Mumbai Coastline

Mumbai's lengthy coastline is home to various beautiful beaches, ranging from lively, carnival-like seashores to calm retreats unexpected in the 'city that never sleeps'

Less than two weeks after the power cyclone "Amphan" created havoc in West Bengal and Odisha, India is bracing for another cyclone, this time on its western coast.

Coronavirus-hit Mumbai has escaped the worst of the severe cyclonic storm Nisarga - the second to strike India in two weeks - with rain stopping and wind speeds reducing drastically. No damage was reported from the financial capital where movement of people was restricted in public places like beaches, parks and promenades along the coastline till ...

Tropical storm Nisarga, which intensified into a "severe cyclonic storm" this morning, has made landfall near coronavirus-hit Mumbai. This is the second cyclone to strike India in two weeks and the first such storm to hit the financial capital in over 100 years. No one is allowed to come out in public places like beaches, parks and promenades along...

Cyclone Vayu: Nearly three lakh people are being evacuated from the western coast as Gujarat prepares for Cyclone Vayu, which is inching closer to the coast. The entire coastline, from Kutch to south Gujarat has been put on "high alert". Schools and colleges in the coastal districts are closed today and tomorrow. Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday...

India evacuated hundreds of thousands of people to shelters along the coast in Gujarat as a cyclone gathering intensity over the Arabian Sea is expected to hit land on Thursday.

Ten years after the Mumbai terror attack, the Navy on Tuesday launched a first of its kind multi-agency drill, covering the entire 7,516 km-long Indian coastline and exclusive economic zone and involving 13 coastal states and Union Territories to check the efficacy of maritime security and surveillance.

The southwest monsoon, which has become active along the coastline of Maharashtra, has led to a heavy downpour in Mumbai and Konkan area.

In the wake of a high alert sounded along the Mumbai coast after some men were seen moving suspiciously near a naval base there today, Gujarat was also put on alert and security agencies have been asked to keep a close vigil on the coastline, officials said.

Four years ago, 10 terrorists entered the city by boat unnoticed and proceeded to lay siege to it by targeting key locations. While coastal security has been raised significantly since the incident, police have also approached a group of people more familiar with Mumbai's coastline - its fishermen.

Another oil spill is threatening the fragile ecology of the Mumbai coastline. MV Rak, the vessel that sank off the coast of Mumbai last Thursday, is leaking oil.The oil from the ship which had spread up to seven nautical miles from the vessel yesterday has now spread to 12 nautical miles but the patches are thinning, says the Coast Guard. Talking t...

Another oil spill is threatening the fragile ecology of the Mumbai coastline. MV Rak, the vessel that sank off the coast of Mumbai on Thursday, is now leaking oil.

The city continues to remain vulnerable to 26/11-like terror operations involving the use of the city's coast as a landing point for perpetrators.For, only 16 out of the 28 high-speed boats sanctioned for patrolling the city's coast are operational on paper and investigations by MiD DAY have revealed that the actual number is just eight or less tha...

The city continues to remain vulnerable to 26/11-like terror operations involving the use of the city's coast as a landing point for perpetrators.For, only 16 out of the 28 high-speed boats sanctioned for patrolling the city's coast are operational on paper and investigations by MiD DAY have revealed that the actual number is just eight or less tha...

Coastline between Worli and Mahim will be expanded with tonnes of sand; BMC promises our beaches will be in the same league as Goa's.On the face of it, the aspirations the civic authorities have for the beaches of the city are bold, but to put it in the words the municipal official used, "Mumbai will soon give tough competition to the beaches of Go...

Mumbai's lengthy coastline is home to various beautiful beaches, ranging from lively, carnival-like seashores to calm retreats unexpected in the 'city that never sleeps'

Less than two weeks after the power cyclone "Amphan" created havoc in West Bengal and Odisha, India is bracing for another cyclone, this time on its western coast.

Coronavirus-hit Mumbai has escaped the worst of the severe cyclonic storm Nisarga - the second to strike India in two weeks - with rain stopping and wind speeds reducing drastically. No damage was reported from the financial capital where movement of people was restricted in public places like beaches, parks and promenades along the coastline till ...

Tropical storm Nisarga, which intensified into a "severe cyclonic storm" this morning, has made landfall near coronavirus-hit Mumbai. This is the second cyclone to strike India in two weeks and the first such storm to hit the financial capital in over 100 years. No one is allowed to come out in public places like beaches, parks and promenades along...

Cyclone Vayu: Nearly three lakh people are being evacuated from the western coast as Gujarat prepares for Cyclone Vayu, which is inching closer to the coast. The entire coastline, from Kutch to south Gujarat has been put on "high alert". Schools and colleges in the coastal districts are closed today and tomorrow. Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday...

India evacuated hundreds of thousands of people to shelters along the coast in Gujarat as a cyclone gathering intensity over the Arabian Sea is expected to hit land on Thursday.

Ten years after the Mumbai terror attack, the Navy on Tuesday launched a first of its kind multi-agency drill, covering the entire 7,516 km-long Indian coastline and exclusive economic zone and involving 13 coastal states and Union Territories to check the efficacy of maritime security and surveillance.

The southwest monsoon, which has become active along the coastline of Maharashtra, has led to a heavy downpour in Mumbai and Konkan area.

In the wake of a high alert sounded along the Mumbai coast after some men were seen moving suspiciously near a naval base there today, Gujarat was also put on alert and security agencies have been asked to keep a close vigil on the coastline, officials said.

Four years ago, 10 terrorists entered the city by boat unnoticed and proceeded to lay siege to it by targeting key locations. While coastal security has been raised significantly since the incident, police have also approached a group of people more familiar with Mumbai's coastline - its fishermen.

Another oil spill is threatening the fragile ecology of the Mumbai coastline. MV Rak, the vessel that sank off the coast of Mumbai last Thursday, is leaking oil.The oil from the ship which had spread up to seven nautical miles from the vessel yesterday has now spread to 12 nautical miles but the patches are thinning, says the Coast Guard. Talking t...

Another oil spill is threatening the fragile ecology of the Mumbai coastline. MV Rak, the vessel that sank off the coast of Mumbai on Thursday, is now leaking oil.

The city continues to remain vulnerable to 26/11-like terror operations involving the use of the city's coast as a landing point for perpetrators.For, only 16 out of the 28 high-speed boats sanctioned for patrolling the city's coast are operational on paper and investigations by MiD DAY have revealed that the actual number is just eight or less tha...

The city continues to remain vulnerable to 26/11-like terror operations involving the use of the city's coast as a landing point for perpetrators.For, only 16 out of the 28 high-speed boats sanctioned for patrolling the city's coast are operational on paper and investigations by MiD DAY have revealed that the actual number is just eight or less tha...

Coastline between Worli and Mahim will be expanded with tonnes of sand; BMC promises our beaches will be in the same league as Goa's.On the face of it, the aspirations the civic authorities have for the beaches of the city are bold, but to put it in the words the municipal official used, "Mumbai will soon give tough competition to the beaches of Go...