Ninad Siddhaye Dna

• Funds for Colaba-Bandra metro from Japan?

  The Japanese are most likely to fund the first-ever partially underground metro in the city. According to sources in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the state has forwarded a proposal to the Centre to let the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) fund the third line of metro from Colaba to Bandra. A senior M...

• Mumbai: MLA's boat service owes maritime board Rs 28 crore

  PNP Catamaran Services, owned by Alibaug-based legislator Jayant Patil of the Peasants and Workers Party (PWP), has not paid dues worth Rs 28.09 crore to the state maritime board, information obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has revealed. The firm offers air-conditioned services between Mumbai, Mandwa and Alibaug.Information procur...

• Mumbai: Power theft worth lakhs unearthed in Bhandup

  In a sensational case of power theft, officials of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL), have lodged an FIR against a garment manufacturer in Bhandup who was involved in stealing power for his unit without even touching the metre. The person was using a unique type of remote control, which increases the frequency of the e...

• Not a single CCTV camera on northern carriageway of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link

  It has been eight months since the northern carriageway of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL) was opened. But till date, not a single CCTV camera has been installed to monitor traffic there.When contacted, senior Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) officials admitted that there were no CCTV cameras on the northern carriageway. "How...

• Second power outage in four days hits Mumbai

  For the second time in four days, Mumbaikars had to bear another power outage, if only for a smaller time period. For almost an hour, the island city was without power, after the Dharavi and Vikhroli receiving stations of Tata Power, licensed to supply power to the city, tripped following an overload.The company claimed that the Dharavi and Vikhrol...

• Did govt give away 2-lakh sq ft Bandra cricket academy plot?

  A group of city-based lawyers have filed a public interest litigation (PIL) against alleged fraud in the allotment of a huge plot of land meant for a cricket stadium in Bandra. They held a press conference on Tuesday demanding that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquire into the matter along with the Adarsh housing scam.According to advo...

• Mumbai: City metro fare to rise even before it starts

  The first-ever metro in the city will put a bit of a hole in your pockets. Even before the 11-km elevated route starts its maiden journey, the fares are going to be hiked by 10%.Officials of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the agency constructing the route, have justified the hike saying it will still remain much lower...

• Mumbai metro heading towards financial disaster: Sreedharan

  Is Mumbai on the wrong track by letting private enterprise build its metro system? Yes, says Dr E Sreedharan, the man who helmed the construction of Delhi's 200-km-long metro network.The veteran with over 57 years of experience, which includes constructing the 760-km-long Konkan Railway, was in Mumbai on Tuesday night to receive yet another laurel ...