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	Articles contributed by users Site visitors are invited to post their articles directly here  - Procedure to post articles, documents, photographs, etc. is given here  MCGM Development Control Regulations - 1991  - Contributed by Praful Vora (pdf)  plastic pollution  - ban on plastic handle bags  BMC Tenders BMC Tender Notice: Construction of Underground Multi-level Car parks: Nov 1, 2006  -  (gif)  BMC Tender Notice: Mechanical Power Sweeping: Nov 2, 2006  -  (gif)  BMC Tender Notice: Upgradation of Municipal School Bulidings: Nov 2, 2006  -  (gif)  EOI for providing street furniture and signage within Municipal limits in Mumbai  -  (bmp)  TOI: Now, you can bid for BMC tenders online: November 12, 2008  -   Buildings / Complexes BMC Declares New IIT Hostel Bldgs Unathorised  -   HC: Flat-owners can't withdraw redevelopment consent  - The times of India, 7 February 2010..............Shibu Thomas  BMC to give out part of its plots to pvt developers  - Indian Express - 8th feb 2010...............  '510 buildings may collapse in the rains'  -   100-storey tower at Tardeo to be Mumbai's tallest  - The Building Proposals Department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently received  40 families rescued minutes before Mumbai building collapses  -   454 structures face BMC axe, served showcause notices  - MUMBAI: The BMC, empowered by a Bombay high court order, is showing residents in the Andheri-Versova  Afternoon: How many free parking spots are left? : Nov 16, 2006  - Here’s a look at the prime locations in South Mumbai and the problem in finding a place to park  BMC clears 'illegal' plot near Bandra station  - MUMBAI: The BMC demolished what was allegedly an illegal structure in a plot outside Bandra railway  BMC hunts for property tax defaulters  - Dec 15, 2009  BMC issues vacate notice to 510 unsafe Mumbai buildings  -   BMC orders McDonald's Fort to take down illegal extension  -   Cidco starts demolition drive in Airoli, Rabale  - they had been paying proper water charges to Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) as well as ele  DNA : Application Filed Against Municipal Commissioner : Apr. 9, 2007  - The point of contention here is a demolition/ eviction action carried out by the BMC.  DNA : BMC clears eco-housing plan : Sept 22, 2007  - The proposal ensures that buildings which conserve natural resources are rewarded  DNA : BMC Inhuman, Says Pregnant Woman : Apr 5, 2007  - It was illegal on the civic body’s part to undertake demolition.  DNA : Tulsiwadi Redevelopment Project by BMC took a Dramatic Turn : Mar 18, 2007  - It is stunning to learn that cops should take instructions of a private developer.  DNA: BMC has no permit, says heritage panel: Dec 09, 2006  - Residents are confident that mounting public opinion will force Joseph to consider realignment  DNA: BMC razes 7 unauthorised structures near Sara-Sahara : Jul 29, 2006  - The affected shopkeepers blamed the BMC for allowing the structures to come up  DNA: BMC throws open coffers for pvt growth: October 20, 2008  -   DNA: City heritage faces hoarding menace: Dec 1, 2006  - BMC has ignored the rapid increase in commercial hoardings at 14 listed heritage precincts  DNA: Lok Shahi DIvas every month: March 04, 2008  -   DNA: Rs5-crore restoration plan for Gateway gets going: Nov 28, 2006  - The Rs5-crore restoration project is expected to be completed in six months  DNA: Save our open spaces: Dec 10, 2006  - Over the past three years, the state government and the BMC have changed the status of 16 open plots  DNA: SC stays Siddhi Vinayak temple wall demolition: Nov 27, 2006  - Authorities were not right in constructing the bulletproof wall around Siddhi Vinayak Temple  DNA:BMC makes use of FSI bonanza: Nov 07, 2006  - BMC accords higher FSI to developers  DNA:Civic body accused of shielding illegal mall: Nov 16, 2006  - Magnet mall is not approved either by the building proposal department or by the ward office  DNA:Illegal hoardings get the boot:Dec 14, 2006  - BMC has drafted a notice to all ward officers to disallow any new hoardings in 14 heritage places  DNA:Yet another heritage structure is abused: Dec 01, 2006  - BMC issues notices to shops adjoining the 150-year-old Hari Baba ki Bungli  FE : Old Mumbai buildings to get a new lease of life : Sep 5, 2006  - Single-window clearance system is expected to reduce the time-spam of each project  IE : BMC Demolishes More Shanties on P’Dmello Road : May 31, 2007  - Drive is a part of Rs 752-crore project of road widening.  IE : Civic body mulls facelift of heritage structures : Sep 5, 2006  - BMC is taking the first step towards their restoration  IE : HC directs civic body to demolish 63 shrines: Aug 3, 2006  - Unauthorised religious structures on roads, lanes, footpaths etc. , to be demolished by Aug 23  IE : Public Property - Parcelling off Mumbai’s public spaces : Jul 3, 2006  - Successes include the decision to hand over the Mumbai-Pune Expressway to a private builder  IE : Residents Protest BMC's Demolition : Mar 18, 2007  - Ambedkar Nagar residents allege High Court stay order was dismissed through manipulation.  IE: Sara Sahara comes down today : Jul 28, 2006  - The complex, the police allege, is a hub of a smuggling business in electronic goods  IE: ‘Demolish shrines, ensure they don’t come up again’ : Aug 24, 2006  - BMC counsel K K Singhvi said that assistant engineers would keep watch on this  IE: Atria mall: Court wants answers from state, BMC: Jul 18, 2006  - 'Were wrong development control rules applied', asks High Court  IE: Bandra residents want BMC chief’s word that heritage structures won't be touched:Nov 27, 06  - After a peace march with 1,500 participants successfully stalled the demolition of Agiary wall  IE: BMC to ensure 'graft-free' nod for building plans: June 28, 2008  -   IE: Corporators blame BMC for delayed Occupancy Certificates : Nov 14, 2006  - BMC figures says - About 5% of residential buildings in Mumbai do not have occupancy certificates  IE: Do builders follow rules? Palmtops will find out: January 20, 2009  -   IE: How green is your building? BMC will tell you: May 9, 06  - Eco-housing project, aimed at reducing effects of construction on infrastructure, launched  IE: Residents Protest BMC’s Demolition : Mar 17, 2007  - Ambedkar Nagar residents allege High Court stay order was dismissed through manipulation.  Moneycontrol: Mumbai property tax may not rise yet : Jul 26, 2006  - This effectively means that the state government has put the reforms on the backburner  Mumbai civic body mulls allowing helipads on private buildings  - Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed amendments in the Development Cont  NDTV : BMC to amend act to demolish illegal shops : Aug 3, 2006  - Civic officials say they had no choice because technically the Sara Sahara building is legal  No relief for McDonald's after BMC demolition notice  - The BMC issued notice to Hardcastle last month under the Mumbai Regional Town Planning (MRTP) Act as  Patkar halts BMC demolition  - IE: Produces HC notice directing stay till December 5: Nov 29, 2006  Quit creaky houses or go without water: BMC  - Mumbai People living in dilapidated buildings are ignoring the warnings of the Brihanmumbai Municipa  Shopping complex in Mumbai flouted fire norms  - February 22, 2010........... Sandeep Ashar  State Information Commission to be put on e-governance map soon  - The NGO Praja used Right to Information (RTI) queries to find out the various complaints made by cit  TOI : BMC Makes Police Verify Bldg Proposals : Mar 12, 2007  - After Sara-Sahara case, the proposals are being sent to the crime branch for verification.  TOI : Sara Sahara Complex - D-property targetted : Jul 30, 2006  - Both the police and the BMC chose to play down their role in Saturday's demolition  TOI: Builders to face heat for tweaking FSI in suburbs: September 29, 2008  -   TOI: Court upholds Sara-Sahara shopping complex razing : Jul 27, 2006  - Special MCOCA judge had visited the site at Musafirkhana along others  TOI: Modify rules on lofts, mezzanine floor, BMC told: July 22, 2009  -   Yusuf Manzil collapse: Same old horror storey  - BMC commissioner Jairaj Phatak said, "An MRTP notice, for illegal demolition of the staircase, was s  Zaveri Bazaar building collapse: 1 killed, 3 hurt  - According to deputy municipal commissioner Kishor Kshirsagar, the building had been declared dangero  Disaster Management 20 spots in city will be flooded this monsoon News - City ...  -   BMC needs choppers to tackle disasters in Mumbai: February 28, 2010  -   BMC orders closure of schools, colleges, offices  - on Wednesday afternoon (November 11) with the city's municipal corporation, the BMC, advising school  Check civic body website before you leave home  - The website will also provide the hotline numbers, 108 and 1916, along with ward-wise contact detail  Crores wasted on pumps for floods  - MUMBAI: The BMC spent Rs 8 crore last year on deploying pumps in flood-prone areas during the monsoo  IE: BMC to include terror in disaster management plan: December 09, 2008  -   IE: ECIL to develop disaster communication system for BMC: August 27, 2008  -   Mumbai gearing up to avoid 26/07...  - Jairaj Phatak, Commissioner, BMC, said: "We will alert low lying areas, we will open manholes, we wi  TOI: BMC could court trouble on failure to clean drains: May 31, 2009  -   TOI: Firemen gear up for monsoon rescue: May 12, 2008  -   TOI: Working towards a flood-free city: Feb 04, 2009  -   Education Civic body plans steps to keep girls in school  - Mubai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has plans to replicate the Gujarat model to incr  Civic body to grant aid to 33 private schools  - Indian Express - Feb 18, 2010 ............Stuti Shukla  Civic body to train meritorious students for IITs  - The junior colleges will train these students and help them get admission to top courses,'' said Mun  DNA: Civic body plans steps to keep girls in school: June 08, 2009  -   IE: 'Open textbook exam' a month before final exam says results positive: April 28, 2008  -   Mumbai University says no to exams on high tide days  - BMC use to alert us about the high tide days. We are witnessing flood every year, so this year we h  Now, BMC to start 3 junior colleges this year  - We want to help them get into the best engineering colleges in the country,'' said municipal  Electricity DNA : Garbage to generate power : Feb 21, 2007  - BMC to float tenders to attract firms interested in generating power from garbage.  DOWNTOWNPLUS:MCGM dept install solar panels,water heaters & energy efficient lighting to save power  - March 12, 2009  New gas deal may make Dabhol power a bit cheaper  -   Environment Biomed waste pick up worries docs  - Officials from the BMC and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), however, say a sole transport  BMC goes green on bio-med waste  - Kishore Gajbhiye, additional municipal commissioner, in charge of public health, said the decision t  BMC leads Environment Day programmes  - As World Environment Day dawned over Mumbai on Friday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation  BMC on green drive but only 10% saplings survive, say experts  - we will plant additional trees and also distribute one lakh saplings to NGOs and citizens,'' civic  BMC readies for rough weather  -   BMC to spread 'clean' message through film  - Mumbai: To create awareness about cleanliness among Mumbaikars, the Brihanmumbai Municipal  DNA: Soft drinks, bottled water may become costlier: February 27, 2010  -   Drizzle cools city, more showers likely  - The BMC too has consulted weather experts and says it expects showers in the next seven days.  