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Common areas turned private: Mumbai body razes luxury project Rustomjee Crown's illegal additions (opens the original)
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday demolished unauthorised alterations and encroachments in eight flats in the B wing of Rustomjee Crown, a luxury residential project in Prabhadevi, following complaints about residents illegally encroaching upon common areas and converting them into habitable spaces. Deputy municipal commissioner Prashant Sapkale confirmed the development and said the demolition drive would continue over the next four days, targeting flats where unauthorised
BMC issues SOP for buildings less than 180 m in place of high-rise committee approval (opens the original)
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MUMBAI: The BMC has issued a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for approving high-rise buildings between 120 and 180 metres on plots of 2,000 square metres or more. The SOP, issued by the Development Plan (DP) department on July 21, comes after the Maharashtra government’s decision to “simplify the approval process” by removing the mandatory requirement of clearance from the specialised High-Rise Committee (HRC) for such projects. The SOP lays down a comprehensive framework for indepen
BMC plans scientific survey of roadside trees, proposes risk classification and health database (opens the original)
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MUMBAI: After a series of tree-fall incidents during the ongoing monsoon left several people dead, injured and properties damaged, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to undertake a comprehensive scientific survey of roadside trees across all its administrative wards to identify potentially dangerous trees before they become a hazard. The proposed survey will classify roadside trees as highly dangerous, dangerous or healthy, while creating a citywide scientific database cont
BMC to outsource Mumbai’s air quality monitoring (opens the original)
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MUMBAI: The critical job of monitoring Mumbai’s air quality will be outsourced to a private company for a year due to a shortage of scientific personnel at the civic-run Air Quality Monitoring and Research Laboratory in Santacruz. Justifying the move, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) administration said the shortage has compromised the laboratory’s ability to perform its responsibilities. This was stated in a proposal passed by the civic Standing Committee on Wednesday. The company w
63-year-old man dies after rain-uprooted tree falls in Mumbai’s Kurla (opens the original)
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A 63-year-old man died on Sunday afternoon after a tree uprooted by heavy rain and strong winds crashed onto a shop in Mumbai’s Kurla West, officials said. The accident was reported to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) Disaster Management Control Room by Roshan Shinde, personal assistant to the local corporator, following which rescue teams were rushed to the spot. The victim, identified as Yunus Kundawala, was heading towards the shop when the free fell on him after he stepped off
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