Marathwada Dry Spell To Blame
Thirty-four farmers from Marathwada have committed suicide between August 6 and 13 due to crop failure because of the prolonged dry spell.

More Than 3K Illegal Towers In City, Says Civic Body’s Website

Mumbai: Anti-radiation activists have demanded that cell towers in the city not under litigation should be razed immediately. The BMC released a comprehensive list of 3,618 illegal cell towers in Mumbai on its website on Monday. Sources hinted that nearly 1,000 towers were not covered by any litigation and civic officials will soon initiate action against them.

July Figures Slightly Better Than June’s

The quality of water suppliedin July wasbetter than the previous month but more than one out of seven samples have been found to be contaminated. In June, the number of contaminated samples was one in every five.

One in four samples of drinking water in the city was found contaminated in tests at the Pune-based State Public Health Laboratory (SPHL) last month.

Mumbai:The water Mumbaikars receive from the BMC supply chain has grown markedly dirtier.

MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will form flying squads to check whether new buildings have followed the mandate of having a rain water harvesting plant.

In order to boost the compliance rate of buildings, the BMC has decided to give a rebate of 5 per cent in property tax to societies that have followed the mandate laid down by the BMC since 2002.

Mumbai: In a sign that the government’s efforts to curb female foeticide may be bearing fruit in the city, Mumbai’s sex ratio at birth has inched up in comparison to the previous year.

Mumbai: Several times a day, some of the busiest junctions in the suburbs are absolutely free of traffic for several seconds on end. These are the times when the green signal is yet to finish its down-count though vehicles have cleared the road. These are also the very moments when the pulse rate of motorists on the perpendicular road increases by several beats. The BMC says it wants to put an end to such anguish.

By 2017, the civic body intends to finish installing smart signals at 367 of the busiest junctions in the suburbs. At present, 253 such signals exist in south and central Mumbai, which started being installed from 2007 with World Bank funding of Rs 72 crore.