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India's largest tunnel boring machine begins excavation in Vikhroli for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train projectAccording to a press release, of the total 21 km long underground tunnel section, 16 km between Sawli (Ghansoli) and Bandra Kurla Complex (...
Dharavi redevelopment poses one of India's biggest real estate execution tests: HSBCThe Dharavi Redevelopment Project, one of the world's largest urban regeneration initiatives, presents a "massive execution challenge"Group...
Dharavi to become a smart city: HSBC says Asia's largest slum could soon have metro stations, green spaces & 125,000 new homesDharavi's massive redevelopment project, a joint venture between the Maharashtra government and Adani Group, aims to transform the Mumbai s...
Mumbai's Mithi river woes: Unkept promises lie buried under poll noiseMumbai's recent dust storm and subsequent rainfall brought relief but also havoc to homes along the Mithi riverbanks, reminding residents o...
Can't forget July 2005 deluge in Mumbai: HC on plea against Mithi river improvement projectThe Bombay High Court refuses wide relief to a welfare society opposing the Mithi river improvement project due to extensive damage caused ...
Packaging firm Huhtamaki partners RiverRecycle and VTT to tackle floating river waste in IndiaThe Mithi River project is run by a global partnership between UNTIL (now known as UN Global Pulse), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finla...
2005 & 2018 lessons: Airports near rivers prone to floodingCochin airport is expected to remain shut until August 28. The prolonged closure echoes what happened in Mumbai in 2005 and Chennai in 2015...
- Mithi hasn’t shamed Mumbai the city has shamed the river
A foul-smelling river snaking through the city was Mumbai’s best-kept secret till a heavy rain day, July 26, 2005, exposed its filthy under...
- Brimstowad project gets Rs 400 crore
PM Manmohan Singh asked the BMC to complete Brihanmumbai storm water drain (Brimstowad) upgradation project "well ahead of its schedule of ...
- Mithi river project to get Rs 300-cr central aid
The meandering Mithi river revival project is set to get a Rs 300-crore prop from the ministry of urban development.
- 26/7 still a bad dream for city
Two years after it almost drowned, Mumbai offers a contrasting climate on the second anniversary of 26/7.
- For Joseph, BMC job was one of the toughest ever
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to install four giant, high-capacity pumps to flush out rainwater and prevent wate...
- BMC prepared for 26/7 repeat
Mumbai this time won’t get submerged under rainwater assures the new municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak just ahead of the approaching mon...
- MMRDA to resettle slumdwellers
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has been assigned the task of the resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R) of the...
- Centre to fund city storm water drain
The Maharashtra government has achieved partial success in getting Mumbai’s infrastructure projects approved by the Centre.
- Centre's nod to two city NURM projects soon
Mumbai’s infrastructure projects have finally made some progress with the Centre.
- HC gives state 15 days to complete Mithi clean-up
The Bombay High Court has ordered the state government to finish all remaining work on the Mithi river clean-up by June 28.