Ajoy Mehta

Mumbai municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta has been appointed as Maharashtra's new chief secretary, a CMO official said Friday.

Central Railway (CR) officials on Friday said they stood vindicated after Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation chief Ajoy Mehta instituted an inquiry into the collapse of the foot-over-bridge connected to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station, which killed six persons and injured 31.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Asia's richest civic body, has presented its budget for the year 2019-20. The BMC commissioner, Ajoy Mehta, presented the budget of Rs 30,692.59 crore for this year, which is 12.6 per cent more than the last year's Rs 27,258 crore.

Holding the nexus of a 'small percentage of corrupt officials' with 'professional complainants' responsible for flourishing of illegal eateries in the city, Mumbai municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta today said he will take steps to rout the menace.

Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam on Saturday demanded that BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta be suspended, for the deadly fire at a rooftop pub in Kamala Mills, which claimed 14 lives.

The civic body has connected over 800 pay-and-use toilets across the city on Mumbai Toilet Locator through GPS.

Ten auditors of private firms have been arrested in connection with the alleged over Rs. 350 crore road scam in the city, said police.

In a move that would facilitate the pedestrians, Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta has ordered the officials to remove encroachments on the footpaths across the city.

The issue of eviction of hawkers in Mumbai has brought the in-fighting in the city unit of Congress to the fore with AICC General Secretary Gurudas Kamat admonishing Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam publicly.

Indian Navy, Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been put on standby after heavy rains in Mumbai brought life to a standstill. Sea King helicopters too remain on standby at the naval base in Colaba. Schools have been advised to stay shut by the municipal corporation.

The people of Mumbai have been asked to stay at home today as well after 15 days' worth of rain on Friday left the city battered and struggling to cope. Large parts India's financial capital were flooded and trains, buses and flights were badly hit yesterday.

A project to install over 6000 CCTV cameras in Mumbai at a cost of Rs 949 crore to beef up surveillance in crucial places of the city will be completed by September next year, a Maharashtra Home department official has said.v

Senior IAS officer Ajoy Mehta today took charge as the new Commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), replacing Sitaram Kunte, whose term was to end on April 30.

Mumbai municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta has been appointed as Maharashtra's new chief secretary, a CMO official said Friday.

Central Railway (CR) officials on Friday said they stood vindicated after Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation chief Ajoy Mehta instituted an inquiry into the collapse of the foot-over-bridge connected to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station, which killed six persons and injured 31.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Asia's richest civic body, has presented its budget for the year 2019-20. The BMC commissioner, Ajoy Mehta, presented the budget of Rs 30,692.59 crore for this year, which is 12.6 per cent more than the last year's Rs 27,258 crore.

Holding the nexus of a 'small percentage of corrupt officials' with 'professional complainants' responsible for flourishing of illegal eateries in the city, Mumbai municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta today said he will take steps to rout the menace.

Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam on Saturday demanded that BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta be suspended, for the deadly fire at a rooftop pub in Kamala Mills, which claimed 14 lives.

The civic body has connected over 800 pay-and-use toilets across the city on Mumbai Toilet Locator through GPS.

Ten auditors of private firms have been arrested in connection with the alleged over Rs. 350 crore road scam in the city, said police.

In a move that would facilitate the pedestrians, Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta has ordered the officials to remove encroachments on the footpaths across the city.

The issue of eviction of hawkers in Mumbai has brought the in-fighting in the city unit of Congress to the fore with AICC General Secretary Gurudas Kamat admonishing Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam publicly.

Indian Navy, Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been put on standby after heavy rains in Mumbai brought life to a standstill. Sea King helicopters too remain on standby at the naval base in Colaba. Schools have been advised to stay shut by the municipal corporation.

The people of Mumbai have been asked to stay at home today as well after 15 days' worth of rain on Friday left the city battered and struggling to cope. Large parts India's financial capital were flooded and trains, buses and flights were badly hit yesterday.

A project to install over 6000 CCTV cameras in Mumbai at a cost of Rs 949 crore to beef up surveillance in crucial places of the city will be completed by September next year, a Maharashtra Home department official has said.v

Senior IAS officer Ajoy Mehta today took charge as the new Commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), replacing Sitaram Kunte, whose term was to end on April 30.