Talking Local News
Navi Mumbai / Airoli: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) will be doing city cyclists a great favour by building a fenced cycle track in Airoli. Cycling enthusiasts around the city have never been happier. The corporation informed that the cycle track, touted to be the first of a kind, will be built in sectors […]
Navi Mumbai / Kalamboli / PMC: Animal lovers are filled with joy as CIDCO recently announced the construction of the ‘promised’ veterinary animal hospital in Kalamboli. While it is reason enough to celebrate, many are doubting the fulfillment of such promise. Why? Well, because CIDCO has made such an announcement three times in the last […]
Navi Mumbai / Panvel: The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra’s (CIDCO) anti-encroachment department cleared a 32 acre land marked as a core airport area. The land in Chinchpada, Panvel, had been encroached upon and illegal chawls had been built on it. The land had first been allotted to the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) […]
Navi Mumbai / Kharghar / Taloja: Residents living between sectors 26 and 40 want a dedicated police station given the growth rate of these areas. Recently, a delegation of members of the Kharghar Taloja Citizens Welfare Association (KTC-WA) met the commissioner of police (CP) Sanjay Kumar in this regard and expressed the need to do […]
Navi Mumbai / Raigad: The Mangroves Protection Committee has barred dumping of debris on wetland sites in Uran and Raigad District, an order applauded by many in the city. On Thursday, the committee officially directed the NMSEZ to bring the order into immediate effect. Apart from banning dumping till further inspection of the wetlands, officials […]
Navi Mumbai / CBD-Belapur: The Public Works Department (PWD) has thrown open all three lanes at the CBD-Belapur flyover, much to the delight of motorists. The work had been underway since the month of March. The flyover had been shut for concretization work after monsoons lashed out in full force last year creating craters and […]
Navi Mumbai / Vashi: A team comprising officials from the revenue and forest department inspected the mangroves running along the Sion-Panvel highway near the Vashi toll plaza. This comes after continuous complaints from environment activists and residents about the destruction of mangroves in the area. The inspection was carried out Monday 13, 2019. A complaint […]
Navi Mumbai / PMC / Panvel: The state forest department seems to have come out of their slumber. 6 months after a chemical leak at the HOCL chemical plant at Panvel, that killed 31 monkeys, the department is filing a chargesheet against the company. In December, 2018, the carcasses of 31 monkeys (Bonnet macaque) and […]
Navi Mumbai: The Odia community in the city has reached out to extend help to the areas in Odisha that hve been hit by cyclone Fani, by collecting and transporting over 12,000 packaged drinking water bottles and food items. As we talk, more donations are pouring in. The city has come together in such a […]