Green audit for city on World Environment Day  - Additional municipal commissioner RA Rajeev said, "We do not know where we stand due to lack of  Hookah bars more polluted than dumping grounds: Survey  - The BMC officials who have been cracking down on errant hoteliers, also plan to distribute no-smokin  IE : BMC to conduct survey on greenhouse gas emissions : Aug 25, 2007  - To tackle the issue of global warming, BMC will undertake the baseline survey  IE : BMC to Demolish Encroachments Near Girgaum Chowpatty : Mar 16, 2007  - It’s clean-up time for Girgaum chowpatty again.  IE: Civic body to earn Rs 27 cr from trading of carbon credits: May 19, 2009  -   MM : BMC braces for cleanliness drive : Oct 5, 2007  - The BMC plans to advertise its cleanliness drive scheduled to begin from October 14  MM: BMC cracks whip on ad agency for felling highway trees: Oct 29, 2006  - Nearly 100 trees on the Sion-Panvel Highway near Mankhurd have been hacked down.  NDTV : BMC Undertakes Cleanliness Drive : Mar 12, 2007  - Offenders are asked to clean up and pay a fine.  New pollutant in Mumbai's air  - Mumbai: Another name has been added to the long list of substances that pollute the air Mumbaikars  Foothpaths / Pavements Cybernoon : A private footpath at Cuffe Parade : Aug 5, 2006  - A private footpath  Cybernoon: New landscape to adorn Charni Road footpath : Aug 3, 2006  - To evacuate burgeoning slums, BMC plans to hand over space to hospital for redevelopment  DNA : Demolition leaves many roofless : Aug 3, 2006  - BMC cleared the footpath of slums on Thursday in a demolition drive  DNA: Marine Drive pigeons face eviction: Nov 07, 2006  - The BMC spends nearly Rs17 lakh a day to clear the area of 32 metric tonnes of garbage  Gardens and Parks Gardens, grounds left out in the open by BMC  - DNA - 4 February , 2010...............PTI  Afternoon:Work in progress-BMC, Mantralaya clueless!: Nov 21, 2006  - BMC and Mantralaya officials were not aware of why Chowk was being cleaned  Beautifying Juhu garden is illegal: BMC  - on a piece of land reserved for a road without taking permission from the roads department,'' said R  Belapur 'Hanging Gardens' to be inaugurated today  - NAVI MUMBAI: The much awaited garden on top of Parsik Hill in Belapur will finally be thrown open to  Civic body ignoring stay order on Five Gardens: Residents  - Additional municipal commissioner RA Rajeev said he had given any order to start work in Five Garden  DNA: A walk in the park gets a woof of approval: January 06, 2009  -   DNA: BMC panels to keep an eye on gardens: March 23, 2009  -   DNA: Residents oppose BMC'sunderground parking plan: April 22, 2008  -   Goregaon garden loses lush cover due to BMC apathy  - MUMBAI: Every day, 68-year-old KL Agarwal and his group of cronies go out for a morning walk in the  IE : BMC lays out plan to develop gardens and playgrounds : sept 3, 2007  -   IE : BMC’s plan to beautify Shivaji Park meets opposition : Aug 18, 2006  - For this, BMC wants to appoint a consultant at a retainership cost of Rs 82,000  IE: Tap revenue potential of leased plots, BMC to hike rates: March 17, 2008  -   NDTV:Mumbai mayor in trouble over park issue:Nov 11, 2006  - Vikhroli's Shivaji Park, covers over 22,725 square metres and will contain an indoor stadium  Poonam Nagar set to get Rs 18-crore civic garden  - MUMBAI: At Rs 18 crore, it will be the most expensive park in the city. The BMC has commenced work  There's trouble in Mumbai's garden of Eden  -   General BMC serves third notice to Turf Club  -   BMC will hire guards to keep eye on pipelines  -   City fire chief now has to douse corruption charges, News - City ...  -   Singer slams BMC's plan for artificial fountains  -   BMC plans a memorial for city's Mutiny heroes  -   No concessions for senior citizens, says broke BMC  - DNA - 15 February, 2010......... Pandurang Mhaske  29 lakh fake ration cards seized last year  - The Times Of India 8 February 2010..............Clara Lewis, TNN  Mumbai: BMC may cancel licence if plastic diktat is flouted  - TOI, 30 January 2010, Sharad Vyas  BMC's new Property Tax norms to make living in Mumbai costlier  - DNA - Sunday, 31st January , 2010--------PTI  14 firms shortlisted for city makeover  - The steering committee members include municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak, the urban development s  2009-05-26 Indian civic body to sell carbon credits to ADB  - The Asian Development Bank has signed a co-financing transaction with the Municipal Corporation of G  60% BMC men don't even access official e-mails  - MUMBAI: Two years ago, the BMC became one of the first civic bodies in the country to provide  After March, no office to register marriages  - Indian Express - Feb 23, 2010.............Shalini Nair  Allow helipads for emergency use: BMC  - Mumbai: After the state government mooted the idea of allowing commercial complexes and housing soci  BMC accounts not audited for 3 yrs  - Dec 8, 2009 - The book of accounts of the BMC has not been audited for the past 3 financial years.  BMC clean-up campaign to get new shine  -   BMC corporators come down heavily on consultants  - By | May 26, 2009. The corporators in the Standing Committee meeting of the BMC came down heavily on  BMC gets own bomb squad  - Eight months after the terror attack on Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is plan  BMC no jet-setter  - Mumbai's motorists have been let down again. Earlier this year, the BMC had announced its plans  BMC pulled up for taxing firms with tea-vending machines in office  - MUMBAI: Tea- and coffee-vending machines have become commonplace in many offices. The BMC's attempt  BMC ropes in navy, army to supervise Ganeshotsav security  - ... authorities have asked the mandals to be vigil and also to install CCTVs and metal dectectors,"  BMC sanctions compensation hike of fire personnel  - A fire official also said that few officers and firemen were also likely to receive Ashok Chakra aft  BMC team recovers Rs 14 lakh  - 19 Feb 2010..............By Staff Reporter  BMC to seek central aid for waste plant, pumping stations  - So far, the city has already received 40% of the funds allocated for it,'' said Jairaj Phatak, munic  BMC to shoot & post projects on its website  - The BMC took this decision following a state government directive issued to the seven municipal  BMC washes hands of shanties under skywalk  - Even after a reminder from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, which owns the skyw  BMC's crafty move worth Rs25Lakh  - Mumbai: A Camlin pencil box containing 10 pencils costs Rs23 in the retail market. But the Brihanmum  BMC's new bomb squad to protect Ganpati devotees  - Aug 1, 2009 ... Additional municipal commissioner Madhav Sangle said, "Ganesh Chaturthi is among the  BMC's Rs600-cr spending spree before polls  - Mumbai: Monday was a dream working day at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) civic standin  Borivali blaze: BMC orders probe  - 21 Feb, 2010.....Sukhada Tatke & S Ahmed Ali  Brihan Mumbai Storm water drainage project cost likely to go up by ...  - Mr RA Rajeev the Additional Municipal Commissioner of Greater Mumbai said that given the extensive s  BS : Monthly Meeting of the Corporation : July 26, 2007  -  (gif)  BS : Monthly Meeting of the Corporation : May 5, 2008  -   Cash-strapped BMC to scrap special duty posts  - 16 February, 2010.......... Sudhir Suryawanshi  Citizens seek cycling tracks for Bandra, Khar  - But the group first needs to get clearance from the traffic department and then push for its impleme  City's 1st cluster scheme gets BMC nod  - Mumbai: Three months ago, the state government framed a cluster policy aimed at increasing public  Corporators wake up to the need to develop open spaces  - MUMBAI: Corporators are suddenly discovering open spaces. The civic administration has been swamped  Delayed traffic system signals trouble for BMC Mumbai Cities The ...  - MUMBAI Have officials of the BMC roads department lied to the Bombay high court in a recent  DNA : BMC to get milk from 1500 km away : Aug 30, 2007  -   DNA : Gateway Photographers Face BMC Action : Apr 9, 2007  - Gateway Photographers Union said it was for the first time in 7 years that BMC raided photographers.  DNA: BMC babus will be trained in e-governance: January 06, 2009  -   DNA: BMC to teach carpentry, etc: November 24, 2008  -   DNA: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation digital map plan comes unstuck: March 09, 2010  -   DNA: Civic body beats retreat over INS Vikrant project: December 23, 2008  -   DNA: Damage public property, pay BMC: March 03, 2010  -   DNA: Maternity homes: BMC goes private: April 22, 2008  -   DNA: Project to digitalise old civic documents: October 06, 2008  -   DNA: Workshops for green Ganesha: March 05, 2008  -   DOWNTOWNPLUS: Around 60% of Mumbai’s population resides in the slums: May 23, 2008  -   DOWNTOWNPLUS: Citizens can now avail of public utility services through the online medium: Nov 28,08  -   DOWNTOWNPLUS: MCGM’s handicraft centre to develop employment opportunities: January 08, 2009  -   Flooding at Hindmata due to 20-year-old BMC lapse  - MUMBAI: Every monsoon, Hindmata-the saucer-shaped, low-lying area between Dadar TT and Parel-witness  Govt plans law to check illegal constructions  -   Half of city lives in slums, without clean water, sanitation or ...  - Mumbai Mumbai might account for 33 per cent of the country's tax collections, but one of every two M  IE : BMC plans Rs 100-cr overhaul of abattoir : Oct 2, 2007  - Civic body aims at providing state-of-the-art fully automated facilities  IE : BMC portal: Back-end ready, now just log on : Sept 13, 2007  - New portal of the civic body  IE : BMC to showcase its infrastructure projects : Sept 27, 2007  - The richest civic body will put up its stalls in the three-day expo  IE : Ganesh Gaurav Competition - Only eco-friendly mandals can compete : Aug 28, 2007  - BMC will permit only those Ganesh mandals which have eco-friendly decoration  IE : Nine Crore Rats have Invaded the Island City : Mar 18, 2007  - The army of BMC fights rodents in the dead of the night.  IE : No jobs like man, says Jt.Commissioner V Radha,her battle against Octroi mafia: Nov 12,2007  -   IE : Soon, rulees to make corporators mind their conduct : Nov 12,2007  -   IE : The BMC will open Adhar Kendras to employe youths to provide vocational courses : Nov 13,2007  -   IE: A walkers’ plaza at Crawford Market junction: March 20, 2009  -   IE: As BMC mulls octroi reforms, few takers for Green Channel idea: September 29, 2008  -   IE: Big BMC budget, little spending time: March 09, 2009  -   IE: BMC to survey greenhouse gas emission: June 03, 2009  -   IE: BMC’s nod to salary hike for employees: March 03, 2009  -   IE: Devp plan: Civic body to take up new norms: March 18, 2009  -   IE: Exclusive budget slot for women: Feb 02, 2009  -   IE: Now, Right to Information form on BMC portal: November 20, 2008  -   IE: On the map: slum youths in demand and jobs in supply: January 09, 2009  -   IE: Recession budget from BMC: No new plans, no tax hikes: Feb 04, 2009  -   IE:BMC surveysays 12.17 lakhfamilies have per capita income of less than Rs 591.75 per month: Oct 21  -   Intelligent signals to guide traffic at 50 junctions by June end  - By June end, South Mumbai commuters can expect a smoother ride without having to waste time at the  MM : Corporators now want free parking : Sept 5, 2007  - For the rest of us, they want to hike rates in BMC-run car parks  MM : Know Your BMC : Jan 10, 2007  - As the city prepares for Civic polls, it is important to know about BMC's working procedure (gif)  MM: BMC decides to supply wood to crematoriums at twice the rate: August 17, 2009  -   MM: BMC identifies 20 spots for parking zones: March 18, 2008  -   MM: BMC will give jobs to kin of Samyukta Maharashtra martyrs: May 13, 2008  -   MM: Soon, BMC will have more power to fight fire: April 04, 2008  -   Mumbai to witness the highest tide of last 100 yr  - Chief Minister Ashok Chavan himself has held a series of meetings with different agencies like Briha  No BMC nod for construction near historic caves  - MUMBAI: A plea filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has unearthed the fact that the BMC ha  Protest against BMC expenditure on legal battle  - Indian Express - Feb 23, 2010.............  