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Navi Mumbai Metro records 443,000 passengers in first month since inception

As many as 4.30 lakh passengers have travelled by Navi Mumbai Metro in the first month of its operation, Maharashtra's city planning agency CIDCO said on Friday and termed people's response to the rapid transit system as overwhelming. The Line No. 1 of Navi Mumbai Metro is an 11.10km long stretch from Belapur to Pendhar where services began on November 17. The corridor has 11 elevated stations and is part of the four-phase metro project in the satellite city. City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), in an official release, said the metro was getting an overwhelming response from Navi Mumbaikars. Navi Mumbaikars have developed a unique relationship with the rapid transit system not only as a means of transportation but through the feeling of "Our Metro", said the release. An average 12,000 passengers are travelling on the route every day and 4.30 lakh commuters have availed of metro services in one month since their commencement, it said. The metro services have been .

Mumbai Trans Harbour Link: India's longest sea bridge project explained

With an estimated cost of Rs. 17,843 crore, the MTHL project is managed by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and has neared 97% completion

Maratha quota stir has reached 'decisive stage': Activist Jarange at rally

Activist Manoj Jarange on Monday night announced a chain hunger strike will be launched in all villages of Maharashtra from December 1 in support of reservation for Maratha community members and accused political parties of conspiring to deprive them of quota benefits. Jarange, spearheading the latest agitation seeking reservation for the Marathas in government jobs and education under the OBC category, said the pro-quota stir has reached a "decisive stage" and community members will fight for their right by remaining within four walls of law and through non-violent means. Addressing a well-attended rally in Navi Mumbai, the activist asserted any amount of misleading tactics by his distractors would not work as he was "in the blood of Marathas" and would continue to fight for reservation. Had the Marathas been given reservation 75 years ago, by now they would have flourished and earned name and fame, and occupied important positions in all-India services like IAS and the IPS, he ...

Crypto fraud: Navi Mumbai cyber police freeze accounts worth Rs 32.66 cr

The Navi Mumbai cyber police conducting the probe into a cryptocurrency fraud have frozen several bank accounts involving amounts worth Rs 32.66 crore, an official said on Wednesday. Senior police inspector Gajanan Kadam of the cyber police station in Navi Mumbai said they received a cheating complaint in August from a man who claimed to have invested more than Rs 6.6 crore in cryptocurrency trading. The man stated in the complaint that a woman caller befriended him and later asked him to invest in cryptocurrency trading while assuring good returns. As the complainant started investing huge amounts, he received a total of Rs 75 lakh in returns on various occasions, but later stopped getting the same, the official said. An offence in this connection was registered with the cyber police under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act. A police probe team enquired with various banks where the money was paid by the complainant and as a first step, go

7 developers booked for carrying out illegal construction in Navi Mumbai

An offence has been registered against seven developers for carrying out construction works without seeking permission from the civic authorities in Navi Mumbai, police said on Sunday. Based on a complaint lodged by an official of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), the police on Saturday registered a case under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning (MRTP) Act, an official said. The developers had allegedly been carrying out construction activities at seven locations in Turbhe since August without the NMMC's permission, he said. No arrest has been made in the case and further probe is underway, the official said.

2 killed, 6 injured as building slab collapses in Navi Mumbai: Officials

Two persons were killed and six others injured when the slab of a 20-year-old residential building collapsed in Nerul area of Navi Mumbai, fire brigade officials said on Thursday. The third floor ceiling slab of the four-storey Tulsi Bhavan building located at Shirsole in Nerul collapsed at around 8.50 pm on Wednesday, they said. The slab came crashing down on the second and first floors, killing a labourer and another person, divisional fire officer Purushottam Jadhav said. The building has four wings and the slab collapsed in its 'B' wing, he said. Some civil work was underway on the third floor when the slab collapsed, said another fire official. The building has a tailoring shop on the ground floor and the shopkeeper closed the outlet and left the place a few minutes before the incident, he said. One of the deceased has been identified as Babaji Shingade, Jadhav said. The injured persons have been admitted to a local hospital, he said. The building has been evacuated and th

Ind-Ra revises outlook on Navi Mumbai International Airport to 'negative'

Further, the ratings derive comfort from the sponsor's commitment to support the project

524 buildings declared dangerous in Navi Mumbai, occupants asked to vacate

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has declared 524 buildings under its jurisdiction as dangerous after a detailed survey in the city limits, the civic body said on Thursday. Out of these buildings, 61 fall in C-1 category (most dangerous, unfit for occupation and require immediate demolition), 114 are in C-2A category (need to be vacated and structural repairs required), 300 in C-2B (need repairs without vacating) and 49 in C-3 (need minor repairs), Navi Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Rajesh Narvekar said in a release. The power and water supply to buildings classified as C-1 will be immediately disconnected. These buildings need to be razed immediately, the civic body said. The owners and occupants of the dangerous buildings have been asked to vacate the premises to avert any accident and loss of life, the release said. The occupants of buildings in categories other than C-1 need to carry out the repairs and reoccupy after the civic body certifies them as fit for occupation,

Mumbai Trans Harbour Link will be ready by next week, check details here

Mumbai Trans Harbour Sea Link will reduce the travelling time from Mumbai to Navi Mumbai to 20 minutes. India's longest sea bridge Trans Harbour Link to be ready by May 26

