BMC warns fake housing beneficiaries of eviction, FIR
The houses were allotted through a transparent lottery conducted in the presence of all beneficiaries.
The houses were allotted through a transparent lottery conducted in the presence of all beneficiaries.
The Mumbai Orange Alert comes after relentless rain inundated several neighbourhoods, affected local train and flight services, and prompted authorities to suspend classes in schools and colleges as heavy showers are forecast to continue.
Two people lost their lives in separate rain-linked incidents as heavy monsoon showers disrupted Mumbai. The IMD has issued an Orange Alert while civic authorities face criticism over infrastructure lapses.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert on Wednesday as heavy rains lashed Mumbai as well as neighbouring Thane and Palghar, even as an orange alert was also issued in surrounding areas for heavy to very heavy showers, thunderstorms and gusty winds.
Heavy rainfall across Mumbai caused severe waterlogging in several areas and forced the closure of the Andheri subway, while civic teams remained deployed to manage traffic and prevent accidents.
Maharashtra Congress president Harashwardhan Sapkal told media persons on Thursday that talks have begun with the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena to form an alliance for the forthcoming municipal corporation elections, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
"The Shiv Sena and the MNS are forming an alliance to contest the BMC and other municipal corporation elections. Tomorrow at 12 noon, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS president Raj Thackeray will jointly interact with us and formally announce the alliance by 12.30 pm. Almost the entire process related to seat allocation was completed last night," Raut told media persons on Tuesday.
Invoking the spirit of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Wednesday claimed that the elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in particular, and 28 other civic bodies are a battle to protect Mumbai from being "carved away" from Maharashtra, terming the electoral exercise as a decisive struggle for the "existence of the Marathi Manoos".
In response to the worsening pollution, the civic authority has issued stop memos to construction and dust-generating activities while small industries, like bakeries and marble-cutting units have been directed to adopt cleaner technologies, officials said.
The BMC mayor said the dates for the fair have been brought forward as the fair will be followed by the International Kolkata Book Fair at the same venue.
