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Mumbai Buzz: New disease rising in Navi Mumbai | Muddy water in Chembur and more!

August 6, 2022 News Desk

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease rises in Navi Mumbai; Muddy water angers Chembur residents, Crimes on railway stations reduces.

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Mumbai Buzz: New plastic ban | Protests against CIDCO…and more

July 30, 2022 News Desk

Viral infections grip Mumbai; Green activists oppose CIDCO in Nerul; A new plastic ban will reduce single-use items in the city.

a few men sit on a concrete sitting area in a picnic spot in Aarey Colony
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Mumbai Buzz: Car shed at Aarey underway | Rise in monsoon diseases in Mumbai

July 23, 2022 News Desk

Car shed at Aarey is underway; Rise in monsoon diseases in Mumbai; Unusual vibrations at Marine Drive as tetrapods removed.

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A new report awards only 38% to BMC for civic works

July 20, 2022 Eshan Kalyanikar

With BMC elections around the corner, a new report evaluates the civic body on various parameters such as roads, transport, health, water and sewage.

the inside of a best bus in mumbai,
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Mumbai Buzz: BEST buses readied for monsoon | Bullet train gets green signal.. and more

July 16, 2022 News Desk

Tansa dam in Mumbai now overflowing with water; Bullet train project gets all clearances; Severe waterlogging in South Mumbai.

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Safety on Mumbai’s beaches: Is the city doing enough?

July 13, 2022 Hepzi Anthony

Six people have drowned this year, in the city. With 93 lifeguards spread across Mumbai’s beaches – what is to be done to make them safer?

a clear sky day in mumbai
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Mumbai Buzz: Red alert for Mumbai | A new push for clean air

July 9, 2022 News Desk

Mumbai on red alert this weekend; COVID cases on a decline; A push for clean air in Mumbai for the first time; PoP Ganesh idols to be banned.

grey coloured bridge in Parel, Mumbai called the Hindmata flyover.
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The cost of setting shop in the flood prone area of Hindmata junction

July 4, 2022 Radha Puranik

Shopkeepers near the flood prone of Hindmata Junction bear the brunt of inadequate provisions for annual flood mitigation, causing losses and damage.

a group of citizens stand at marine drive holding placards protesting construction at Aarey forest in Mumbai
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Mumbai Buzz: Metro project back to Aarey | Driest June for Mumbai.. and more

July 2, 2022 News Desk

Mumbai most expensive city for expatriates; Metro car shed project shifted back to Aarey; Driest June for the city in seven years

a man holding an umbrella walks through rain in mumbai
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Mumbai Buzz: Less rainfall this monsoon | First electric double-decker.. and more

June 25, 2022 News Desk

Less rainfall as monsoon begins in Mumbai; First AC double-decker electric bus in the city; New EV charging stations to come across the city

A wasteland with garbage and pigs scavenging begind the Kranti Nagar slum, which causes waterlogging
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In photos: The story behind waterlogging in Mumbai’s Kranti Nagar every monsoon

June 24, 2022 Sabah Virani

Waterlogging in Mumbai occurs due to many reasons. In Kranti Nagar slum, it is primarily a case of uncleared garbage preventing drainage.

man holds a napkin to his mouth, while walking through a construction zone in mumbai
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Mumbai Buzz: Second cleanest air day in Mumbai | COVID cases rise.. and more

June 18, 2022 News Desk

Mahim church aims to go carbon neutral; Decisions around conserving water bodies welcomed by activists; Second cleanest air day in Mumbai this week.

a polluted Oshiwara river in mumbai
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Mumbai buzz: COVID rate shoots up | Water tax might increase.. and more

June 11, 2022 News Desk

Litres of groundwater in Mumbai extracted without NOC; COVID positivity in Mumbai rises; BMC mulls hike in water tax in the city after two years

men attending customers in a jewellery shop
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Frequent power cuts in Zaveri Bazaar impact businesses and workers

June 7, 2022 Kumar Jain

Recurrent, prolonged power cuts in Zaveri Bazaar create major security threats for businesses in the area, but BEST’s response has been shoddy.

image of marine drive in mumbai from the a distance, with the sea on one side and cars along the other
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Mumbai Buzz: Spike in COVID cases | CRZ requests to be fast-tracked.. and more

June 4, 2022 News Desk

Another spike in COVID cases across Mumbai; A number of pending CRZ requests to be expedited; RTO services now online for citizens

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