Articles contributed by users BMC Elections : News Stories 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. 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. DNA : New voters on the Cards : Feb 7, 2007 -If all the documents are in order, the voters can get their ID cards online. IE : Next Mayor - Post Reserved for OBC Woman, BMC has a doubt : Feb 6, 2007 (jpg) 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 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 DNA : BMC coughs up Rs12 cr for polls : Feb 1, 2007 -Spends Rs14 per voter across wards TOI : The two faces of a corporator : Feb 1, 2007 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 : Sensitive Booths : 344 in Thane, 343 in Mumbai : Jan 30, 2007 (jpg) 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 : 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 : How corporators spend, drain away your money : Jan 15, 2007 -Largest chunk of corporators' funds-roughly Rs 99.3 crore-went into drainage projects Oh God! Is this my candidate! : Delia Maria : Jan 28, 2007 -Airport Road Mohalla Committee, Pune 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 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. 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 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 Cybernoon : A website on the BMC poll that tells all : Jan 18, 2007 -www.mumbaibmcelections.com 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. DNA : PIL shows flaws in BMC poll : Jan 18, 2007 -The seven days time according to the petitioners is insufficient for effective campaigning. 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 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 IBN : Glamour quotient in BMC polls : Jan 21, 2007 -The residents of Ward number 63 came together to field a consensus candidate Cybernoon : Candidates for BMC elections seek divine blessings : Jan 22, 2007 -A number of candidates bring home Ganesha during the Maghi Ganapati festival. 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) 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 : Crorepatis Beg For Your Vote : Jan 17, 2007 -The 3,586 candidates declared their assets in affidavits submitted to the election office DNA : On the fast track to growth : Jan 8, 2007 -Past few years have witnessed rapid improvement of the roads in Kandivali. 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. IE : A Pitched Battle for Mumbai : Jan 6, 2007 -The polls will have an impact on the Maharashtra's Political Future (jpg) TOI : Anti-quota group fields candidate : Jan 11, 2007 -Controversy over reservations is set to become an issue in the BMC polls. BMC Election Statistics News Stories on Party Manifestos BMC Wards : News & Data 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 F (North) : Great Suburban Exodus : Jan 13, 2007 -Increasing traffic, mushrooming high-rises, narrower roads and piles of garbage are the problems Ward T : Taking Reins From Civic Body : HT : Jan 29, 2007 -Residents in Mulund ensure there are no squatters in their area. (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 F (North) : Left Dumpstruck : -Matunga-Sion Residents Fear Health Woes Due To Poor Garbage Collection And Slums On Pipelines 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 H : Too many people, too little space : IE : Jan 12, 2007 -Endless encroachments, crumbling infrastructure and booming development in Bandra, Khar & Santacruz 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 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 H (West) : Unchecked Development Leaves Rubble in Paradise : TOI : -Malls proliferate as cottages vanish, high-rises replace bungalows 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 A : Water shortage in Eden : TOI : Dec 25, 2006 -The only construction activity here is the redevelopment of old cessed buildings 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 P (North) : In Malad Villages, No Power to the People : HT : Jan 22, 2007 (jpg) 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 R : Hawkers, A Nagging Problem Here : IE : Jan 17, 2007 (gif) Ward M (East) : Knee-deep in Stinking Sea of Woes : HT : Jan 18, 2007 (jpg) Ward P (North-South) : From Marshes to Supermalls : IE : Jan 17, 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 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 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 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 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 L : Utter absence of planning : IE : Jan 14, 2007 -There's great anger everywhere in L Ward after the massive demolitions Ward K (East) : It's hell on earth, say Andheri residents : Jan 15, 2007 -Water shortage is acute, as is traffic congestion. Ward H (West) : Queen of Suburbs Fast Losing Crown : Jan 10, 2007 -Bandra and Khar seem to get more cramped everyday (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 E : Forecast : Dramatic Contests in election : IE : Jan 8, 2007 -People standing in election are giving it a dramatic look (jpg) 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 F : Fast Changes yet Infrastructure is Missing : IE : Jan 9, 2007 -Wards need to look at the problems of basic amenities (jpg) 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 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 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 : Dadar's Gardens of Neglect : HT : Jan 8, 2007 -15 parks in G (north) need immediate attention (jpg) Ward E : Few Schools, more Child Labour : HT : Jan 4, 2007 -Ward has around 300 students drop out every year (jpg) Election Results : Feb 2, 2007 Manifesto Suggestions of Citizens Meetings / Events Party Manifestos Post-election Scenario Useful Websites
