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Crowded street with shops, pedestrians, two-wheelers parked on the side.
Infrastructure

Who should provide parking for your car? The state, the private players or no one?

March 24, 2023 Hepzi Anthony

With the highest density of cars per km in India, Mumbai can’t provide parking for private vehicles, causing traffic snarls and violations.

Mumbai's skyline
Infrastructure

How luxury housing is changing Mumbai’s housing landscape

March 22, 2023 Sabah Virani

Luxury housing in Mumbai is booming. The factors are immediate and cumulative, but the underlying reasons are cannibalising affordable housing.

garbage bin near school
Civic

Garbage bin near school raises a stink; BMC unsure of moving it

March 21, 2023 Eshan Kalyanikar

Are you concerned about uncleared garbage bins in areas like schools, where it could be a health hazard? Here’s what BMC says about the issue.

Crowd at Mumbai station
Civic

Mumbai Buzz: SOP for construction sites after accident| One less AC train… and more

March 18, 2023 News Desk

More in this weekly Mumbai news recap: 20% of unnatural female deaths due to domestic violence; Two parks in L ward; Unseasonal rains till Saturday.

children at PN Park in Juhu.
Infrastructure

No parking please: citizens oppose BMC’s plans for underground parking at Juhu’s public park

March 16, 2023 Hepzi Anthony

Citizens oppose the plans to construct underground parking lots beneath parks and they raise environmental concerns given how limited open spaces are.

Trees and vegetation
Environment

Fisherfolk of Hanuman Koliwada struggle without land or livelihood

March 15, 2023 Nithi Shetty and Lekshmi M

Stranded and left bereft of their livelihood to make way for development, the fishermen of Hanuman Koliwada are reclaiming their original village.

ICU beds in a hospital
Health

A living will that can save hardships

March 14, 2023 Dr Nikhil Datar

What to do in situations where you or someone you know are kept alive on life support? The solution is to have living will. Here’s what it is

People celebrating holi
Civic

Mumbai buzz: Temperatures on the rise again | Report on student’s death.. and more

March 11, 2023 News Desk

More in this weekly Mumbai news recap: fudging of air quality data suspected; Maharashtra state budget released; Economic survey reveals delays.

Large swimming pool in Andheri
Civic

Explainer: How to avail membership for BMC swimming pools?

March 10, 2023 Eshan Kalyanikar

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be increasing the number of swimming pools in the city this year. It also announced 25 per cent discount for women at four of its existing functional swimming pools

Mumbai skyline, with the mills in the foreground
Infrastructure

The mills and a boom: A real estate transformation that left out locals

March 6, 2023 Kavitha Iyer

Mumbai’s mill lands were to be equitably divided into open space, affordable housing and commercial use. The drive for profit has taken precedence.

People surround jugs to be filled with water
Civic

Mumbai Buzz: Water cuts on Saturdays at Khairani | School textbooks with blank pages…and more

March 4, 2023 News Desk

Mumbai news: Water cuts in areas of Kurla; State board school textbooks to include blank pages; Desilting to begin in first week of March and more.

Protest opposing the notice to take cemetery land for road widening
Society

Road widening may squeeze cemetery land: Catholics and Jews of Bandra worry about future

March 3, 2023 Dolphy D'souza

Catholic and Jewish communities worry about their cemeteries, even as the municipal corporation makes road widening plans to ease traffic.

A few people at OPD counter getting their case paper ready. Some are sitting on the benches.
Health

The arduous journey of TB treatment: Conversations from a Mumbai hospital

March 1, 2023 Eshan Kalyanikar

Recent data from Sewri’s TB hospital shows a large number of patients quitting treatment midway. We visited the hospital to explore why.

Boys in school uniform walking on the street
Education

Students detained in spare classroom: Who pays when school fees become unaffordable?

February 28, 2023 Sabah Virani

Financial insecurity after COVID-19 has left many parents unable to pay their children’s school fees. Students are caught in the crosshairs.

Parked BEST bus
Commute

Mumbai’s BEST buses have a fleet issue

February 27, 2023 Gandharva Purohit

New additions to the BEST bus fleet have coincided with expiration of old ones and replacements by smaller buses, to the chagrin of commuters.

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