GENRE: Local News

After a hot February and a relatively cool March, summer in Mumbai is once again in full swing and temperatures are expected to rise.

Weeks have passed since fire gutted down more than 1,000 houses in Malad east’s Appapada. Residents still wait for someone to help build their homes.

News recap: Increase in COVID cases prompts BMC to increase hosp beds, Mumbai to have an urban forest, No good news for BMC in CAG report and more.

The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) recently decided upon two projects that raise questions about its intentions.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Over 75,000 lifts are installed across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) but is their maintenance taken care of frequently?

News of fatalities in lift accidents is all too common in Mumbai, claiming lives of all ages. Their deaths could have been avoided.