Leptospirosis, a bacterial infection transmitted through urine or excreta of rats and cattle, can be fatal if not treated in time. There was widespread water logging all over Mumbai due to Mumbai rains
Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena on 18 dead after wall collapsed on hutments in Pimpripada, Malad East due to heavy rainfall today: It’s not BMC’s failure. It is an accident. It is because of heavy rainfall.
Mumbai Rains: Mumbaikars woke up with heavy rainfalls on Tuesday following which over 20 people have been killed in rain-related wall collapse incident. According to reports, the road in Sangharsh Nagar caved on Tuesday due to heavy downpour in Chandiwali area. As a safety precaution, nearby buildings have been evacuated on Tuesday.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has declared Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' 'Varsha' bungalow as a defaulter.
He was responding to a question raised by NCP member Rahul Narvekar through a Calling Attention notice in the state Legislative Council
Each year, the authorities assure Mumbaikars that the city is prepared for heavy rains. This time such updates about Monsoon preparedness will be given via an app that the BMC is planning to launch.
The BMC decided to re-audit every bridge after the bridge collapse incident near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in March. While the audit in eastern and western suburbs has been complete, the audit of the bridges in island city is pending.
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused the BMC's plea to vacate a stay imposed on the working of Mumbai civic body's Tree Authority that has the power to approve cutting of trees for development projects or repair and upgradation work.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Tuesday invited the ire of the Bombay High Court and also received a lesson on the ecosystem from the court over a plea alleging unauthorised tree cutting.
A departmental enquiry against the then chief engineer (bridges) SO Kori and the then deputy chief engineer RB Tare (both retired) has been ordered. Charges will be framed against the officers accordingly.
In its budget estimates for FY20, the BMC neither proposed any hike in the existing taxes nor any new levy.
A bench of justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre noted that the EOW had already filed chargesheets against a majority of the accused persons in the case and therefore, there was no need for the court to monitor the probe.
As per the BEST workers' union and BMC's previous submissions in court, a 'one-step' increase in pay for BEST workers amounts to around Rs 330 per month.
The Sena had promised merger of the budgets during the civic poll campaign in 2017.
BEST employees began the indefinite strike on Tuesday over various demands, including higher salaries and merger of the budget of the loss-making undertaking with that of the BMC.
The employees came forward for the strike after the BEST administration failed to come up with any concrete solution to resolve their long-pending demands.
The SP corporator in the BMC has written a letter to civic commissioner Ajoy Mehta, drawing his attention to the practice which he termed as unacceptable.
The parents refused to participate in the drive run by the BMC to immunise school children from disease like measles, fearing contraction of infection and diseases due to unsafe handling of vaccines.
By law, civic agencies are responsible for maintaining the roads and footpaths, but often the vehicle owners and drivers involved in accident end up being booked for negligent driving.
The Shiv Sena alleged that those who raise a hue and cry every time Mumbai is flooded due to rains were nowhere to be seen now that Nagpur faced the same situation.
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