MSRDC to chop more than 600 trees for constructing a new Thane creek bridge

MSRDC to chop more than 600 trees for constructing a new Thane creek bridge

The bridge will be the third one to be built on the thane creek and connecting Sion-Panvel highway Navi Mumbai: The The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited (MSRDC) will be constructing a new bridge across the Thane creek connecting the Sion-Panvel highway. To be able to do so, they will be cutting down more […]

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Why build an unwanted structure and waste money: Vashi residents ask NMMC

Navi Mumbai / Vashi: Residents of Vashi have been angered by the construction of an unwanted structure inside a civic garden in the locality. They claim that it is unwanted and merely being developed for the sake of money. On Wednesday, several residents of Vashi carried out a protest march against a concrete structure coming […]

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation fines 14,000 hawkers for encroachment

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation fines 14,000 hawkers for encroachment

Navi Mumbai / Vashi: In the last fortnight or so, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has fined some 14,000 hawkers for encroachment and misuse of marginal space. In the drive organized in all the wards the corporation has been able to collect around Rs 14.17 lakhs, a huge amount altogether. The drive came under municipal commissioner […]

Forest department inspects mangroves along Sion-Panvel highway near Vashi toll plaza

Forest department inspects mangroves along Sion-Panvel highway near Vashi toll plaza

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 […]

APMC serves evacuation notice to nearly 250 traders for redevelopment work

APMC notifies around 250 traders to evacuate for redevelopment work

Navi Mumbai / Vashi: The APMC committee has served notices to nearly 250 traders in the onion, potato and garlic traders market to make way for redevelopment work. The traders have been aked to vacate their galas by the end of May, 2019. The APMC market was built in the 1980s and is in bad […]

NMMC suspends 2 engineers in Vashi FOB collapse case

NMMC suspends 2 engineers in Vashi FOB collapse case

Navi Mumbai / Vashi: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has taken two engineers to task and suspended them after an internal inquiry into the recent foot over-bridge collapse at Vashi Mini Seashore.   NMMC municipal commissioner, Ramaswami N, informed that the engineers, deputy engineer Yeshwant Kapse, and junior engineer Vishal Suryawanshi, had been suspended […]