The upmarket stretch of Netaji Subhash Chandra Marg, popularly known as Marine Drive, and one of Mumbai’s oldest roads to be built and later concretised, will soon get a new lease of life at a cost

The Maharashtra government is examining issues relating to the implementation of uniform power rate in Mumbai. This was triggered by a report prepared by Price waterhouse Coopers (PwC) given to the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC).

Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar had recently announced the state was keen to introduce a uniform rate, as prevalent in Delhi. The announcement came during the recent civic body elections, where he also stated the government would take the necessary decision after looking into pertinent administrative, legal and regulatory issues.

The Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) took the first step towards providing the growing city population with mass rapid transport system by holding preliminary site inspection for Nagpur Metro along with project consultant DMRC on Thursday. NIT Chairman Pravin Darade led the team to routes previously suggested by L&T Ramboll, which had prepared the initial feasibility study report for this project. NMC Commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal also accompanied the team that later had a detailed discussion at the NIT headquarter.

The Maharashtra government has sought the Centre’s intervention to get adequate coal supply from Coal India subsidiaries and Singareni Collieries.

What state-run Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (Mahagenco) gets since November last year is 18 to 20 rakes a day — as against the daily domestic coal requirement of 24 rakes. The deficit from Western Coalfields is affecting the generation of the thermal generation plant with a capacity of 6,480 Mw. Mahagenco is losing daily generation of 1,000 Mw for want of coal.

The chief conservator of forests of Thane circle, R.K. Pole, has withdrawn the forest clearance granted to the Navi Mumbai airport.

The clearance was granted on the grounds that the Navi Mumbai airport would be located more than ten km away from the Karnala bird sanctuary as has been laid out in the environmental clearance rules of the MoEF.

In quest for 24/ 7 water supply, BMCs specific supply pattern tastes success in Mulund; plans to start project in four other eastern suburbs If BMCs recent experiments are anything to go by, 24/ 7

The Bombay high court on Thursday stayed the construction of a dam being built on Kalu River in Thane district because necessary permissions were not obtained by the state government from the Minis

Eyebrows are being raised on why the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has been sitting on the Western Ghats ecology report for almost six months.

The MoEF had appointed a Western Ghats Ecology Expert Committee (WGEEC) under the chairmanship of leading environmentalist Madhav Gadgil to prepare a roadmap for the Western Ghats region which is under increasing threat, especially from the influential mining lobby operating in Goa and Maharashtra.

Over 104 families from village Jamni, located inside the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in the district, received the first instalment of Rs 1 lakh, out of the total of Rs 10 lakh declared as

The Maharashtra government has decided to launch a project with $85 million funding from the Asian Development Bank, which will augment the agriculture infrastructure in the State.