Talking Local News
Panvel / Navi Mumbai: Pigeon lovers in the area were in for a surprise as the Panvel civic commissioner, Ganesh Deshmukh, recently issued a notice telling them not to feed pigeons in public and residential areas, failing which, they would be penalized under section 294 of Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act. The notice came after raised […]
Navi Mumbai: The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO) has floated 3 tenders collectively worth Rs 19,000 crore just before the model code of conduct sets in. This makes it obvious that three projects of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) will have to be finalised before the elections. Two out of the […]
Navi Mumbai / PCMC: Two metro trains, partially assembled, have landed in Mumbai Port Trust, from China. Preparations are underway to ferry them to Taloja shortly. As per reports, another three rakes would be arriving May and three more by August. In all, eight trains will be running on the metro line between Belapur and […]
CBD-Belapur / Navi Mumbai: The NMMC is finally commenced work on the demolition of the traffic island at CBD Belapur connecting Belapur bus depot with the railway station, beneath Sion-Panvel highway flyovers. The work begins nearly after a year since they had proposed such work. Once demolished, the area will see lesser traffic snarls. Since […]
Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) has finally launched ‘Tejaswini’, their much awated 10 women-only buses, on Women’s Day. Needless to say, city women are delighted. NMMT general manager, Shirish Aradwad, informed that the special buses will ply during the morning and evening rush hours on esignated routes in the city. The same […]