Funfair at Taloja amid all the talk about Omicron

Funfair at Taloja amid all the talk about Omicron

The fair has been active since a week and has been attracting hundreds of Taloja and Kharghar residents. Taloja / Panvel / Navi Mumbai: While the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) has been trying everything to tackle the threat of Omicron, they have been missing on many violations happening around in the region. For instance, there […]

No dandiya and garba this Navratri too: NMMC and PMC

No dandiya and garba this Navratri too: NMMC and PMC

Both the corporations of Navi Mumbai have decided to play it safe this Navratri too in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic, issuing a list of guidelines for this festive of Navratri and Dussehra. Navi Mumbai: As the city gears up to celebrate Navratri from Thursday, 7th October, both the city corporations, the Navi Mumbai […]

Kharghar business owners go the ‘Gandhigiri’ way to protest against the ‘Mini lockdown’

Kharghar business owners go the ‘Gandhigiri’ way to protest against the ‘Mini lockdown’

The protest march saw 600 or more business owners walking from Utsav Chowk to sector 12 market area. Kharghar / Navi Mumbai / PMC: Following up on their stand against the new ‘Mini Lockdown’ restrictions, local business owners in Kharghar took out a protest march on 7th April, 2021. More than 500 people walked back […]

Navi Mumbai ‘Mini Lockdown’ met with angry protests

Navi Mumbai ‘Mini Lockdown’ met with angry protests

Local shopkeepers in Kharghar, Kalamboli, Panvel, Seawoods and several other nodes protested angrily, even blocking police vans for ordering shutting down of all non-essential businesses. Navi Mumbai: There were crowded protests against the ‘Mini Lockdown’ in both NMMC and PMC areas, on 6th April, 2021, as angry shopkeepers decided to go vocal when the police […]

Covid-19 or not, Navi Mumbai played Holi anyway

Covid-19 or not, Navi Mumbai played Holi anyway

Citizens were found lost in festive revelling despite the threat of covid-19 and possibilities of yet another lockdown looming large. Navi Mumbai: Despite the continuous efforts and near pleading of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) and the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC), many indulged in Holi celebrations in ways that clearly violated all social distancing […]

No Holi celebrations this year: PMC and NMMC

No Holi celebrations this year: PMC and NMMC

As Navi Mumbai’s active Covid-19 cases are rising, both the municipal corporations have strictly ordered residents not to celebrate Holi publicly, and also to avoid personal celebrations, if possible. Navi Mumbai: As expected, the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) and the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) have ordered residents not to indulge in Holi celebrations publicly, […]

Kalamboli to get new air quality monitor, more to follow in two other nodes in Navi Mumbai, PMC area

Kalamboli to get new air quality monitor, more to follow in two other nodes in Navi Mumbai, PMC area

A Right to Information (RTI) query by Waatavaran Foundation revealed that the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) had given a no objection certificate (NOC) to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to set up a continuous ambient air quality monitoring station (CAAQMS) in Kalamboli, Navi Mumbai. Panvel / Navi Mumbai: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) […]

Kharghar sectors 34, 35, 36, 37 most polluted

Kharghar sectors 34, 35, 36 and 37 most polluted after Taloja area

The main sectors in Kharghar with mass housing projects like Swapnapurti and CIDCO Valley Shilp, along with some prestigious high rise towers, are also the most polluted ones Kharghar/Taloja / Navi Mumbai/Panvel: For many home seekers, sectors 34, 35, 36 and 37 in Kharghar are the prime sectors owing to the fact that they house […]

Kharghar rains: Monday brings in decent showers of rain

Kharghar rains: Monday brings in decent showers of rain

Kharghar / PMC / Navi Mumbai: It rained in Kharghar today at intervals since morning. The atmosphere had been cloudy and pleasant throughout the day. It looks like monsoon is setting in for this rainy season. The rains have brought a lot of relief to Kharghar residents who have been bearing with a hot and […]

Pipeline burst renders Kharghar waterless for 3 days

Pipeline burst renders Kharghar waterless for 3 days

Many sectors in Kharghar have been marred by erratic water supply Navi Mumbai / PMC / Kharghar: Taps have been running dry, or at least, not adequately supplied with water, in various sectors of Kharghar owing to a pipeline burst in the Hetawane mainline at Retibunder, on Sunday. Though the pipeline had been sealed, adequate […]