IMD predicts heavy to very heavy rain in Konkan, central Maharashtra over next 4-5 daysMumbai and neighbouring Thane are likely to witness maximum rainfall intensity on Friday and Saturday, when the Ganesh festival commences.
19 Aug, 2020, 09.16 AM IST
Mumbai: Modak Sagar lake starts overflowing, a day after TansaThis comes a day after the Tansa lake, another key source of potable water for the metropolis, started overflowing.
26 Jul, 2019, 08.23 PM IST
Now Bullet train to take a big bite of Thane forestThe Bullet train is the fourth project for which verdant forest land in Thane and Palghar districts is being sacrificed.
29 Jul, 2018, 11.32 AM IST
Thanks to good rains, lakes near Mumbai get 99% filledMumbai's water supply comes from seven reservoirs - Modak Sagar, Tansa Lake, Vihar Lake, Tulsi Lake, Upper Vaitarna, Bhatsa and Middle Vait...
26 Sep, 2016, 04.11 PM IST
Overflowing reservoirs likely to end Mumbai's water woesTawadia hoped that more rainfall in the coming days would eliminate water woes in the city following the consecutive droughts in Maharashtr...
03 Aug, 2016, 01.03 PM IST
Thane gets 150 per cent more rainfall this season than last yearAs per the official statement issued here, till July 21 last year, the cumulative rainfall was 451 mm, while for the same period this year ...
21 Jul, 2016, 03.24 PM IST
Planned for urban needs, 12 dams to hit tribals hardA dozen dams planned to provide water in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region will affect at least a lakh tribal people and submerge more than 22...
18 Dec, 2013, 01.34 AM IST
Heavy rains lash Mumbai; flights, trains delayedCrowd at the Chatrapati Shivaji terminus in Mumbai after the trains were late due to incessant rain on Sept 3, 2012.
03 Sep, 2012, 09.20 PM IST