Residents ask civic officials to speed up Malabar Hill project  - MUMBAI: Last year, the Malabar Hill Residents' Association (MHRA) inaugurated an ... bring back the  Rlys seeks BMC help for high way  - On Tuesday, representatives of the consortium met municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak and road depa  Rs 195-cr shot in the arm for fire dept  - Feb 21, 2010............Sukhada Tatke  Tag newborns and parents, HC tells civic hospitals  -   TOI : Four BMC Employees in ACB Net : Apr 8, 2007  - The employees were allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1,000 from a stall owner.  TOI : Know your locality's Human Devpt Index on January 26 : Sept 29, 2007  - The BMC has promised to release the report on January 26, 2008  TOI : Now ratings mooted for wards, ward officers : Feb 18, 2007  - Municipal wards to be rated based on the performance of civic officials & response time to complaint  TOI : When the BMC budget was a mere Rs 5cr : Aug 24, 2007  -   TOI: 'I refused to pay a paisa in bribe': Dec 17, 2006  - Shivlal Pethad has the entire RTI Act translated in Hindi and Gujarati for mass circulation.  TOI: BMC Offers Auto-DCR Software: September 08, 2008  -   TOI: BMC plans 3 sports grounds for schoolkids: December 23, 2008  -   TOI: BMC plans child-friendly offices: April 22, 2008  -   TOI: BMC plans to induct women in fire brigade: February 27, 2010  -   TOI: BMC ropes in JJ students to give signages a gloss: February 09, 2010  -   TOI: BMC Unveils sober budget: Feb 04, 2009  -   TOI: BMC's 24-hr grievance line has few takers: February 02, 2009  -   TOI: Civic body to tighten construction norms: September 08, 2008  -   TOI: Civic IT dept has no takers: November 05, 2008  -   TOI: Gloss taken off city's shine: September 19, 2008  -   TOI: Government orders inquiry into civic corporation's IT project: April 17, 2008  -   TOI: HOW THE BMC AFFECTS YOUR LIFE: Dec 19, 2006  - From the birth certificate, trade license, home construction and so on,understand the BMC's reach  TOI: Mayor calls for artificial ponds in every ward: March 05, 2008  -   TOI: No help from bmc's helpline: March 04, 2009  -   TOI: Outsiders to audit BMC's big spend: March 21, 2008  -   TOI: Pending cases, vacant posts: January 19, 2010  -   Uproar in BMC over open spaces  - MUMBAI: No decision could be taken on the controversial caretaker policy for open spaces in the BMC  Hawkers BMC fails to collect fines totalling 52 cr from hawker  - have vowed to fight the menace of illegal hawkers that plagues Mumbai's roads and pavements, but  Hawkers beat up senior BMC officer  - MUMBAI: A senior BMC officer was assaulted by three hawkers at Santa Cruz (E) on Monday  Hawkers unite against BMC  - Mumbai: Fed up of being at the receiving end of the BMC and the police, licensed hawkers on Linking  IE : Allow only 12 pc hawkers in the city : Jul 29, 2006  - Supreme Court has adjourned the matter for hearing till September 12  IE : Hawking Zones: BMC Hits Roadblock : May 31, 2007  - 16 zones in the city and suburbs oppose demarcation.  IE: 2 blasts in 10 yrs, Zaveri Bazaar is worried: what if again : Sep 17, 2006  - Two police rounds and a few threats later, the hawkers are back  IE:Hawkers usurp parking space for locals, patients: Dec 19, 2006  - Gandhi Market shopkeepers, patients of cardiac hospital, residents forced to park their cars on road  MM : BMC takes on police in hawker eviction case : Aug 31, 2007  - Illegal roadside eateries in wards C, F (North) and H (West) of the city  MM : BMC takes on police in hawker eviction case : Aug 31, 2007  - BMC says police is not co-operating in drive to remove hawkers from three wards despite SC orders  MM : Cops don't keep hawkers at bay : Oct 4, 2007  - BMC claims encroachers are back on over 400 roads of the 500-odd it had handed over to the police  MM: BMC plans round-the-clock special police force for city: April 21, 2008  -   Nuns' graves make way for hawkers on Hill Road  -   TOI:Thane locals' move to drive out hawkers:Dec 7, 2006  - The city, which took pride in its wide roads, is reeling under an unprecedented crisis as most roads  Heritage Century-old heritage lifts continue to rise and shine  - Nearby, an old lift shaft in the heritage wing of the BMC building is a reminder of the era when its  City heritage list to include 900 more structures  - DK Afzalpurkar, chief of the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee, confirmed that the government  DNA : what if heritage dies? trade survives : Sept 13, 2007  -   Five Gardens revamp hits heritage block  - MUMBAI: The Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) has served a stop-work notice to the BMC's  Heritage panel, BMC spar over zoo bhoomipujan  - Additional municipal commissioner RA Rajeev said the bhoomipujan was held before the election code  Museum for city's melting-pot heritage  - ... to capture Mumbai's cultural diversity in a museum. The unique structure will come up at India U  Revised heritage list yet to get BMC approval  -   Spruce up the heritage trail  - After November 26, Mumbai's classic piece of heritage and architecture, the old Taj Mahal Hotel, has  TOI : Will Heritage Become History? : Sept 13, 2007  - Govt. Departments Have Vetoed Heritage Panel Recommendations Whenever they Have Been Inconvenient  Hoardings / Advertisements DNA: City skyline will have 119 hoardings less: April 05, 2008  -   DNA: Political and religious hoardings should go: July 25, 2008  -   IE : BMC to Accept Tips for Hoardings : Aug 10, 2007  - Citizens suggestions invited for draft guidelines for hoardings  MM: BMC wants commercial rates for political space: August 04, 2008  -   MM: Government plans law against illegal hoardings: October 14, 2008  -   MM: The BEST way to run our city's look: July 07, 2008  -   TOI : BMC proposal winks at political hoardings in city : Sept 30, 2007  - As the BMC gets ready to release the final draft of its hoarding  TOI: BMC doesn’t have manpower to enforce rules: August 29, 2008  -   TOI: Hoarding truth: If you act tough, all you lose is Rs 400: June 11, 2008  -   TOI: Malabar Hill gets HAM station to combat rains: June 03, 2008  -   TOI: SC sets aside bombay HC's ban on vans with mounted hoardings: September 05, 2008  -   Lands BMC to sell plots for revenue  - 17 February, 2010.......... Pandurang Mhaske  Cybernoon: Bawling babies, screaming adults at the Azad Maidan: Aug 25, 2006  - Court ordered demolition of illegal hutments at Azad Maidan  DNA : BMC will referee in Bharat Shah land dispute : Mar 6, 2007  - Shah lodged a complaint with Malabar Hill police station at receiving calls threatening him.  DNA: PIL to save Azad Maidan : Jul 26, 2006  - The letter was sent to the Honourable Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on July 14, 2006  IE : BMC Drops Aarey Milk Colony Proposal : Mar 23, 2007  - On the controversial proposal of de-reserving a 5,000 square-metre plot of Aarey Milk Colony.  IE : Makeover of Gorai Dumpyard Begins Today : Mar 18, 2007  - BMC plans to convert this ground into a verdant landscape.  IE: Area Mill heartland protests stadium : Jul 31, 2006  - BMC planning to turn 97,295.31 sq ft-plot in Central Mumbai - into a 1,000-seater stadium  IE: At Azad Maidan, 52 shanties cleared : Aug 24, 2006  - At 10.30 am, the BMC started clearing the ground with help from 35 labourers  IE: BMC panel opposed to cemetery  - Urban Development Department directive includes no-development zone area in residential zone  MM: Petrol pumps giving way to residential and commercial buildings: March 10, 2010  -   TOI: Redevelopment scheme runs into controversy : Oct 20, 2006  - BMC staffers and slumdwellers say they are being pressured to move  TOI:Stay order: What's that?: Nov 22, 2006  - A large quantum of TDR was utilised in the corridor areas while the court stay was in force  Markets BMC markets get Rs11-cr repair aid  - Mumbai: Municipal markets in the city are in a dilapidated condition and it may cause accidents if t  Bohris to redevelop Bhendi Bazaar  - The scheme applies to dilapidated cessed properties as well as BMC and state government buildings in  DNA: BMC markets to go under hammer: September 09, 2008  -   Regal to Crawford, 7 underground lots in fragmented parking plan...  -   TOI: BMC picks 7 spots for swanky mkts: August 28, 2008  -   Monsoon Days on which heavy floods are predicetd in Mumbai - 2009 Monsoon  -   Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor leads to monsoon worries  -   Another monsoon & Mumbai sinks again  - The eastern suburbs were the hard-hit, with the BMC reporting 104 mm of rain there. The western subu  BMC gearing up for cloud seeding, waiting for suitable weather  - Mumbai, Aug 20 Civic officials are gearing up to carry out cloud seeding to induce artificial rains  BMC identifies 55 spots it can't save from monsoon  - A number of other locations have been idenitified in Goregaon, Juhu, Mumbai Central, Parel, Bhandup,  BMC prepared to deal with July 24 high tide, says its chief  - ... information on date and time of high tide, contact details of ward offices and list of low lying  BMC to induce artificial rains through cloud seeding  - But if we compare it with last year's rainfall then it is just 30 per cent," said Additional Municip  BMC's highest tide in 100 years claim sunk  - The 'tide of the century' claims had created panic among the citizens of Mumbai, Kumar told TOI.  