Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

4 patients admitted with H3N2 influenza virus in Mumbai, says BMC

Two deaths from suspected H3N2 influenza virus infection have been reported from Nagpur while another was reported from Ahmednagar district

Will expose BMC's 'Covid Ki Kamai' today, says BJP leader Kirit Somaiya

Hitting out at Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), BJP leader and former MP Kirit Somaiya on Wednesday said he will expose "one more scam of the BMC" later in the day

Covid-19 pandemic, political drama rocked Mumbai civic body in 2022

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, country's richest civic body, was governed by administrators for the better part of 2022, as the city emerged from the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the civic body's five-year term ended in March, the elections were stalled due to the pandemic at the start of the year and the subsequent political turmoil in Maharashtra, which saw the fall of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in June. Mumbai entered 2022 with a sudden rise in coronavirus cases, putting the BMC on alert. The city reported more than 20,000 daily cases for a few days at the start of the year, although the toll did not see a sharp rise. By April, the infections gradually ebbed, prompting the civic body to do away with the mask rule, which had been in force since 2020. The BMC also managed to vaccinate the entire adult population in the city against the deadly infection. It had administered 92,42,888 second doses of the vaccine, as against its target of 92,36,500 to

BMC prohibits staff from addressing media to counter fake information

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a circular that only the civic chief and additional municipal commissioner will be authorised to speak to the media henceforth. In a circular issued on Monday, Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Chahal has instructed all other officers and staffers not to speak to the media. Only the municipal commissioner and concerned additional municipal commissioners will be the "competent authority" and they will be authorised to speak to the media, the circular said. Other officers and employees below the additional municipal commissioner rank are not authorised to speak to the media," it stated. The circular was issued after it was found that the department heads often shared information, including policy matters, with the media without the municipal commissioner's order, it said. Contradictory information was getting disseminated most of the time, which affected the civic body's image among the public, the circular said.

Ex-corporators write to Maharashtra CM alleging lack of transparency in BMC

Several former corporators of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation have written a letter, which they termed as an "SOS call", to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, alleging lack of transparency, financial mismanagement, policy paralysis and arbitrary transfers under the rule of state-appointed administrator and civic chief Iqbal Singh Chahal. The letter signed by 94 former corporators cutting across the party lines, including former mayor Kishori Pednekar of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), claimed that the morale of officers was at an "all-time low" and the entire governance had come to a standstill as the operations were being run as per the "whims and fancies" of the administrator. In the letter written on December 12, they urged Shinde to "intervene immediately" and direct the administrator to publish a white paper on the state of affairs of the BMC, saying that they were unable to see the "deep rot" and "decline" of the BMC. The term of these corporators end

MCD elections 2022: Here's how to check your name in the voter list

Here are a few ways through which you can check for your name on the electoral list before you head out to vote

State govts on overdrive to vaccinate as measles outbreaks spread

Outbreaks have been reported in several states including Maharashtra, Kerala, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gujarat and Haryana

BMC appeals for vaccination amid hike in Measles cases in Mumbai

After measles immunisation dropped significantly and with millions of children missing vaccination, the cases of measles in Mumbai, the financial capital of the country are seeing a hike

Mumbai reports 24 fresh measles cases and one suspected death: BMC

Mumbai on Monday reported 24 new confirmed cases of measles, while a one-year girl from suburban Govandi is suspected to have died of the viral infection, the city civic body said. The tally of measles cases in the city since January 1 this year has risen to 208, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The death toll due to measles since the beginning of this year remained unchanged at eight, while the death in Govandi is being probed. Six confirmed cases were reported from the M-East ward (which covers Govandi and Deonar) followed by five in Kurla. "24 confirmed measles cases were added on Monday," the BMC report said. The number of suspected patients who have reported symptoms like fever and rash increased to 3,208, the civic body added. "All cases of fever with rash are administered two doses of Vitamin-A and the second dose of measles vaccine after 24 hours," a BMC release said. With the admission of 23 patients and the discharge of 22, the number of hospitalized

Mumbai: BMC official booked for accepting Rs 50 lakh bribe, says official

A 57-year-old employee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was allegedly caught accepting a bribe of Rs 50 lakh to stop action against a company for illegal construction in the western suburb of Andheri here, an official said on Saturday. A team from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught an executive engineer posted at the BMC's K-east ward while accepting the bribe amount at his office on Friday, he said. The civic body had on October 13 issued a notice to the company for the illegal construction of a shed, the official said. The complainant, who is working with the company, had submitted a reply on October 19, but the accused official was not satisfied, following which the civic body initiated the action of removing the shed on October 28, he said. The accused official called the complainant to his office and allegedly demanded Rs 50 lakh to stop the removal of the shed, the official said. A case under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act has bee

