NGOs, volunteers aid civic body to tackle rains

Friday 12 June '09

The rains may play truant this year, but the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation does not want to take any chances.

RTI rescues Chembur locals from illegal garages

Sunday 7 June '09

For over five years, around 20,000 families living near Pestom Sagar in Chembur faced chronic problems of noise and air pollution coming from nearby illegal commercial garages and workshops.

Members, locals welcome stalling of Dadar swimming pool revamp

Tuesday 2 June '09

The Bombay High Court’s recent order stalling redevelopment of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Olympic Swimming Pool in Dadar and keeping it open for public has been welcomed by the locals and people who have been using it for a long time.

Speaking Shadows

Monday 1 June '09

Telling the time of day without using a watch hardly appears possible in the city that never sleeps, but that’s exactly what visitors are learning at the Nehru Planetarium, Worli.

Finally, beach security plan in 25 days

Sunday 31 May '09

If all goes well, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will implement its beach safety model called the ‘Baywatch model’ in the next 25 days.

NGO empowers villagers to use RTI Act

Thursday 28 May '09

Call it a classic case of mass awakening after facing years of neglect. Having woven many success stories in urban areas, the Right to Information Act is reaching rural areas too.

Worms in supply water: Marol residents blame road repair work

Wednesday 27 May '09

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s road repair work has caused some unexpected collateral damage.

Environmentalists gang up against biological enemies of nature

Sunday 24 May '09

Environmentalists and conservation groups banded together to monitor and control some of the invasive species that adversely affect the biological diversity in the city.

Now, swimming lessons for civic employees to take on monsoon

Sunday 24 May '09

With the city prepares to face monsoon, the civic body wants its employees to go literally in the deep waters to avoid 26/7 like situation.

Andheri residents take it upon themselves to save mangroves

Friday 22 May '09

Mangroves, a natural greenbelt or buffer zone that has the potential to protect the city from powerful rains, are depleting at a fast pace.

Civic body programme to reduce school dropout rate

Monday 18 May '09

Considering the problem of high dropout rates in civic schools during the crucial eighth and ninth grades, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation...

Civic body’s monsoon preparation plans leave residents unimpressed

Friday 15 May '09

Even as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is going full swing with nullah visits and cleaning of storm water drains, as part of their pre-monsoon preparedness plan...

Now, security guards for water pipelines in city

Wednesday 13 May '09

In a bid to ensure the city’s vulnerable 400-km pipelines are not further encroached, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation...

Swine flu: experts, activists call for scientific methods

Thursday 7 May '09

Calling corporators’ demand of slaughtering pigs in the city ‘unfounded’, the medical experts, animal activists and the BMC’s health officials have called for a scientific way to deal with the situation.

Resident Associations go all out in ensuring good turnout

Thursday 30 April '09

Keeping in mind the upcoming long weekend that may tempt some ‘voters’ to go on a vacation and strong anti-incumbency factor in some constituencies...

English lessons on DVD for anganwadi teachers

Tuesday 28 April '09

Forty-three-year-old Lydia George walks in with a confident gait and a smile. Years after working as a teacher in an anganwadi school in Dharavi, Lydia is in for something new.

Lok Sabha candidates now latch on to Obama’s hope, belief wave

Monday 27 April '09

These were the words echoed when Barack Obama became the 44th President of USA in January this year.

There’s nothing ‘dirty’ with our job, say cleanliness workers

Monday 20 April '09

Forty-year-old Sindhu Pundalik starts her day at 4.30 am daily. First she cooks for her two grown-up kids and cleans the house, and then gears up for another cleaning session – this time in the city.

To thwart any post-poll arson, fire dept ready

Sunday 19 April '09

With the Lok Sabha elections round the corner, all the public service departments in the city are gearing up to make sure that the proceedings see a smooth sail.

Silence zone turns noisy after a month of calm, Chembur locals to move HC

Friday 17 April '09

Barely a month after the Pestom Sagar Residents Association in Chembur fought tooth and nail to ensure that a barren ground near their residential complex becomes a silence zone...

Locals write to PM over Powai lake desilting

Wednesday 15 April '09

Powai lake, one of the most picturesque spots of the city, becomes a cause of concern to its nearby residents every monsoon.

BMC chalks out measures to avert wastage of water

Tuesday 14 April '09

Water, water everywhere but not a drop to spare, and therefore every drop should be used judiciously; this was the mantra of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Rainwater Harvesting cell which is campaigning for optimum use of water.

Poll: Insufficient funds plague new outfits

Thursday 9 April '09

Barely a month after newly-formed political parties took on themselves to give power to the people and encourage citizen’s participation in democracy, lack of funds has come in the way of realising their dreams.

Coalition to work for rights of LGBT community in South Asia

Thursday 2 April '09

The upcoming Lok Sabha elections and the world wide Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) movement may not have anything in common but keeping in mind the fact that homosexuality is illegal in over 80 countries with India being one of them...

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Monday 30 March '09

Ever travelled in a rickshaw hurtling down Mumbai’s streets with you still feeling quite at home? That’s what 30-year-old Deepak Shewale says he is trying to do, in a city where most rickshaw drivers are known for their brazenness.