waiting for machinery to come back to life. "This is not only costing us in terms of production; we are read more »
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The power situation in Maharashtra has improved considerably over the last few days. The reason is the unseasonal rains in the state recently. read more »
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