BMC cancels Rs 5,800 crore tenders for road concretization in Mumbai

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday announced cancellation of Rs 5,800 crore-worth tenders for cement concretisation of 400 km of roads in the metropolis. New tenders will be called for speedy execution of the works by incorporating state-of-the-art technology and without compromising on quality, it said. In August 2022, the civic body had started the tendering process for concretising roads across the city to make Mumbai free of potholes. But as the five tenders received poor response, it decided to cancel the tenders, the BMC release said.

Voters being paid to choose NOTA in Andheri East bypoll: Uddhav-led Sena

The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray party on Tuesday alleged that voters were being paid to choose None Of The Above or NOTA option in the November 3 Andheri East Assembly byelection in the city. The campaigning for the byelection came to an end at 5 pm. The party has raised this issue with the Election Commission as well as the police, said its senior leader Anil Parab The election will have ramifications in the coming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election too as for the first time it will see the combined strength of Maha Vikas Aghadi allies (Thackeray-led Sena, NCP and Congress), Parab said. Some people are being paid money to choose NOTA," the former Maharashtra minister alleged. His party has video clips showing purported workers of the Republican Party of India (RPI) indulging in such acts, he said. The RPI (Athawale faction) is part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena faction has fielded Rutuja Latke, the wife of ...

Temporary Covid-19 centres getting dismantled amid signs pandemic is ending

About 92% of cases in India are said to be having mild disease. In only 5.8% of cases oxygen therapy is required, intensive care in only 1.7% cases

Delhi dengue outbreak: 321 cases in first 5 days of Oct, tally at 1,258

As many as 693 cases were reported in September alone, according to a report released by the MCD

BMC election may hold the key to new shift in Maharashtra political power

The first test of the government, headed by Shinde with the BJP as ally, will be the BMC elections

Mumbai reports 975 new Covid cases, highest since July 1; two more die

Mumbai on Wednesday reported 975 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily count since July 1 and a jump of 643 from the tally a day ago, while two more patients succumbed to the infection in the metropolis, the city civic body said. With these additions, the overall COVID-19 tally surged to 11,34,479, while the death toll increased to 19,668, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a bulletin. The daily coronavirus case count has jumped by 643 as compared to Tuesday, when the city had logged 332 cases, but zero fatalities. The city has reported the highest single-day cases since July 1 when it detected 978 new COVID-19 patients. As per the bulletin, the new COVID-19 cases were detected after 8,173 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking their cumulative count to 1,79,69,117. On Tuesday, 3,499 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the financial capital. Mumbai's tally of recuperated cases rose to 11,09,617 after 850 more patients recovered from the infection, ..

Mumbai sees drop in daily Covid-19 count; reports 683 new cases, one death

With this addition, the city's infection tally surged to 11,29,968 and the death toll to 19,662.

Property registrations rise 15% in Mumbai municipal area in July

Registration of properties in Mumbai's municipal area grew 15 per cent to 11,339 units in July on better demand, according to Knight Frank India. It is also the highest level for the month of July in a decade. Out of the total registration of properties in Mumbai city (BMC area), Knight Frank India said that 86 per cent were contributed by residential segment and 10 per cent commercial. For July, the data has been collated till 3 pm of July 30. The registration contributed over Rs 829 crore to the state revenues. "The number of units registered in July 2022 was the best in a decade for the month of July," property consultant Knight Frank said in a statement. In July 2021, 9,822 units were registered. "With the looming inflation pressures, RBI opted for a cumulative repo rate hike of 90 basis points that has stretched home buyer affordability. However property registrations remain buoyant," Knight Frank India said. On month-on-month basis as well, the registration of properties

With good rains, water stock in 7 Mumbai reservoirs rise by 60% in 10 days

While the water stock recorded on July 5 was 14.76 per cent, it has now risen to 74.82 per cent, the official said.

At 420, Mumbai sees 79% rise in new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

The case tally in the metropolis is 11,19,450, while the recovery count increased by 659 to touch 10,96,508, the official added.