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- BMC Elections : News Stories
- Cybernoon : A website on the BMC poll that tells all : Jan 18, 2007 - www.mumbaibmcelections.com
- Cybernoon : Candidates for BMC elections seek divine blessings : Jan 22, 2007 - A number of candidates bring home Ganesha during the Maghi Ganapati festival.
- Cybernoon : Police, punters believe SS-BJP will return to BMC : Jan 20, 2007 - Sena-BJP would not find it difficult to lure the former loyalists back
- DNA : BMC coughs up Rs12 cr for polls : Feb 1, 2007 - Spends Rs14 per voter across wards
- DNA : Civic polls will make some, break some : Jan 12, 2007 - Civic polls are likely to change the fate of many politicians across party lines.
- DNA : Come January, you will have your voter's card delivered on the spot : Dec 8, 2006 - State prepares for a Rs60-crore exercise to issue election cards to all 6.6 crore voters
- DNA : Get on- the- spot Election ID Cards : Jan 16, 2007 - Poll Panel will visit every household in the state to make an error-free voters' list (jpg)
- DNA : New voters on the Cards : Feb 7, 2007 - If all the documents are in order, the voters can get their ID cards online.
- DNA : On the fast track to growth : Jan 8, 2007 - Past few years have witnessed rapid improvement of the roads in Kandivali.
- DNA : PIL shows flaws in BMC poll : Jan 18, 2007 - The seven days time according to the petitioners is insufficient for effective campaigning.
- IBN : Glamour quotient in BMC polls : Jan 21, 2007 - The residents of Ward number 63 came together to field a consensus candidate
- IE : A Pitched Battle for Mumbai : Jan 6, 2007 - The polls will have an impact on the Maharashtra's Political Future (jpg)
- IE : BMC all set for elections today : Feb 1, 2007 - Results will be declared in Standing Committee meeting hall, which is open for the press & cadidates
- IE : BMC: Rebels play spoilers, margins set to dip : Jan 22, 2007 - There are still about 2,357 candidates in the fray for 227 seats.
- IE : Largest ward, smallest number of voters : Jan 20, 2007 - Ward no’s. 154 and —55-now has around 27,000 voters from a population of over 50,000
- IE : Next Mayor - Post Reserved for OBC Woman, BMC has a doubt : Feb 6, 2007 - (jpg)
- IE : Race for BMC's Five Nominated Seats Heats Up : Feb 17, 2007 - In the running are those who lost out in the civic polls.
- IE : Sensitive Booths : 344 in Thane, 343 in Mumbai : Jan 30, 2007 - (jpg)
- NDTV : BMC - 'Criminal' candidates in poll fray : Jan 17, 2007 - 20 per cent of the 2676 candidates contesting the BMC elections this year have a criminal record.
- Oh God! Is this my candidate! : Delia Maria : Jan 28, 2007 - Airport Road Mohalla Committee, Pune
- TOI : Anti-quota group fields candidate : Jan 11, 2007 - Controversy over reservations is set to become an issue in the BMC polls.
- TOI : BMC Members Explain They Have Inherited All Their Wealth : Jan 7, 2007 - The BMC, according to corporators themselves, offers plenty money-making opportunities
- TOI : Crorepatis Beg For Your Vote : Jan 17, 2007 - The 3,586 candidates declared their assets in affidavits submitted to the election office
- TOI : How corporators spend, drain away your money : Jan 15, 2007 - Largest chunk of corporators' funds-roughly Rs 99.3 crore-went into drainage projects
- TOI : Mithi Can Decide How Votes Flow : Jan 24, 2007 - Residents of areas through which the Mithi flows show no particular preference for any candidate
- TOI : Muslim clerics blamed for splitting votes : Feb 8, 2007 - A group of Muslim religious leaders in the city are facing the ire of secular activists.
- TOI : Sena drops 58 corporators, Congress woos Marathis : Jan 16, 2007 - Congress members blamed city Congress chief to strike a deal with the NCP
- TOI : Sena report card: B-minus, at best : Dec 23, 2006 - At the end of 5 yrs, BMC has about 50% of funds budgeted for infrastructure work lying unutilised
- TOI : The two faces of a corporator : Feb 1, 2007 -
- TOI : Two groups of Congress workers clash outside regional party office, Azad Maidan : Jan 15, 2007 - Demanding tickets for their candidates for the upcoming BMC elections (jpg)
- TOI : What Happens to Your Vote After it is Cast : Feb 1, 2007 - Each polling booth usually sees only 1,200 to 1,400 votes being cast
- TOI : Women mayors for city, Thane and Navi Mumbai : Feb 1, 2007 - Last time Mumbai had a woman mayor was in 1997-98 when Sena's Vishaka Raut held the post
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- BMC Wards : News & Data
- Ward A : Water shortage in Eden : TOI : Dec 25, 2006 - The only construction activity here is the redevelopment of old cessed buildings
- Ward B : Mumbai's Heart is on the Brink : HT : Jan 1, 2007 - Old buildings are a common problem with the residents of ward B (jpg)
- Ward D : Home to City's Top Tax - Payers, Political Upper - Class : IE: Jan 7, 2007 - Chronic flooding spots, poor roads and water scarcity are the main problems of ward (jpg)
- Ward D : Road House Blues and Water Woes in a VIP Ward : Jan 29, 2007 - Traffic Jams, Bad Pavements And An Outdated Water And Drainage System Plague Residents
- Ward E : Few Schools, more Child Labour : HT : Jan 4, 2007 - Ward has around 300 students drop out every year (jpg)
- Ward E : Forecast : Dramatic Contests in election : IE : Jan 8, 2007 - People standing in election are giving it a dramatic look (jpg)
- Ward F (North) : Great Suburban Exodus : Jan 13, 2007 - Increasing traffic, mushrooming high-rises, narrower roads and piles of garbage are the problems
- Ward F (North) : Left Dumpstruck : - Matunga-Sion Residents Fear Health Woes Due To Poor Garbage Collection And Slums On Pipelines
- Ward F : Fast Changes yet Infrastructure is Missing : IE : Jan 9, 2007 - Wards need to look at the problems of basic amenities (jpg)
- Ward F : Girangaon gone, so is Marathi Manoos : HT : Jan 5, 2007 - High buildings replace chawls, leaving middle class with no place in F (South) ward (jpg)
- Ward G (North & South) : Dharavi Redevelopment Project main issue : IE : Jan 11, 2007 - Planned development for Dharavi, traffic management and more water is required
- Ward G (North) : Dadar's lungs gasping for air : DNA : Jan 10, 2007 - Over 50,000 families are squeezed in 535 acres of Dharavi.