DNA: How prepared is Mumbai for the monsoon: June 03, 2008  -   Expect heavy rain in the next two days  - BMC officials monitoring the weather said that the monsoon had just touched Mumbai on Tuesday  Four new pumps to tackle high tide  - MUMBAI: The BMC will get two pumps each working at the under-construction Haji Ali and Irla pumping  IE: BMC says 60 pc drains cleaned, but what's floating: May 20, 2008  -   IE: Corporators scrap civic body’s proposal of third-party audit for desiltation of nullahs: May 19,  -   IE: Monsoon: BMC control room to be decentralised soon: May 19, 2009  -   Juhu may be in deep water this monsoon too  - I do not know on what basis civic officials claim that the BMC will be rain-ready by May 31,'' he  Lalbaug flyover doubles flood water level  - A study carried out by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) says that the level of flood wat  Met dept forecasts heavy rains in Mumbai  - 5 Jul 2009, 1339 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI: With the Met department predicting heavy rainfall here for the  Mid-monsoon review shows civic body is well prepared  - Mumbai he Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation held a mid-monsoon review meeting on Tuesday to check  Mithi overflows, Mumbai panics  - The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said this afternoon that its disaster management cell was wor  MM: BMC looks to tackle floods through books: May 12, 2008  -   MM: Civic body will use traffic police's cameras to show the reality of floods: May 10, 2008  -   Monsoon finally reaches Mumbai, people rejoice  - However, the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) is following a wait and watch policy. The Met  No alert issued for heavy rains, says MeT  - railways, fire and health department will make sure that the citizens do not face problems this  TOI: Low-lying areas will flood again: June 01, 2009  -   Valuable Information For 'Powaiites' on Flooding  - BMC has already planned to keep the schools closed on 24 July 2009 since the tide level is record  Municipal Schools Reality check: Sena-run BMC shut 27 Marathi schools  - Indian Express 4 Feb, 2010...........Stuti Shukla  BMC ropes in trained professionals to teach computers in civic schools  - The training was carried out with the help of Vedanta Foundation, an NGO, which has provided 900 com  BMC schools get digital classrooms  - Prachi Rege / PTI Mumbai: With a mission to make learning creative and visually appealing to student  BMC Tender Notice: Upgradation of Municipal School Bulidings: Nov 2, 2006  -  (gif)  BMC wants Mumbaikars to decide on closure of schools  - If majority of the them say they want schools to be closed then schools will be closed down," Munici  DNA : BMC will not renew IB school lease : Nov 7,2007  -   DNA, Mumbai: ‘Nowhere kids’ have no place to study : Nov 2, 2006  - BMC had not conducted adult literacy programmes since 2000  DNA: Advertisement for trained teachers of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai: May 06, 2008  -   DNA: BMC schools go the yoga way: February 10, 2009  -   DNA: Civic schools think English : Jul 18, 2006  - The civic administration operates 1,234 schools in the city  DNA: Lifeline for schools outside BMC limits : Aug 24, 2006  - MCA to organise tourney for schools who’ve been barred by MSSA.  DNA: Residents up the ante against school : Oct 27, 2006  - School trustees claim they have all the necessary documents  DNA:BMC’s mantra for exam success is ‘live@school’:Dec 20, 2006  - Students will be asked to make the school their home for three months preceding exams  Few takers for Marathi schools: 8143 drop out  - Mumbai Marathi, as a medium of education, is finding few takers in the city. As many as 8143 student  Fourth school shut due to H1N1 threat  - ... Lonavla, who was on vacation in Mumbai; and a six-year-old girl from AK Joshi School, Thane.  IE : Funds willing, BMC schools to get swanky : Oct 28, 2006  - Idea is to spruce up buildings, improve hygiene standards, match up to pvt schools  IE : Makeover time for BMC schools : Dec 25, 2006  - Government is said to have spent Rs 19 crore in trying to introduce the idea  IE: BMC plans fogging in 2,000 schools: Oct 22, 2006  - The project will be completed before the schools reopen on November 4.  IE: BMC schools to shelter you when it pours: Jul 6, 2006  - As part of disaster management plan, 100 municipal schools are ready to house the dishoused  IE: Free uniforms, milk may be in BMC school list : Sep 13, 2006  - A significant number of children from poor families take admission in BMC schools  IE: New project, BMC needs over 200 teachers: Nov 30  - Only those who have prior experience of teaching in English medium schools will be appointed  IE:With UNDP help, new disaster management plan for BMC schools by 2007: Dec 17, 2006  - A study of the building map, an evacuation plan and safety measures at schools will be designed  Indian Express, Mumbai: BMC schools under scanner : Oct 10, 2006  - Ex-Municipal Councellor wants 25 child per class norm initiated  Municipal school results dip to 60% - Mumbai - Cities - The Times ...  - Additional municipal commissioner Madhav Sangle said the objective of municipal schools was to get  Municipal schools to Sainik School, sponsored by BMC  - The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will select students and sponsor their education at the  NDTV: Unaided Mumbai govt schools in bad shape : Aug 2, 2006  - The crew couldn't talk to students or teachers. But what they saw was enough  New BMC colleges set to open its doors  - ... to build the best laboratory in Mumbai for the students, along with air conditioned classes. The  Now, digital education for better results in civic schools  - Since the majority of BMC schools use Marathi as the medium for education, these DVDs are in Marathi  Times of India, Mumbai: 22% dropout in BMC schools as kids move to English-medium : Sep 25, 2006  - The craze for English gives BMC's Englishmedium schools- a rise (30.5%) in enrolment  TOI : For BMC school students, it's still a testing time : Jul 29, 2006  - Biggest concern for BMC schools is to retain children and prevent them from dropping out  TOI : IB school comes up on BMC school premises : Oct 28,2007  -   TOI : No schools without playgrounds: says BMC : Feb 23, 2007  - Ample space for physical activities is very important to a child's growth.  TOI : Open-and-shut dilemma for schools : Jul 4, 2006  - Faced with a government not willing to commit itself, many schools took the safe option out  TOI : Pay Octroi, Access Health Data on the Net : Feb 15, 2007  - On the health front, the BMC is developing a health care system (HCS).  TOI: BMC to set up sports schools at secondary level across city: March 13, 2008  -   TOI: Now, national song in BMC schools : Sep 5, 2006  - Every civic school student should start his day with Vande Mataram and end it with Jana Gana Mana  TOI: School repairs shoddy: Panel: May 26, 2009  -   TOI:Rs 50-cr facelift for BMC schools: Dec 11, 2006  - To begin with, 34 of the 87 dilapidated institutions will be renovated, complete with swank classroo  Parking Underground lots escape BMC curb on new projects  - Indian Express - 5th feb 2010...........  Apply brakes on illegal parking, HC to BMC, cops  - MUMBAI: With over 350 new cars being added to the 15 lakh vehicular population in the city every day  Ban parking under flyovers: state to planning authorities  - The state urban development department on Thursday issued orders to all planning ... Maharashtra Hou  BMC okays parking rate hike, seeks jobs for locals  - MUMBAI: A day after it directed shops in Mumbai to carry bolder and bigger Marathi signboards  bmc's parking lot plan in south Mumbai held back  - MUMBAI: Demanding an investigation into the bmc's plans to construct seven underground multi-level p  DNA: Housing societies must allow visitors’ cars: BMC: December 17, 2008  -   Experts to help overcome parking problems in city  - Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is taking no chances for its iconic project of  Hi-tech, nine-storeyed car park planned for city  - Mumbai: Office-goers in the busy central suburbs may soon be able say good-bye to their parking woes  IE: BMC plans multi-level parking lots with skywalks attached: September 09, 2008  -   Multi-storey solution on cards for Powai's parking woes  - MUMBAI: Powai, the most sought after commercial and residential suburb, is faced with an acute parki  Of 11L vehicles in city, only 3,440 can get BMC parking  - Dec 9, 2009 - TOI  Of 11L vehicles in city, only 3,440 can get BMC parking  -   South & Central Mumbai will be on the priority list  - The creation of new parking spaces will largely be concentrated in the business districts of South  South Mumbai will get underground parking  - Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will set up seven underground multi-level parki  Tough times for vehicle owners, 13 car parks in city to be closed  - The Mumbai police have asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to close six parking lots  You may have to pay more to park a car on city roads  - MUMBAI: You may have to shell out more to park your car, with the BMC proposing a steep hike in park  Public Health BMC plans hospitals in Western suburbs of Mumbai  - DNA - 12 February, 2010.........Pandurang Mhaske  BMC plans hospitals in Western suburbs of Mumbai  - DNA - 12 February, 2010.........Pandurang Mhaske  Every week, 5 conservancy workers die in Mumbai  - DNA - Friday, 29 January , 2010 -----Sandeep Ashar  3 yrs on, BMC plan to e-link hosps still not implemented  - MUMBAI: The BMC would have been better equipped to tackle the swine flu crisis if the proposal appro  August sets a record for malaria tests  - BMC records show that in August, smears of about 74665 persons were taken of which 5019 tested posit  BMC allows swine flu screening at 14 private hospitals  - Mumbai: With the outbreak of H1N1 pandemic, the Bombay Municipality Commission has now allowed the s  BMC charts new course for H1N1-hit  - MUMBAI: The BMC has upgraded guidelines for paediatric patients testing positive for H1N1. The upgra  BMC dumps child health scheme - Dec15, 2009 - DNA  - Suspend plans of taking over the management of the Integrated Child Development Scheme in Mumbai  BMC feels swine flu may get worse during winter  - In Mumbai, more than 650 people have tested positive for H1N1. The BMC, however, claimed that it is  BMC health posts under scanner  -   BMC Hospital Starts Specialised Leprosy Services  - According to him, there is a dire need for such services to cater to the population in north Mumbai.  BMC officials train guns on malaria as rains near  - MUMBAI: The rampant spread of malaria in the first fortnight of June has sent civic health officials  BMC stockpiles drugs and equipment  - Mumbai: Following the death of 33-year-old Jogeshwari resident, Femida Patanwala, of the influenza H  BMC to press mobile van services in Mumbai slums to fight H1N1  -   BMC to put up anti-smoking signs in F&B outlets and set up helpline  - By HBI Staff | Mumbai According to DNA, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will aid Mumbai  BMC will regularise clinics in housing societies  - MUMBAI: The BMC will regularise all nursing homes and clinics that are located in residential areas  Cholera threat forces BMC to set up camps in S Mumbai  - Mumbai: Three cases of suspected cholera from Mazgaon, Masjid Bunder and Mumbadevi have prompted BMC  City hospitals spend most on electricity: study  - A survey by the Hosmac India Private Limited on Tuesday revealed that hospitals in Mumbai spend the  Civic body to add 30 new health posts in Mumbai  - The BMC's multi-tier health pyramid begins with super-speciality hospitals at the top and health pos  Cybernoon : Govt. hospitals proud of their AIDS centres : Nov 1, 2006  - Bhagwati-like incident won’t occur at most reputed hospitals, deans say  Cybernoon: Blood donors keep the Mumbai spirit flowing! : Jul 13, 2006  - No hospital fell short of blood for victims of Tuesday’s blasts  Cybernoon: BMC conducts medical camps to avoid Dengue outbreak: Oct 19, 2006  - Medical teams are monitoring the health of people in localities prone to monsoon related diseases  Cybernoon: Indigent patients have a right to treatment: Aug 18, 2006  - People are suffering for want of shelter,there is sickness and there are no funds to treat poors  DNA : Malaria epidemic set to sting Mumbai: Aug 30, 2006  - Cases of water-borne diseases like gastroenteritis and hepatitis have been on the rise since July  DNA : Thousand-mile miracle at work : Aug 6, 2006  - Telemedicine allows even the poorest sections of society access to better healthcare  DNA: BMC aims to save Rs100crore by buying generic medicines: March 10, 2010  -   DNA: BMC all set to defy SC directives on clinics: June 16, 2009  -   DNA: Bomb Blasts - He died alone in ICU while family looked everywhere for him: Jul 14, 2006  - The hospital authorities were dealing with more than 45 casualties from the bomb blasts  DNA: City sanitation system gets ISO 9001 boost: Nov 04, 2006  - BMC have managed to obtain prestigious ISO 9001 certification for waste water treatment plants  DNA: I think my eardrums are badly damaged- says BMC inspector : July 15, 2006  -   DNA: Malaria, lepto strike; 13 die in 24 hours : Jul 21, 2006  - Malaria has been the biggest killer, say officials  DNA: Monsoon diseases kill 6 more : Jul 23, 2006  - Civic officials say hospitals are geared up for emergency  DNA: Polluted water sparks jaundice fear in Mumbai: March 12, 2010  -   DNA: Rain diseases don’t stop gali eaters : Aug 8, 2006  - Civic body has raided some illegal roadside stalls under its scanner recently  DNA:Wanted: More hospital beds:Dec 03, 2006  - The average bed to population ratio for Mumbai is 1: 1,462  Docs on strike, woman gives birth in taxi - Mumbai - Cities - The ...  -   DOWNTOWNPLUS:The MCGMplans to develop the biolarvicidalVectoBac 12AS that is used in mosquitocontrol  - March 05, 2009  Express group: It's Free, But Is It Fair?- free medical treatment: Jul 2006  - Report on free medical treatment in charitable ho pleased noone  First swine flu case in city, hospitals gear up to prevent spread ...  - A rapid response team from state health department along with a team from BMC traced his contacts  Hi-tech lab at Kasturb soon: BMC  - Mumbai, Aug 12 With more number of people rushing to hospitals to get themselves tested for H1N1  HT: Municipal body to launch 24x7 cardiac ambulance service: June 27, 2009  -  (pdf)  IE : Bhagwati Hospital to get a new look : Sep 9, 2006  - The hospital authorities had been demanding development for the last four years  IE : Dengue, Leptospirosis Tests in Mumbai, Finally : Feb 28, 2007  - PCR-based technology allows detection of DNA or RNA.  IE : Hospitals to Come Under Scanner to Check Efficiency of Electrical Appliances : Apr 22, 2007  - Any government building which consumes more than 500 KW has to undergo an energy audit.  IE : Polio Drive Targets Specific Communities : Apr 25, 2007  - WHO doctor asks community leaders to take part in the initiative.  IE : Pulse Polio : Of Targeted 12 lakh, 8 lakh Children covered : Sept 10, 2007  - AS many as 8,99,024 chil­dren were administered pulse polio drops in the programme arranged by BMC  IE: 48 deaths in a month, but BMC’s not worried: Jul 21, 2006  - According to the BMC, the statistics are no cause for concern  IE: A thousand cases out of 1.3-crore is not alarming: Mumbai plagued with diseases: Oct 21, 2006  - Interview of Dr Jayaraj Thanekar, BMC’s executive health officer  IE: At Sion hospital, a one-stop digital info centre eases the pain : July 16, 2006  - Sahayata Centre uses photographs, computers and lots of care to help the bereaved  IE: BMC hospitals come into telemedicine loop : Jul 29, 2006  - The Memorandum of Understanding with ISRO is in an advanced stage of finalisation  IE: BMC to inspect clinics, nursing homes in residential areas: April 14, 2009  -   IE: BMC to submit implementation plan for Reproductive and Child Health II: March 04, 2008  -   IE: Civic body proposes a plan to improve city’s health: January 09, 2009  -   IE: Civic body to start a Mother and Child hospital in Borivali: September 10, 2008  -   IE: Peripheral hospitals in a makeover mode: October 03, 2008  -   IE: Two deaths from suspected lepto in 24 hours : Jul 23, 2006  - The ill-effects of water-logging and heavy rains across the city are showing up  IE:At GT Hospital, a sweeper helps with post-mortems: Nov 21, 2006  - Staff crunch, threat of infections stalk those who work at morgues  IE:BMC’s spending double on anaesthesia: Nov 5, 2006  - The reason: tender bringing drug at reduced rate is over, new one held back by committee  IE:Shortfall of basic medicines at BMC hospitals, patients suffer: Nov 29, 2006  - BMC authorities say hospital stores are responsible for maintaining stocks  IM: Identifying bodies of victims biggest task : Jul 12, 2006  - Many of the bodies were brought in parts bundled together in bed sheets and polythene bags  Indian Express, Mumbai: Unclaimed bodies rotting in JJ hospital for 4 months: Nov 1, 2006  - JJ’s own mortuary has not been operational since 1987  KEM to get a Rs 120-cr revamp  - MUMBAI: The King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Parel, a Grade II heritage structure, is all set  Look out for other diseases too  - Malaria, for instance, has seen 2145 cases and three deaths, said Dr Kishore Harboli, who heads the  Malaria finds new spots as civic body identifies high-risk areas  - have suffered malaria (4372 Vivax and 771 Falciparum) BMC officials have said that the increased  Medical aid only for Mumbaikars  - Now, Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak has proposed that only Mumbaikars should benefit from the  Medindia: Monsoon Related Diseases On The Rise In Mumbai : Jul 22, 2006  - Malaria and viral fever, were more the cause for concern than the diseases like dengue, leptospirosi  Medindia: Water–borne Diseases Takes Two : Jul 24, 2006  - Health experts warn that malaria and leptospirosis are caused by dirty surroundings  Mental Health : BMC Hospitals  - Report on K.E.M. Hospital Psychiatry Department  MM: Mobile testing facility for HIV will target slums: September 23, 2008  -   MM: Railway ministry asks WR to stop payment to two BMC hospitals: Nov 2, 2006  - Hospital bills include tea, civil repairs and telephone charges as expenditure  Monsoon-related diseases claim 2 more lives, toll 40  - The BMC health officials, however, said that though the number of rain-related ailments is rising  NDTV : Post 7/11: Civic authorities to centralise info: Aug 6, 2006  - Relatives of those killed went through painful task of running from pillar to post to locate bodies  NDTV: Mumbai builders violate vector control laws - inviting mosquitos around: Oct 25, 2006  - Government officials unwilling to comment on their own lapses.  NDTV: Pregnant woman sues Mumbai civic authorities: Dec 8, 2006  - Sunita wants the BMC to pay for the upkeep of her unborn child, a child she hadn't planned on having  No sign of rains, but Mumbai has its first dengue victim  - "Rapid test results showed he died of dengue," Dr Daksha Shah, the head of BMC's epidemiology cell  Now, liver transplants at KEM  - Mumbai: For those who cannot afford liver transplants in private hospitals, there's reason to cheer.  Only 66% kids vaccinated on Polio  - Even though the target was 13,25000 children, the BMC could cover only 8,68000 children. "While the  Only one cholera case, says BMC  - MUMBAI: Three persons, including two children, have tested positive for cholera in the city but the  Polio drive to detect malaria too  - Of the total 13,10000 children under the age of five, the BMC covered 8,09000 children on Sunday  Posh Mumbai locality hit by dengue, malaria  - The residents have now launched a signature campaign to get the municipal council of Mumbai (the BMC  Resident doctors go on strike  - Director of BMC hospitals DR Sanjay Oak said he was aware about the strike. He added that they would  Rs 400 incentive for women who deliver in civic hospitals  - In a bid to promote institutional deliveries, BMC has started offering cash as well as medicines  Senior doctors back residents' cause, say they cannot fill in much ...  - ... stock of the situation on Tuesday and even start advertising for doctors on an ad-hoc basis,”  SevenHills Hospital to start first phase of operations in Sep  - Under the public-partnership initiative, BMC has leased out for 60 years a 17-acre plot for the hosp  Smoking ban: civic body figures on fines don't tally  - figures obtained by Newsline from BMC, fine collected against smoking since November 2008, was least  Swine flu panic wears off  - Meanwhile, the BMC claimed that there were no fresh cases. City doctors feel that a rise in the temp  Testing for swine flu to begin in Mumbai  - ... BMC executive health officer. Two more persons from Mumbai tested positive on Tuesday. The numbe  Times Now: South Mumbai falls prey to dengue : Oct 28, 2006  - Mumbai is dengue-free according to the figures.  TimesNow: Fever outbreak in Mumbai : Jul 25, 2006  - What is significant is the rising number of cases of the deadly disease—leptospirosis  TOI : Doctors fear chikungunya has stung city : Aug 4, 2006  - A person has to be bitten by an infected mosquito to contract the disease  TOI : It's not gastro but cholera, insist experts : Oct 18, 2006  - Medical staff admit that nearly four to five cases of cholera have been detected in last few months  TOI : Bomb Blast victims- How to claim your insurance : Jul 12, 2006  - Railways and commuters are covered currently by public sector insurance companies for such incidents  TOI: BMC’s healthcare proposal for locals comes under fire: August 11, 2008  -   TOI: Cooper Hosp will soon be reconstructed: November 13, 2008  -   TOI: Electronic database - Med records at civic hosps will soon be a click away: October 20, 2008  -   TOI: Redevpt of 5 civic hosps to begin soon: February 13, 2010  -   TOI: Vaccine deaths more than usual: BMC records: May 13, 2008  -   TOI: Western suburbs to get 670 more hospital beds: February 12, 2010  -   Two new cases of suspected cholera in city  - But the BMC should pull up its socks. The BMC should eradicate the problem from the root,'' said Vin  Wadia hospital blamed for death of two infants with swine flu  - The hospital authorities, however, wrote to us saying there was no negligence on their part,'' said  Zee News : Doctors work long hours to cope with rush of blast victims : Jul 13, 2006  - BMC runs the two hospitals where most of the affected people were admitted  Public Toilets CNN-IBN: One toilet for 1,440 people at Dharavi: Nov 19, 2006  - One-third of Dharavi's population has no access to clean drinking water  Construction of 18 Seated Public Toilet at - Mumbai, Maharashtra ...  - Construction of 18 Seated Public Toilet at - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Navi Mumbai Municipal Corp  CR builds model toilet at GTB station  - The drainage will be discharged into the nearest BMC main. The inside flooring will have granite  IE: On Movie Q2P - The toilet is a prism in the film: Aug 15, 2006  - Toilets are still more accessible to men than women  Water-free urinals at Gateway soon  - As of now, we don't have any estimate on how much water can be saved,'' said RA Rajeev, additional m  Roads Peddar Road work to resume on May 2, with least hiccups  - Peddar Road work to resume on May 2, with least hiccups  MMRDA wants footpaths reduced, BMC obliges  - DNA - 5 February , 2010..............Pandurang Mhaske  56 city bridges in dilapidated state  - According to a recent survey by the BMC, at least 56 bridges in Mumbai city are in a dilapidated  A flyover to further delay Santa Cruz-Chembur road  - The Santa Cruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR), which is a part of Mumbai Urban Transport Project initiated  Afternoon:BMC-police debate who will rid the footpaths of sleepers: Nov 16, 2006  - There is no clear-cut provision in any act to throw away or detain people sleeping on footpath  Another road caves in at South Mumbai  - The damaged portion will be restored later," additional municipal commissioner RA Rajeev said. This  BMC can't save you from this road cave in at Kalachowkie  - Mid day - 23rd feb 2010..........Somita Pal  BMC panels rejects `tweaked' road plans  - Civic chief Jairaj Phatak said he would withdraw all proposals and henceforth submit proposals where  BMC sets out in search of new road repair tech  - MUMBAI: After a rap from the Bombay high court, the BMC is trying hard to ensure better roads  BMC to bridge the gaps in Jogeshwari  - MUMBAI: Jogeshwari (West), Oshiwara and Lokhandwala Complex will soon have better connectivity with  BMC's cash crunch brings road projects to a halt  - Mumbai: The financial ill-health of the municipal corporation has now