Civic

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 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.

Mumbai news recap: First double-decker e-bus debuts; Heat poses challenges; Rs 66 lakh on illegal cycle track removal by BMC and more.

The city and its suburbs are so badly planned and congested that there are no public open spaces for citizens to enjoy freely.

This week’s news from Mumbai: Dalit student dies by suicide at IIT-Bombay; Mumbai’s pollution worst than Delhi; Water tankers on strike and more.

In this weekly Mumbai news recap: BMC budget for 2023-24 out; High Court orders walk-able footpaths; Water taxi from Belapur to Gateway and more.

The BMC is considered to be one of the richest civic bodies in the country. It has a larger budget than some of India’s smaller states.

TheBMC is one of the richest civic bodies in the country. It has been functioning without an elected body for the past one year.

In other news from Mumbai this week: CM Shinde stresses on pollution control; city to get India’s first electric AC double decker bus.

A group of youth from Shivaji Nagar writes about the findings from their research on community and public toilets.

In this week’s Mumbai news wrap-up: warm weather before another dip; zero COVID cases achieved; squeeze to get into non-state board public schools.

In other news in this Mumbai weekly recap: New bus routes along new metro lines; 900 birds injured during Makar Sankranti; air quality woes.