E-cigarettes worth Rs 6.44 lakh seized in Navi Mumbai, say police

Banned e-cigarettes worth Rs 6.44 lakh were seized from a shop in Kharghar in Navi Mumbai, a police official said on Thursday. The raid was carried out by the police's Anti Narcotics Cell on May 3 and an offence has been registered under the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019, the Kharghar police station official said. No arrest has been made so far and a probe into the e-cigarette sourcing and supply network was underway, he added. Electronic-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that produce aerosol by heating a solution containing nicotine, which incidentally is the addictive substance in combustible cigarettes. As per the law, the production, manufacturing, import, export, transport, sale of e-cigarettes is a cognisable offence punishable with imprisonment of up to one year and/or fine of Rs 1 lakh for first offence. Storage of e-cigarettes is punishable with a jai

WPL 2023 Opening Ceremony: Bollywood stars, tickets, live streaming details

Check out all the details related to the Women's Premier League 2023 opening ceremony which will feature the likes of Kiara Advani, Kriti Sanon and AP Dhillon who will perform live

Navi Mumbai civic body to start health-check drive for children from Feb 9

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) will launch a health check-up drive beginning February 9 for children and teenagers in the age group of 0-18 years, an official has said. This drive is being implemented under a state government programme for the healthy child. A total of 45 teams have been formed by the NMMC for the purpose. "There are 1,73,913 students in 283 schools and 37,901 students in 352 anganwadis/balwadis who will also be covered under the scheme. These include the students in the government, aided, private, special schools and orphanages, ashram schools and juvenile homes in the limits of the NMMC," the release said on Tuesday.

Fire breaks out at dumping ground in Navi Mumbai, no injuries reported

A major fire broke out at the dumping ground in Turbhe in Navi Mumbai on Friday evening and an operation to douse it was underway, an official said. There is no report of injury to anyone in the blaze that started at 7:30pm, he said. Three fire engines have been deployed, he added.

Lenders look to bag Rs 8,000 crore from sale of RCom's prime property

Will hold auction to sell 56-acres of prime real estate in Navi Mumbai, expect higher valuation due to construction of new airport in the vicinity

Google to come up with 381,000 sq ft data centre in Navi Mumbai by 2025

The data centre in Mumbai will be an eight-storey building with a basement and a roof

Adani Electricity pegs Navi Mumbai discom growth on bulk demand

Navi Mumbai Airport, JNPT, Data Centres in area will form the consumer base for the proposed discom

Boost for Navi Mumbai metro project with financial closure for line 1

The process of financial closure for line number 1 of the upcoming Navi Mumbai metro project has been completed with the signing of an agreement between CIDCO and ICICI Bank for the Rs 500 crore line of credit, a release said on Wednesday. Navi Mumbai Metro Line 1 project is a three-coach metro train. The 11.1-km Belapur to Pendhar stretch of the project comprises 11 stations. "City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) signed an agreement for the industrial line of credit for Rs 500 crore with the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI). With this, the financial closure process for the metro line no. 1 project has been completed," CIDCO said in a release. Speaking about the major milestone, CIDCO vice chairman and MD Sanjay Mukherjee said the works on line number 1 of the project will be expedited. "Due to the Rs. 500 crore line of credit facility from ICICI Bank, the works of Line no. 1 will be expedited and it will be possible to travel on this lin

CIDCO launches 7,849 flats in Navi Mumbai under mass housing scheme

The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) on Monday launched 7,849 affordable flats under its mass housing scheme in Navi Mumbai. In a video message for the launch, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said CIDCO is the leading corporation in the country in providing affordable housing to the people from different economic strata. Under the Mass Housing Scheme, 7,849 affordable apartments have been made available to citizens from the economically weaker section (EWS) at Bamandongari, Kharkopar (east) 2A, Kharkopar (east) 2B and Kharkopar (east) P3 in Ulwe node of Navi Mumbai. The online registration of applications for this scheme will start on Tuesday. With ambitious projects like Navi Mumbai International Airport, the Ulwe node will gain massive importance in the future. The opportunity to own a house in the well-connected Ulwe node has come through this mass housing scheme on the auspicious occasion of Diwali, CIDCO vice-chairman and managing director Dr Sanjay

Adani aviation plan: A top airline may be shifted to Navi Mumbai airport

The commercial area at Mumbai airport is proposed to be increased from 28,000 square metres to 47,000 square metres

1 killed, 3 injured in high-pressure gas leak at Navi Mumbai power plant

A chief boiler supervisor was killed and three others injured on Sunday after gas leaked from a high-pressure booster pump at the gas turbine power station of the Maharashtra Power Generation Company at Uran in Navi Mumbai, officials said. Police had earlier said an explosion in the boiler pump of the unit, located 48 km from Mumbai, led to the casualties. A statement from the Maharashtra Power Generation Company (Mahagenco) said at about 1230 hrs, there was a gas leak from a high-pressure booster pump, while a 120 MW unit located nearby was operational at Uran. Police said the leak was akin to an explosion, which led to the casualties. A team of Vivek Dhumale, the deceased supervisor, boiler technician K K Patil and Vishnu Patil, a helper who is a contractual employee, was carrying out a routine inspection when the accident occurred, Mahagenco said. All three received burn injuries, the statement said, adding that Dhumale succumbed to injuries while being taken to the Airoli Burn