begun to create a roadblock  BMC, MMRDA face new road blocks  - Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Au  Cameras, cops on bikes will monitor sea link security  - MUMBAI: The 12 cameras installed on the Bandra-Worli sea link will be monitored at three locations  Central suburb roads may cave in this monsoon: Traffic cops  - According to the report, which was submitted to the BMC recently, the most dangerous spots have been  Civic body asks development agency to maintain 3 roads  - Mumbai The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corpo  CNN-IBN:BMC’s new solution for bumpy roads:Dec 14, 2006  - BMC's Materials Testing Laboratory finds out if material used meets required standards  CST subways may get Gothic uplift  - The then heritage committee had permitted the BMC to use polycarbonate material for the roofing. The  CXO today, Mumbai: ATC to Decongest Mumbai Roads : Nov 2, 2006  - Ambitious Rs.54 crore State government project initiated by Mumbai traffic police can bring a change  Cybernoon : BMC says it hasn’t received HC roders : Jul 7, 2006  - The incessant rains over nearly five days have exposed the sorry state of roads  Cybernoon : Empty coffers and bad roads leave PWD ‘out on the street’  - Anticipating a repetition of another court rap, the department has decided to take up repair work  Cybernoon : Will Mumbai’s battered roads lead to Shanghai? : Aug 16, 2006  - BMC toiled to get rid of most of the potholes just before the monsoon  Cybernoon: ATC to get traffic smart card : Nov 1, 2006  - Traffic police will control traffic movement with the help of an ATC smart card  Cybernoon: Digging up Mumbai roads adds to traffic mess : Oct 30, 2006  - Constant digging of the roads due to various reasons has increased the traffic problems in city  Devlopment body urged to start work on Mulund skywalk  - As the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is yet to start work on the proposed  DNA : Handcarts on their way out : Mar 17, 2007  - The BMC license department has now been given a timeline by superiors.  DNA : Road Repair - HC blasts BMC for ignoring 26/7 lessons : Jul 6, 2006  - High court reprimanded the BMC for pothole-ridden roads and water-logging in the city.  DNA: BMC promise rides on patchwork: August 18, 2008  -   DNA: BMC promises potholes are passe : Aug 13, 2006  - For long, MSRDC has been grappling with the problem of potholes on JJ flyover  DNA: Court nods for parking tower at Mahalaxmi: Dec 07, 2006  - A multi-storey mechanical parking tower, High Court dismisses a PIL filed by Breach Candy Residents  DNA: Court says 4 weeks for repairs, but MMRDA needs a full season : Sep 1, 2006  - Officials say that unlike the BMC, the MMRDA has built some new corridors  DNA: Has BMC found a ‘dream product’ for road repair?: Oct 20, 2006  - A South Africa-based firm demonstrated a product which ‘guarantees’ pothole-free roads  DNA: HC order to remove Pothholes : Aug 20, 2006  - After last year’s deluge, the roads were left in a terrible condition  DNA: Transport - Are bullock carts the future? : Aug 1, 2006  - Experts take a sober and well-thought-out view on transport options  DNA: Water recedes, potholes emerge : Jul 7, 2006  - Around 1,20,000 potholes have appeared in the city after the rain  GulfNews: Road woes flood Mumbai's monitoring panel:Nov 10, 2006  - People want quick results after a steady flow of complaints to the RMC  Haji Ali Road to be divided equally  - Mumbai: In order to facilitate traffic movement on the Bandra Worli Sea Link, the BMC and the traffi  Half the cameras on city roads don't work  - We have already appealed to the traffic police to depute a constable here to regulate the traffic  HC scraps BMC's road maintenance contract  - Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday scraped a Rs60-crore road maintenance contract awarded by  IBN: Foreign cos Mumbai's road to recovery: Oct 26, 2006  - Given the urgent need to repair city roads, the BMC is not averse to any of the probable solutions  IE : BMC plans to adopt American technique for roads: Oct 17,2007  -   IE : To bring change in Octroi, BMC starts 'Mission' : Oct 15,2007  -   IE: Bitumen shortage hits pre-monsoon road repairs: May 21, 2008  -   IE: BMC launches Rs 16-crore patchwork for smooth roads: Jul 10, 2006  - Minor road repair contracts will now be handled by ward offices  IE: Civic body directed to account for road maintenance budget : Jun 29, 2006  - BMC to file an affidavit by July 19 explaining why the budget for road was not utilised completely  IE: Contractors fined Rs 1.2 cr for bad roads, BMC tells HC : Sep 12, 2006  - A complete overhaul of the city’s 1,900-km road network will require at least five years  IE: Deadline over, BMC decides to fill all potholes by August 23: August 19, 2008  -   IE: Octroi nakas to get hi-tech soon: Oct 27, 2006  - Proposal also aims at enhancing check posts aesthetically by making more space for basic amenities  IE: Parking fee will not be raised: Nov 9, 2006  - Move to develop the existing 137 vacant plots reserved for parking and make them functional  IE: Pothholes on road - No problem, says BMC: Aug 16, 2006  - BMC had informed court that it had completed its pre-monsoon work and filled 8,500 potholes  IE: Potholes in the city -This is why high court pulled up the BMC : Jul 6, 2006  - BMC had told High Court that all potholes in city had been filled  IE: Sewage disposal project to get over by 2010: BMC : Oct 18, 2006  - Project funded by the government aims to treat 80 per cent of sewage before letting it into the sea  IE: This monsoon, BMC looks to traffic police CCTVs to monitor water-logging: May 07, 2008  -   IE: Use full budget for roads : Jul 20, 2006  - BMC told to take permissions in advance, hire engineers to oversee road repairs  Kalachowkie cave-in: officials yet to locate leakage in drain  - Indian Express - Feb 24, 2010  MM: Citizens complain about road dividers being filled with debris: January 13, 2009  -   MM: Citizens complain about road dividers being filled with debris: January 13, 2009  -   MM: Park in peace outside railway stations: May 21, 2008  -   MM: The Politics of Potholes: August 21, 2008  -   Napean Sea Road to open by end of May  - Mumbai: Expect a smoother drive to and from South Mumbai soon as the Brihanmumbai Municipal  Netas' whims determine skywalk sites  - The BMC has urged the MMRDA to construct two skywalks, one at Jogeshwari and another between the Ver  Now, state wants a name for E-way too  - The policy was framed by the then MSRDC chief RC Sinha in the aftermath of the cash-for-naming-a-roa  Over 10 reviews later, key link road still on slow track  - The 6.5-km link has been the most challenging sub-component in the showcase World Bank-funded projec  Pedder Road will be shut again for repairs  - ... bad patches resurfaced three to four times, MMRDA officials and the traffic police complained to  Preventing potholes: BMC fixes 300 roads  - MUMBAI: Over 300 roads in Mumbai have been put through pre-monsoon repairs. These roads were  Queen's Necklace' still awaits its full shine  - More than a year after the project to refurbish Marine Drive was handed over to the BMC by the Mumba  Sea route may lighten road load  - "Both, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development  Siddhivinayak trust gets notice for digging road  - The Times of India - 24 Feb, 2010.........SUKHADA TATKE,  Soon, a Marine Drive as smooth as a Queen's Necklace  - The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will start work in a few months. “We expect to carry  Sun to light up city streets, BMC calls bids from Aug 1  - There are already 400 solar-run streetlights across Mumbai, a majority of them in the western suburb  The Hindu : Why contractors shouldn't be booked for bad roads, asks HC : Jul 5, 20006  - HIgh Court asked BMC to explain why no action should be taken against erring contractors  Three major roads not ready to face monsoon: BMC  - Meanwhile, BMC continued to be at loggerheads with MIAL (Mumbai International Airport Ltd) over  To decongest roads, BMC comes up with cycle-track plan  - Hemant Chhabra of the Bicycle Project, an NGO that promotes use of cycles by donating old ones to po  TOI : BMC puts top staff on the job : Aug 18, 2006  - Officials are expected to send daily progress reports to the commissioner  TOI: Civic body tests cold asphalt for Mumbai roads : Oct 21, 2006  - It is supposed to be better than the hot-mix asphalt currently used  TOI: HC paves the way for better roads : Jul 21, 2006  - The court has also sought a solution from the BMC for repeated digging up of roads  TOI: Pothhole - free Mumbai, civic agencies give themselves a pat : Aug 30, 2006  - BMC's self-congratulatory report card declares a score of 98% in completing its work  TOI: BMC to buy 3 machines to fix potholes next year: August 19, 2008  -   TOI: BMC to maintain amenities in private layouts: November 26, 2008  -   TOI: Cool comfort: Taxis shift gear in city: Oct 19, 2006  - BMC and MMRDA required to give pothole-free roads so that commuters could enjoy a smooth ride  TOI: Exec engineer to inspect paver blocks in all wards: May 04, 2008  -   TOI: HC scraps BMC’s Rs 20-cr road upkeep contract: August 21, 2009  -   TOI: Mumbai roads - Don't blame BMC alone : Jul 5, 2006  - Hastily implemented schemes by the state govt have added to the woes  TOI: Ten reasons why paver blocks have failed: May 03, 2008  -   TOI:Parking fees to go up 300 per cent: Nov 7, 2006  - Parking charges for private vehicles will be increased from 163% to 300%  TOI:Pick up the phone for good roads: Nov 8, 2006  - Road Monitoring Committee has been appointed by Bombay high court  Trenches swallow up funds for potholes  - At least 70% of the BMC's Rs 33 crore budget for pothole and spot repairs is being used to reinstate  Wanted: Builders to improve 12 roads  - Additional municipal commissioner RA Rajeev said the security deposits collected from the original c  Yahoo news: Bombay High Court reprimands BMC for sorry state of roads: Jul 5, 2006  - Heavy rains have left potholed roads in city  Sewage / Sewerage BMC could court trouble on failure to clean drains  - MUMBAI: With the monsoons ready to lash Mumbai, many citizens are worried ... Bombay high court by f  Broken sewage line may cause water-logging in Vile Parle  - Mumbai: When it comes to major infrastructure projects involving two agencies like the Brihanmumbai  CN : Mithi Debris to be Dumped at the Kanjurmarg Landfill Site : May 17, 2007  - BMC’s approval to MMRDA’s request brings sour responses from Kanjurmarg residents.  DNA : BMC's Mumbai Sewerage Disposal Project : Aug 24, 2006  - The project, which awaits Central funds, fails to meet its target  DNA : Confusion over funding clogs storm drains : Aug 30, 2006  - Civic officials fear that it will take another two years for the project to start  DOWNTOWNPLUS: Eco-housing compulsory for new projects: MCGM: Feb 29, 2008  -   IE : Sewage disposal project to get over by 2010, says BMC : Oct 18, 2006  - By 2020, the project aims to treat 100 percent of sewage  IE : Will BMC drains project get full aid from Centre?: Aug 30, 2006  - Justice Lodha said the project should not be stuck due to want of resources  IE: Central funds coming, drain project gets big boost : Sep 8, 2006  - The Rs 2,376-crore project is to be implemented by BMC  IE: Green curbs set to delay mega project for sewage disposal: March 02, 2010  -   TOI : BMC plans to open House for citizens : Aug 18, 2006  -   TOI: Bmc plans to ask new malls, hotels, housing complexes to have on-site treatment reactors: Aug05  -   TOI: Only 30% works completed clearing of drains behind schedule: May 12, 2008  -   Slaughter House IE: Buffaloes’ slaughterhouse to shut down in two years: November 05, 2008  -   Slum Sanitation 1995-2004: BMC plans white paper on slums  - However, Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak said the administration was firm while dealing with  7000 slums in Dharavi sold for Rs 700 cr  - The trend was discovered by Pune-based NGO, Mashal, soon after it completed an exhaustive 18-month-l  Civic body calls for use of force to vacate Worli slum  - MUMBAI: In what could be an explosive issue for the state government on the eve of the assembly elec  DNA : ACB sees graft plot in Rs3-crore slum rehabilitation : Sep 14, 2006  - ACB investigations revealed 95 “non-existent tenants on the controversial plot.  