- Ward G : Dadar's Gardens of Neglect : HT : Jan 8, 2007 - 15 parks in G (north) need immediate attention (jpg)
- Ward G : Mills, Malls and Pollution Boom : HT : Jan 9, 2007 - Makeovers in G (south) has taken a toll on the resident's health (jpg)
- Ward H (East) : Word 'Flood' Still Strikes Terror Here : Jan 25, 2007 - The main fear is in areas like Bandra, Khar & Santa Cruz East
- Ward H (West) : Queen of Suburbs Fast Losing Crown : Jan 10, 2007 - Bandra and Khar seem to get more cramped everyday (jpg)
- Ward H (West) : Unchecked Development Leaves Rubble in Paradise : TOI : - Malls proliferate as cottages vanish, high-rises replace bungalows
- Ward H : Too many people, too little space : IE : Jan 12, 2007 - Endless encroachments, crumbling infrastructure and booming development in Bandra, Khar & Santacruz
- Ward K (East & West) : Unbridled growth, lack of space : IE : Jan 13, 2007 - You name a civic problem and the K East and K West wards-have it.
- Ward K (East) : It's hell on earth, say Andheri residents : Jan 15, 2007 - Water shortage is acute, as is traffic congestion.
- Ward K (West) : Juhu gets its beach back : HT : Jan 16, 2007 - Residents' initiative has transformed the messy waterfront to a clean place to chill out
- Ward K (West) : Sena-BJP leaders put off meet : Jan 11, 2007 - Ward that is largely made up of the Andheri (West) suburb has some of Mumbai’s worst infrastructure
- Ward L : Utter absence of planning : IE : Jan 14, 2007 - There's great anger everywhere in L Ward after the massive demolitions
- Ward M (East) : Knee-deep in Stinking Sea of Woes : HT : Jan 18, 2007 - (jpg)
- Ward M (East- West) : Many flood-prone areas here : IE : Jan 15, 2007 - While M-West take up zero-garbage programmes M-East remains a hotch-potch of shanty towns
- Ward M (West) : Model Citizens Clean Up Chembur : Jan 17, 2007 - Pestom Sagar Citizens' Forum has set up the largest vermi-composting project in the city (jpg)
- Ward N : Booming development leaves infrastructure far behind : IE : Jan 16, 2007 - Vehicular movement in this area has increased manifold in the last two to three years
- Ward P (North & South) : Malls Have Come, Now What About Some Water? : TOI : Jan 13, 2007 - Narrow, Traffic-Choked Roads & Dry Taps Plague Mumbai's Mall Zone from Malad to Goregaon
- Ward P (North) : In Malad Villages, No Power to the People : HT : Jan 22, 2007 - (jpg)
- Ward P (North-South) : From Marshes to Supermalls : IE : Jan 17, 2007 - (jpg)
- Ward R (North & Central) : People Here Wait for College and Speciality Hospital : TOI : Jan 10, 2007 -
- Ward R (South) : Kandivli Packs Green Punch in its Backyard : HT : Jan 23, 2007 - (jpg)
- Ward R (South) : Tackling a Flood of People and Rain : TOI : Jan 18, 2007 - Kandivli Wants Better Infrastructure For Sprouting Townships & Improved Flood Control
- Ward R : Hawkers, A Nagging Problem Here : IE : Jan 17, 2007 - (gif)
- Ward S : Under Construction Roads and Lack of Open Spaces Plague Powai : IE : Jan 18, 2007 - Along with drainage and water problems, residents are also fed up with the power cuts. (jpg)
- Ward T : Taking Reins From Civic Body : HT : Jan 29, 2007 - Residents in Mulund ensure there are no squatters in their area. (jpg)
- Election Results : Feb 2, 2007
- Manifesto Suggestions of Citizens
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- Forum (Suggestions of NGOs and Citizens)
- Letter From BJP on Meeting with NGOs and Concerned Citizens
- Letter From MRCC (Mumbai Regional Congress Committee) Inviting Suggestions
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