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City in a mess: Over 500 km of Mumbai roads dug up amid BMC’s poor planning
One fourth of Mumbai’s 2050 km of roads currently dug up for various reasons, creating unimaginable chaos and potentially dangerous situations; mid-day’s deep-dive series exposes BMC’s poor planning and flawed operations
21 April,2025 06:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Team mid-day
Mumbai: Maharashtra Dy CM Eknath Shinde gets a feel of shaky wheels
Wheelchair-bound activist shows Eknath Shinde just how challenging footpaths are at Dadar Parsi Colony; During Shinde’s inspection, he visited the Dadar Parsi Colony (DPC), the city’s verdant residential area, near Khodadad Circle
17 April,2025 12:17 PM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
Mumbai: Aarey road cracks invite BMC whip
Civic body bans contractor, fines ready-mix concrete plants Rs 20 lakh each for poor-quality work; Additional Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar inspected Dinkarrao Desai Road in Aarey Colony and found the work quality to be poor
17 April,2025 08:10 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Mumbai
Road concretisation: BMC begins crackdown on substandard works
The Mumbai civic body has taken strict action against contractors and suppliers involved in substandard concrete road work, officials said
16 April,2025 05:34 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
BMC working to make Mumbai roads pothole-free: Eknath Shinde
Eknath Shinde along with BMC officials and civic commissioner Bhushan Gagrani reviewed the road concretisation works in parts of the city on Tuesday evening
15 April,2025 09:14 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Road concretisation in Mumbai: Shinde along with BMC chief to review works
Deputy CM Shinde will visit road in Fort and Marine Lines in south Mumbai. He will also visit Parel, Chembur and Mankhurd areas, the officials said
15 April,2025 03:15 PM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Mumbai: We are not kachra, say Deonar-Govandi residents
Dubbing Kachra Depot Road as derogatory, residents write to Urban Development Department and BMC, urging an official name change; for locals, especially youngsters, the name has become a constant source of embarrassment, with residents arguing that it reduces their identity to garbage
09 April,2025 06:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Dipti Singh
Mumbai Police register criminal cases against 22 motorists for drunk driving
The police had last week announced its decision to register criminal cases against those indulging in drunk driving since such incidents have seen a sharp rise in the last few years
07 April,2025 08:44 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mumbai
Santacruz reels from blackouts, water cuts, gas leak due to ongoing road repairs
Road work puts Santacruz West residents through hell. Power cuts, water shortages, gas leak leave locals fuming; on April 2, things took a dangerous turn when a gas pipeline was damaged around 10.30 am, causing a leak that filled the air with gas.
05 April,2025 07:50 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve
Civic chief expresses displeasure over slow pace of road concretisation work
He also warned engineers against withholding contractors' payments without valid reasons. If payments are unjustifiably delayed, the engineers will be held responsible and action will be taken against them, the civic chief further cautioned
04 April,2025 10:49 PM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent