GVK won’t start Navi Mumbai Airport work unless airport land is vacated totally

GVK won’t start Navi Mumbai Airport work unless airport land is vacated totally

Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai International Airport may still get delayed as GVK, the majority shareholder has asked the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd. (CIDCO), who holds 26 % of equity in the SPV—Navi Mumbai international airport limited (NMIL), to hand over a fully vacant land to begin construction work. Since 2018, […]

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray asks the environment department to look into the destruction of Uran wetlands

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray asks the environment department to look into the destruction of Uran wetlands

Navi Mumbai / Uran: Maharashtra Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray, has asked the environment department to look into the alleged destruction of Uran wetlands, responding to the the hue and cry of environmentalists in the area. Responding promptly to the situation, Thackeray has asked the authority to look into the destruction of mangroves and wetlands in […]

Activists irked as CIDCO omits Board Resolutions from website

Activists irked as CIDCO omits Board Resolutions from website

Navi Mumbai/ CBD-Belapur: City activists and citizens are irked as the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO) has ceased publishing board resolutions on their website. Questions are being raised on the intent of such a move. Apparently activists are angered by the development authority’s move to hide such important details from the […]

MIAL needs encumbrance-free land to start work on Navi Mumbai International Airport

MIAL needs encumbrance-free land to start work on Navi Mumbai International Airport

Mumbai: The Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) has demanded asked the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd. (CIDCO) to hand over an encumbrance-free land to commence construction activity on the Navi Mumbai International Airport runway and terminal building. This comes as yet another hurdle since the PAP compensation and agreement issues, having already […]

Annasaheb Misal out, Abhijit Bangar in as new NMMC Commissioner

56 seats reserved for female candidates for the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation polls 2020

Navi Mumbai: The reservations for the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation polls or the civic polls 2020 have been announced with a whole lot of provision for female candidates. The NMMC civic polls will be conducted the polls in a total of 111 wards of Navi Mumbai out of which 56 seats have been reserved for […]

CIDCO may serve notice to MIAL for delay in Navi Mumbai airport work

CIDCO may serve notice to MIAL for delay in Navi Mumbai airport work

Navi Mumbai: The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd. (CIDCO) is considering serving a notice to the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) for delay in commencement of work for the Navi Mumbai International Airport runway and terminal building. The managing director of CIDCO, Lokesh Chandra, has been in talks with officials to see […]

NMMT flags off new AC bus service from Vashi to Ghatkopar station

NMMT flags off new AC bus service from Vashi to Ghatkopar station

Navi Mumbai/ Vashi: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) flagged off a new AC bus service between Vashi railway station and Ghatkopar railway station. The bus, plying on route 127, would be the 62nd bus route of the NMMT. The service was inaugurated at the Vashi railway station in the presence of NMMC mayor Jaywant […]

CIDCO fails to restore Bhendkal, Pagote wetlands in Uran before deadline

CIDCO fails to restore Bhendkal, Pagote wetlands in Uran before deadline

Navi Mumbai / Uran: The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd. (CIDCO) has failed to restore the wetlands in Uran, namely Bhendkhal and Pagote by the deadline set by the high court-appointed Mangrove Protection and Conservation Committee. In December, the committee, acting on complaints against destruction of 150 acres of the 160-acre Bhendkhal […]

Navi Mumbai air pollution increasing, next to Mumbai

Navi Mumbai air pollution increasing, next to Mumbai

Navi Mumbai / Mumbai:  On Tuesday, the air in Mumbai stooped to a low, or very poor reading, raising concerns among concerned authorities, who are now gearing up to take progressive action. Apparently, the System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) recorded PM10 (particulate matter of 10 microns and less) level of 344 […]