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Mumbai: 19 dead as building once considered fit for demolition collapses

According to senior BMC officials, residents of the building, constructed in 1973, had undertaken to carry out repairs, but apparently no repairs were carried out

Mumbai reports 840 Covid-19 cases and three fatalities on Saturday

With 2,051 patients discharged after treatment, the number of recoveries in Mumbai rose to 10,72,963, leaving the metropolis with 12,043 active cases, the bulletin said.

At 1,724, daily Covid cases jump 54% in Mumbai in last 24 hours; two die

With this, Mumbai's tally of infections climbed to 10,83,589 and the Covid-19 death toll to 19,575, it said.

Mumbai reports 1,118 new Covid-19 cases, no deaths in past 24 hours

With this, the city's tally of COVID-19 cases increased to 10,81,865, while the death toll remained constant at 19,573, said a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin.

Mumbai amps up hospital capacity and stocks medicines as Covid cases rise

Occupancy has more than doubled over the last week

Mumbai sees slight dip in Covid cases, reports 1,702 new infections

The active case count has risen to 7,998 from 7,000 in the last 24 hours and the recovery rate dipped to 97 per cent from 98 per cent, the BMC said.

At 676, Mumbai's daily Covid tally falls below 700 after five days

No fresh Covid-19 fatality was reported, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's bulletin said.

Welspun Enterprises bags Rs 4,636-cr order from civic body BMC

This takes the outstanding order book of the company to around Rs 12,500 crore, of which Rs 6,500 crore is in the water sector and the balance Rs 6,000 crore is from the road sector, WEL said

BMC on alert as Mumbai sees over 500 Covid cases for first time after Feb 6

"The new cases (reported) daily have tremendously gone up in Mumbai, and with monsoon around the corner, we will now see a rapid rise in symptomatic cases," Chahal told BMC officials.

Registration of properties in Mumbai city up 78% in May at 9,523 units

Registration of properties in Mumbai municipal area rose by 78 per cent year-on-year to 9,523 units during this month, according to property consultant Knight Frank India. As many as 5,360 properties were registered in Mumbai city (BMC area) during May 2021. The registration data is for properties bought in both primary and secondary (re-sale) market. "May 2022 recorded property sale registration of 9,523 units denoting a 78 per cent Y-o-Y rise. The substantial rise comes on the back of low sales registrations recorded in May 2021 as the month was laced in lockdown due the impact of 2nd wave of Covid-19," Knight Frank said in a statement. Shishir Baijal, Chairman & Managing Director, Knight Frank India said the real estate market in Mumbai held steady despite the pressures of inflation, rising input costs and rise in stamp duty. "Owing to a paradigm shift in attitude, home buyers, that now consider ownership important for long term stability, were keen on completing their ...

Mumbai civic body cuts OFC laying access charges to Rs 1,000 per km

The industry will keep pushing for its other demand of lowering the charges to zero, COAI's director general SP Kochhar said

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray to hold rally in Marathwada on June 8

Shiv Sena MP and party chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut said besides the Mumbai rally, the chief minister will be address a public gathering in Marathwada in central Maharashtra

How are India's large municipal corporations fairing?

Parliament passes bill for unification of three Delhi municipal corporations. Mumbai, however, continues to be the wealthiest civic body. How's the financial condition of country's major civic bodies?

BMC issues notice to Narayan Rane's Juhu bungalow for unauthorised changes

The Shiv Sena-controlled BMC has issued a fresh notice to Union minister Narayan Rane's family, asking it to remove the "unauthorised" alterations at its Juhu bungalow within 15 days

Mumbai's traffic congestion breaks marriages, says Amruta Fadnavis

The remark drew ridicule from the Shiv Sena, which controls the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

BMC's Rs 46k-cr budget: No property tax for flats measuring up to 500 q ft

The budget estimates are 17.7% more than the last fiscal, when the BMC had presented Rs 39,038.83-cr budget

Covid-19 situation under control in Mumbai, no reason to panic: BMC to HC

The BMC on Wednesday informed the Bombay High Court that the current COVID-19 situation in the city and its adjoining regions was "under control" and there was no reason for citizens to panic.

No move as of now to put curbs on suburban train travel: BMC official

At present there was no proposal to put any restrictions on suburban train travel in Mumbai, a senior civic official said on Monday as the city records a surge in new coronavirus cases. Suresh Kakani, additional municipal commissioner, said though the number of daily COVID-19 cases and positivity rate have been increasing in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was working on preventive measures and was ready to handle any crisis. Talking to the media, he said at present there was no proposal to put any curbs on suburban train travel. If needed, the Maharashtra government will take a decision on the issue in consultation with the state task force on COVID-19 as it pertains to the entire Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Kakani said. He said at present 90 per cent of the coronavirus patients are asymptomatic and only 4 to 5 per cent patients are being admitted to hospitals and the number of serious cases is negligible. Out of 30,500 hospital beds in Mumbai, only .

Covid-19: BMC bans social gatherings, celebrations on New Year's Eve

Restaurants, cinema halls, theatres, gyms will continue to operate at 50 per cent capacity

Omicron scare: BMC postpones date of school reopening to Dec 15 from Dec 1

School for classes 8 to 12 had reopened earlier on October 4