AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEWS

Sena opposes plan to open up salt pans for affordable housing

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 17 MAY 2018

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena and BJP are at loggerheads once again. This time, the issue is opening up of salt pan lands in Mumbai to create space for the chief minister’s pet affordable housing plan.

INFRA NEWS

Green clearance is no longer needed for SGNP tunnel: BMC

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 17 MAY 2018

The BMC has said that it doesn’t need to submit its proposal for the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) to the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF).

NAVI MUMBAI NEWS

Elevated rail corridor proposed to cut travel time from south Mumbai to Navi Mumbai airport

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 16 MAY 2018

Mumbaiites travelling from the business hub of south Mumbai may soon be able to reach the proposed Navi Mumbai airport faster by train than road.

Debris dumping shrinks huge pond in Navi Mumbai by 75%

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 16 MAY 2018

The court-appointed wetland grievance committee has initiated inquiry after citizens submitted satellite images that show most of the water body in Kharghar has been reclaimed.

CITY NEWS

City cleanest capital, Navi Mumbai tops in solid waste mgmt

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 17 MAY 2018

Mumbai: Mumbai has been declared the cleanest state capital in the Swachh Survekshan 2018, announced on Wednesday.

Swachh Survekshan 2018 rankings: Mumbai cleanest state capital

Publication: THE INDIAN EXPRESS Date : 17 MAY 2018

While officials listed scores of factors which led to the results this year, activists are questioning the criteria of the survey based on which the city was ranked the cleanest state capital.