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Needed, Politics of Consensus

Needed, Politics of Consensus

Mid-week, on the December 22, 2016 morning the radio channels blared out a slew of infrastructure projects the Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra would be inaugurating at the hands of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a couple of days later.

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From Waste to Wealth

From Waste to Wealth

Developing nations need to put in systems for efficient sorting of garbage, and differentiation into recyclable and toxic material. The financial and commercial capital of India - Mumbai city - with over 12 million resident citizens, generates 6,500 tonnes of garbage, in addition to 2,500 tonnes of construction and demolition (C&D)

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Underground Metro-3 plan

Underground Metro-3 plan

The Revised Draft Development Plan 2034 of BMC has highlighted another major loophole in the proposed Metro-3 corridor underground station at Flora Fountain. In addition, the heritage committee approval for the project is also pending

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Initial green nod for Mumbai coastal road

Initial green nod for Mumbai coastal road

An ambitious coastal road from Mumbai´s Nariman Point to Kandivali may be finally taking shape. CM Devendra Fadnavis has told the State Assembly that Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has given an in-principle approval to the project.

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Capital spend on roads in Mumbai increased

Capital spend on roads in Mumbai increased

The Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has increased the capital expenditure on roads by almost 62 per cent to Rs 2,500 crore in 2014-15. However, it hopes to spend Rs 1,016 crore, or just about two-thirds of the budget estimate.

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Mumbai civic body’s waste expenditure on road repairs

Mumbai civic body’s waste expenditure on road repairs

A recent audit of the Comptroller of Auditor General in Mumbai has revealed that the Mumbai civic body BMC wasted Rs 8.44 crore of taxpayers' money by hiring a contractor to repair a stretch of SV Road that could have been done for free. The company that originally constructed the 2.5-km stretch in Borivali in 2007 was bound by the contract to fix road defects for no extra cost till December 2012.

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Mumbai Port to earn rent from land given to BMC

Mumbai Port to earn rent from land given to BMC

Media reports indicate that the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) may earn Rs 10 crore rent from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for leasing
a 2,200-sq-m plot on Reay Road for 30 years. MbPT would allot the land on a licence basis to the civic body for the proposed stormwater pumping station at the Britannia Outfall at RetiBunder on Reay Road

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