DNA : Slum scandal: 7 in police custody : Sep 15, 2006  - The court directed the investigating agency to look into the matter  IE: 1995-2004: BMC plans white paper on slums: July 16, 2009  -   Once slums regularised BMC to supply water to them  - PTI Mumbai: With the chief minister on Wednesday approving the controversial proposal to regularise  Slum rehab cut-off now 2000  - In December 2004, the Vilasrao Deshmukh government had backed a BMC drive to demolish illegal hutmen  Vertical rise in slums dangerous, claim experts  - The solution, said BMC officials, lies in demolishing the extension after identifying it by use of  Solid Waste BMC Tender Notice: Mechanical Power Sweeping: Nov 2, 2006  -  (gif)  BMC to adopt a 'cleaner method' to dispose waste  - However, he added that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) would not mind the expenditure.  Cybernoon : HC hears PIL on hospitals’ disposal of bio medical waste: Sep 11, 2006  - 21 hospitals are yet to join the common incinerators facilities made available  DNA : Clean-up Act Gets Good Response : Apr 3, 2007  - People were made to clean up their own mess and fine was slapped on 50 offenders.  DNA : Solid Waste Management - Green raps rlys over waste : Sep 5, 2006  - The MPCB has served a show cause notice to both the CR and WR for solid waste management  DNA : Waste Management - City dreams a sylvan dream : Sep 4, 2006  - Imagine there are no mounds of garbage and debris anywhere around  DNA: Mulund cleanest, Kurla worst : Oct 31, 2006  - On normal days, the per capita generation of wastes in Mumbai is about 450g per person a day  DNA: Garbage mismanagement: Zero tolerance levels tested: Nov 07, 2006  - A ‘zero tolerance zone’ is supposed to be free of strewn garbage. But pictures show otherwise  DNA: Littering fine may increase 10 times : Jul 25, 2006  - This proposal will be put to vote in the next BMC meeting  DNA: Shanghai dream is load of rubbish: Jul 8 ,2006  - BMC blames its failure on the lack of civic sense of Mumbaikars  Dumping near airfield? Pay Rs 1 lakh fine  - In Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be responsible for implementing the new  Four-member panel to check feasibility of dumping ground  - The committe will soon meet additional municipal commissioner RA Rajeev to discuss the decentralizat  Highrises and clubs may have to treat their waste  - ... additional municipal commissioner RA Rajeev before submitting a report to the court. The court h  IBN: BMC manages waste on Ganesh fest : Sep 4, 2006  - BMC is making sure that all the waste that accompanies the idols ends up in compost pits  IE: BMC pays Rs13 lakh for lifting debris: March 09, 2010  -   IE: BMC's Debris Dumping Rule Still on Paper : Apr 29, 2007  - Dumped debris is choking up the already-congested daily traffic.  IE: City may get electricity from solid waste : Sep 6, 2006  - Rs 700-crore project encompassing treatment waste will involve segregation of solid waste  MM: Accurate new city map will even show dustbin locations: November 05, 2008  -   MM: BMC to install chips to monitor if garbage trucks doing their job: October 14, 2008  -   MM: Clean-up marshals quit after abuse from public: March 20, 2008  -   MM: Dumping debris from eight months outside gate;ward officer unaware of complaints: April 21, 2008  -   Panel told to examine scientific disposal of garbage  - The committee on Tuesday showed a presentation on the issue following which the court has directed  Part of Deonar dump will be closed down by March 2011  - Additional municipal commissioner RA Rajeev explained in court how the BMC proposed to shut down 65  Proposal to shut Deonar dumping ground rejected  - Reacting to the setback, additional municipal commissioner RA Rajeev said, "The need of the hour is  The Hindu: BMC to send plastic waste to ACC Cements for recycling: February 26, 2010  -   Times of India, Mumbai: Mixed reactions - Diffrent stories by Residents and BMC: Oct 28, 2006  - Residents are not that happy with the BMC's approach towards the wards  TOI : 1,000 Tonnes Garbage Dumped at BMC Acquired Land : Apr 3, 2007  - In early 2007, the BMC started shutting down the dump site.  TOI : BMC imposes sweeping fine : Oct 31,2007  -   TOI: BMC goes green on bio-med waste: June 04, 2009  -   TOI: Levy green tax on plastic bags, BMC to state: February 27, 2010  -   Street Childrens IE: BMC gets talking about street children's health: May 10, 2008  -   Swimming Pools / Beaches / Rivers / Lakes Cops plan chowkie to police Powai lake  - MUMBAI: The Powai police have submitted a proposal to the BMC, seeking permission to build a two-sto  DNA : Parel Rresidents Struggle to Keep Kamgar Krida Kendra swimming Pool Afloat : Mar 19, 2007  - Of the six swimming pools that the BMC owns, only this pool is in a good condition.  DNA: BMC plans Kalina pond makeover: September 09, 2008  -   DNA: Disabled coach upbeat about HC stay order: June 02, 2009  -   DNA: Marine life hit in Banganga tank during pitrupaksh ceremony: September 30, 2008  -   Finally, beach security plan in 25 days  - If all goes well, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will implement its beach safety model  IE : BMC to follow Thane model on artificial lakes for Ganpati immersion : Sept 4, 2007  - The BMC has decided to set up small artificial lakes for immersion of Ganpati idols  IE : Corporators Tell BMC to Clean Mumbai's Lakes : Apr 4, 2007  - Lakes in the city are in decadent state.  IE : Laboratory Results : Dadar Beach Samples Contain Oil : May 28, 2007  - Environmentalists have warned of serious health hazards to humans and danger to marine life.  IE : Open spaces: Pvt builders could have their way : Aug 31, 2007  - BMC sticks to 'caretaker model' for new gyms, club houses, swimming pools  IE: Locals write to PM over Powai lake desilting: April 15, 2009  -   IE: Work on Mithi under way, dearth of volunteers poses major hurdle: February 18, 2009  -   Lake levels may rise soon: BMC  - lakes from where Mumbai's water supply is drawn had dipped drastically over the past few days  Members, locals welcome stalling of Dadar swimming pool revamp  - “I have not yet looked at the court order. Hence can not comment on the issue,” said additional muni  MM: Environmentalists see red over plans to turn Powai lake green: September 11 , 2008  -   MM: Sea at Reay Rd to become dumping site: December 17, 2008  -   Only 1/3rd of Kalina pond will be revived  - Local corporator Alice Johnson Therattil of ward no 84 had met the additional municipal commissioner  Restore our pond, Kalina locals tell poll candidates  - The Constitution provides protection to natural water bodies but the BMC has failed to implement  TOI: BMC gets charge of cleaning 3 rivers: May 23, 2008  -   TOI: BMC to spend over Rs 7 cr to keep three city beaches clean: December 24, 2008  -   TOI: Powai lake: Activists protest Rs 40-crore civic makeover: March 19, 2008  -   TOI: Versova locals want to fund watchtowers: March 10, 2008  -   Trees BMC to begin planting Andhra trees this week  - Jan 25, 2010 - IE  BMC wakes up after 1468 tree deaths  - The BMC has a Rs 12-crore plan to restore the 1468 trees that Mumbai lost this year to ageing, diggi  BMC's New Drive: Cut Trees Kill Humanity - Apr 30, 2007  - What is the BMC trying to acheive by cutting trees at Tilak Nagar, Chembur?  Civic body, development authority in blame game over trees at ...  - A project by the BMC's Tree Authority to replant 92 stunted or dead trees on the promenade with stur  IE : Tree census after delay of three years : Aug 29, 2007  - After a delay of three years, the city's tree census may finally be out in six months  Marine Drive to get 92 new trees  -   MM: 80 banyan trees on mill land to get brand new homes: May 08, 2008  -   Monorail will take toll on 360 trees  - We have already submitted a proposal to the tree authority of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation  Most tree felling cases in south Mumbai: Report  - the green signals it gives for cutting trees.Civic chief Jairaj Phatak had said that on an average  Mumbai will lose over 2000 trees  -   PMC submits draft amendments to Tree Act  - Two years ago, city-based environment activists and non-governmental organisation (NGO) Pune Tree  TOI : BMC to appoint tree officers to meet targets : Oct 22,2007  -   Transplanting trees, a killer move  - In a letter to Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak, members of Tree Authority have likened it to ki  Transplanting trees, a killer move  - Experts doubt trees survive transplanting, says BMC yet to show them any of the 28,000 trees reporte  Tree plantation drive launched in Mumbai  - Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak and many dignitaries including designer-turned- politician Shai  Versova residents take on BMC for felling of trees  - Mumbai Mirror - 10 February, 2010..............  Woman takes BMC's help to save Shami tree  - MUMBAI: "Everybody talks about global warming but nobody wants to do anything to prevent it,'' says  Water BMC: No drinking water for MHADA flats at Mankhurd  - Hindustan Times, Feb 7, 2010......Sujit Mahamulkar  Green plumbers will help Mumbai tide over water crisis  - DNA - 6 February , 2010.............Linah Baliga  BMC evicts slum-dwellers to secure Bandra water pipeline  - DNA - 6 February , 2010  BMC seeks private help to generate non-potable water  - DNA - 5 February , 2010..................Sandeep Ashar  Now, BMC to take a measured step  - DNA , 30 January , 2010 ------Sandeep Ashar  Water projects will be focus of Mumbai's civic budget  - DNA- 2nd February 2010, Tuesday ----Sandeep Ashar  State govt promises water from reservoirs for parched city  - Jan 14, 2010 - TOI  Collector finds alternative water sources  - Jan 13, 2010 - HT  Desalination may not come to Mumbai's rescue  - Dec 28, 2009 - DNA  'No need to depend on rains for Mumbai's water'  - DNA - February 18, 2010 ..............Linah Baliga  100% water cut likely once a week/month  - Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to impose a 100% water cut once a week  15% water cut gives sale of loft tanks a boost  - MUMBAI: Ever since the BMC enforced a 15% water cut, the sales of loft tanks for household use have  68 pipeline bursts in 15 months  - In its reply, the BMC claimed that the pipelines bursts were due to trenching and excavation carried  A million litres of water go down drain in Mumbai  - 20 February, 2010.............Pandurang Mhaske  Afternoon:MLAs grill govt. over water problem:Nov 13, 2006  - How do new high-rises get 24 hours’ supply, and other areas little or nothing, Jayant Patil asked  BMC bats for hike in water rates  - The Times Of India - Feb 19, 2010...........Sharad Vyas  BMC forms squad to check water waste in Government offices  - PTI Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will keep a tab on Government offices  BMC likely to impose 30 pc water cut  - Mumbai, Oct 26(PTI) Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is likely to impose 30 per cent water  BMC may cut supply of Powai lake water to L&T  - MUMBAI: One of the country's leading engineering and construction firms, Larsen & Toubro Limited  BMC move works, more buildings with rain harvesting come up  - In the midst of acute water crisis that Mumbai has been experiencing since 1996, there comes good  BMC reduces water supply to 5-star hotels  - MUMBAI: Rains may have come to the catchment areas of lakes, but that has not come as any relief to  BMC to implement rainwater harvesting only in 2010  - MUMBAI: Here's why the bmc's claims on rainwater harvesting don't hold water. Although its notificat  BMC to realign water zones for equal supply  - MUMBAI: During the current water crisis, the BMC has decided to realign the zones to which it  BMC to rope in agencies to check water loss  - Under its ambitious Sujal Mumbai project which envisages providing 24x7 water supply to Mumbaikars,  BMC to tap other water sources  - Water supply in Mumbai is said to be the worst this year with the BMC already imposing a 20% water  BMC's water helpline in need of help itself!  - The campaign will include schools and colleges, and the BMC also plans to introduce competitions  Centre pumps in Rs 94 cr to ease city's water woes  - The decision was taken on July 24, after BMC officials met senior functionaries from the central urb  City may face 10% water cut  - The BMC is already using water reserves from Vihar lake for the eastern suburbs. At Bhatsa dam the  City will cry for water till 2021  - Mumbai Mumbai will have to wait till 2021 to meet its water requirement, according to the a  Civic body proposes to replace water pipelines every 15 years  - Later, Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak agreed to the proposal. Phatak said that the civic admin  Coming up: More water woes from Malad-Borivli  - DNA - February 25, 2010.............Sandeep Ashar  Coming, 5 lakh electronic meters to ensure careful usage of water  - Mumbai The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon install electronic water meters for  Conserving water one building at a time  - MUMBAI: In an attempt to tackle the city's growing water shortage problem, the Brihanmumbai  Cybernoon: The Water you drink : Jul 25, 2006  - The river bank also serves as a crematorium for locals.  Decision on further water cut after polls: civic body  - The BMC has decided not to impose further cuts in water supply till the Assembly election. Though  Dial toll-free 108 to report water theft, leakage  - Outgoing municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak has already sent a reply on the issue to the standing  Didn't rain enough, 15 pc water cut stays: civic body  - Mumbai Mumbaikars will have to bear with the 15 per cent water cut for some more time, says Brihanmu  DNA : Mumbai goes dry before ‘dry day’ : Dec 25, 2006  - The city will go without water for an entire day from 10 am on December 27 to 10 am next day  DNA : State to Take Over Sewage, Water from BMC : Apr 6, 2007  - We supply water in slums and no one pays for the same.  DNA : State to Take Over Sewage, Water From BMC : Apr 6, 2007  - However, lower cadre of officials say it might help curtail the red tape in the two depts.  DNA : Summer Onset Spurs Water Woes : Apr 3, 2007  - BMC, responsible for water supply in the city came in for some sharp criticism.  DNA: 150 wells to be revived: July 24, 2008  -   DNA: Celebrate a dry Holi, says Mumbai mayor: February 28, 2010  -   DNA: Civic body plans water rationing for new projects: November 04, 2008  -   DNA: Deputy mayor raps BMC: Nov 18, 2006  - With civic elections round the corner, issue of water scarcity has taken centre stage  DNA: Global firms to install water meters in city: Nov 18, 2006  - A shortage of 700 million litres of water every day in the city will soon be met  DNA: H2O - Not just hydrogen and oxygen : Aug 6, 2006  - City’s drinking water is a potent mix of gastro, amoebiasis and other ailments.  DNA: Mumbai mired in murky waters : Sep 19, 2006  - More than the matter, fact that is startling is the BMC’s complete lack of concern  DNA: Preserve water, get tax cut: September 26, 2008  -   DNA: Private players beat BMC in the water race: March 21, 2008  -   DNA: Save water call 'falls flat' in Mulund society: March 03, 2010  -   DNA: Water Shortage - There’s political pressure in your kitchen taps : Jun 23, 2006  - Leaders ensure excessive distribution of water to their areas says BMC officials  DNA:City loses 10 lakh litres of water daily:Nov 05, 2006  - A leak in a water pipeline in Ghatkopar has led to a loss of several thousands of litres of water  Five-star hotels in Mumbai adopt systematic approach to conserve water  - By TBM Staff | Mumbai According to a report in Times of India by Sharad Vyas, ... recycling systems  Gear up for 20% water cut now  - But we can't transfer water from the Bhatsa to the western suburbs,'' civic chief Jairaj Phatak told  IE : BMC Files Reply on City’s Pipelines : Mar 14, 2007  - Corporation says it is carrying out demolition of new encroachments.  IE : BMC Halves Pali Hill's Water Supply : Apr 12, 2007  - The project should be implemented in areas with old pipelines.  IE : Civic body aims at 24x7 water supply by 2012 : Oct 25,2007  -   IE: BMC chalks out measures to avert wastage of water: April 14, 2009  -   IE: BMC goes back to basics for tackling water crisis: March 27, 2009  -   IE: BMC offers white paper on water situation in city soon: January 06, 2009  -   IE: BMC springs into action to solve city’s water woes: October 13, 2008  -   IE: BRIMSTOWAD to get a Rs 16-crore update- city’s waterlogging problems: Jul 18, 2006  - BMC will pay consultants Rs 16 crore and pay IIT-Powai Rs 28 lakh to work as 3rd party consultants  IE: City will cry for water till 2021: May 21, 2009  -   IE: For work at ward offices, BMC's alternative: 250 i-way cyber cafes: April 20, 2008  -   IE: No water woes for city next year : Aug 24, 2006  - By March 2007, the Bhatsa River Project will add around 455 million litres a day (MLD)  IE: Only 10 men to guard city’s water pipelines: Aug 28, 2006  - 85-km-long pipelines that carry almost 80 per cent of the 563 million gallons of water monitored  IE: UK keen on water projects in city: Dec 7, 2006  - Rs 4,000 crore central investment through JNNURM has over 12 major players  IE: Water crisis looms, BMC to cut supply to new buildings by half: October 27, 2008  -   IE: Water quality, noise levels getting worse: BMC report: August 13, 2008  -   IE:BMC will consult IIT for wall along Mithi river: Nov 10, 06  - Phase II of development will include 11-km wall, road, bridges  Increased FSI has not caused water shortage: BMC chief  - Mumbai municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak today said there was no connection between the increased  Indian Express, Mumbai: For 24x7 supply, water reforms in BMC's pipeline : Oct 28, 2006  - Rs 356 crore earmarked to repair/replace pipes over 2 yrs; plugged leakages will save 160 MLD  Insufficient rainfall may force BMC to increase water cuts  - Mumbai, Aug 26 Less rainfall and insufficient water in the lakes may force the Brihanmumbai Municipa  Low-salt solution to water shortage  - The Indian Army and Navy commands in Mumbai have approved a three-acre plot for the BMC to set up  M & C News: Maharashtra warns against Mahim's 'miracle' water : Aug 20, 2006  - Scientists clarified that the seawater had turned sweet due to the natural phenomenon of dilution  Medindia: Water–borne Diseases Takes Two: Jul 24, 2006  - Health experts warn that malaria and leptospirosis are caused by dirty surroundings.  MeriNews : World Water Day : Mar 16, 2007  - Coping with Water Scarcity is the theme for World Water Day 2007.  MM: BMC wants to make it mandatory for societies to recycle wastewater: September 24, 2008  -   MM: Govt bodies owe Rs 90 cr in water charges to BMC : Aug 24, 2007  -   Mumbai disrupted by water shortages  - However, the main civic body responsible for the city's water supply, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Cor  Mumbai likely to face further water cut  - The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had on July 22 reduced water cut from 30 per cent to 15  Mumbai may get water once in 2 days  - On June 9, the BMC had instituted a 10% cut after the monsoon failed to arrive on June 7. On June 20  Mumbai residents in awful condition as taps out of water  - Corporation (BMC). "It's been two days that we have not received water. There's no water for drinkin  Mumbai's water demand goes up by 80-100 m litres every year  - Mumbai , Sep 25 With water demand expected to goes up by 80 to 100 million litres every year, the  Now, BMC targets 100mm pipes  - MUMBAI: After curtailing supplies to under-construction buildings, swimming pools and gardens, the  Now, civic engineers will keep tabs on water leaks  - The BMC decided to wash its hands off fixing water leaks out of fear that plumbers may present  Planet Powai: Worms Flow Out of Tap Water in ‘Lok Milan’ Complex : Jul 16, 2006  - ‘Planet Powai’ team visited the complex to gauge the magnitude of the situation last week  Protest against water scarcity  - Indian Express 17 Feb, 2010..........  Rly's quadrupling work hits water supply in many areas  - The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) did not have any alternative water supply plan for the  South Mumbai all set to get 500 mld water  - The BMC had undertaken construction of two more water tunnels - one from Marol-Maroshi in Andheri (E  This Dadar society has dug itself out of the water crisis  - DNA - February 19, 2010..............Linah Baliga  TMC doesn't want Morbe Dam waters  - The BMC provides another 60 MLD to the city to take up quantity of water supplied to Thane to 402 ML  TOI : 24x7 Water in 5 Years : Sept 6, 2007  - BMC Says It Can Provide Water Round The Clock Without Taking A Private Agency’s Help  TOI : Andheri residents fought BMC for good drinking water : Aug 8, 2006  - BMC initially said they could not lay pipes because traffic dept was not allowing them to dig road  TOI : Experts question viability of pvt players in water sector : Oct 26,2007  - The BMC’s move to hand over the maintenance of water distribution works to private players  TOI : South Mumbai reservoir low on water : Dec 23, 2006  - Problem started in October when a major three-metre diameter water pipeline burst at Thane  TOI: BMC to try out imported water meters for city: June 20, 2008  -   TOI: City to get 100 mld more water from bhatsa dam beginning today: January 07, 2009  -   TOI: City to get 100 mld more water from bhatsa dam beginning today: January 07, 2009  -   TOI: Now, pipelines will have alarm system: March 10, 2010  -   Tulsi overflows, but 15% water cut will continue  - BMC officials were circumspect. "Tulsi is a small lake. Unless other lakes get full, we can continue  Wasting drinking water could attract fine  - Municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak said, "The proposal would require debate and discussion. Severa  Water cuts could worsen in city  - water to the city have been fast depleting, prompting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) t  Water cuts leave Kurla high and dry  - The BMC had undertaken repairs of the wall of a 12-inch booster main pipeline because of which the  Water cuts unlikely to be lifted immediately in Mumbai  - The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on July 22 announced reduction the month-long water cut  Water shortages forge huge market  - Dec 8, 2009 - BBC News	Type in any questions, corrections or suggestions for this page here. Your Email :

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