Mhada Building

The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), which had given the building that collapsed in Mumbai on Tuesday to a private builder for re-development, said action would be taken against those responsible for any lacunae.

The Esplanade mansion, a 150-year-old building recognised by UNESCO as a heritage structure, is today a monument in shambles and a disaster-in- waiting.

In a freak accident, a 30-year-old man died after falling from the fourth floor through a lift shaft in an unoccupied MHADA building on Sunday.

Imagine having to keep a buffer of half an hour every time you want to go out somewhere, not because of traffic or transport problems, but because that's simply how long it takes to go downstairs in the building lift.

Although the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has made it clear that it won't be constructing any more skywalk projects in the city, the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) is now eager to take the mantle of building a skywalk on its shoulders.

While filmmaker Subhash Ghai could not get a director's cut on this particular plot, the conflict surrounding the land on which stands his film institute in Goregaon may have a happy ending for some, after all. After the Supreme Court directed Ghai to comply with the Bombay High Court's order of returning all 20 acres of land which houses Whistling...

Four of a family were today found hanging to a water pipe on the terrace of a building in suburban Mulund, police said. Bharat Ohale, his wife Sushma and children Sakshi and Suchit were found hanging this morning on the terrace of one-storeyed Suryadarshan society building in Mhada colony, they said.

The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), which had given the building that collapsed in Mumbai on Tuesday to a private builder for re-development, said action would be taken against those responsible for any lacunae.

The Esplanade mansion, a 150-year-old building recognised by UNESCO as a heritage structure, is today a monument in shambles and a disaster-in- waiting.

In a freak accident, a 30-year-old man died after falling from the fourth floor through a lift shaft in an unoccupied MHADA building on Sunday.

Imagine having to keep a buffer of half an hour every time you want to go out somewhere, not because of traffic or transport problems, but because that's simply how long it takes to go downstairs in the building lift.

Although the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has made it clear that it won't be constructing any more skywalk projects in the city, the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) is now eager to take the mantle of building a skywalk on its shoulders.

While filmmaker Subhash Ghai could not get a director's cut on this particular plot, the conflict surrounding the land on which stands his film institute in Goregaon may have a happy ending for some, after all. After the Supreme Court directed Ghai to comply with the Bombay High Court's order of returning all 20 acres of land which houses Whistling...

Four of a family were today found hanging to a water pipe on the terrace of a building in suburban Mulund, police said. Bharat Ohale, his wife Sushma and children Sakshi and Suchit were found hanging this morning on the terrace of one-storeyed Suryadarshan society building in Mhada colony, they said.