Maharashtra
Mumbai: Eye on election, BMC to present budget today; expected to reach ₹ 50,000 crores

Mumbai: The BMC, India’s richest corporation, is all set to present its budget today. This budget will be eyeing the forthcoming election of the civic body.
Every year, there will be a over 10% increase in the BMC budget, this year as well it is expected to reach up to Rs 50,000 crores.
Aims to generate revenue
BMC has undertaken many big projects. Projects like coastal road, sewage treatment plants, road concretisation, Mumbai beatification, construction of Goregaon-Mulund link road, construction of super speciality hospitals, rejuvenation of five major rivers of Mumbai, construction of homes under PAP and Ashray Yojana and laying of new water pipeline are some of the big projects which require huge monetary provision.
It will be interesting to see what measures BMC takes to generate its revenue.
BMC’s main source of income is property tax. Every year, the civic body collects around Rs 7,000 crore from property tax and around Rs 800 crore from the GST. BMC has to spend a huge amount on its employees’ salaries, therefore, it will have to search for some new source of income.
Infrastructure, health, and transparency in administration in focus
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has also directed administrator Iqbal Singh Chahal to incorporate issues of pollution control, improvement of health infrastructure, beautification and transparency in administration in the budget. Shinde also directs to install air purifier towers like in Delhi, Gurgaon and Lucknow.
It has been seen that fire incidents have increased in Mumbai and Mumbai Fire Brigade is playing a big role to tackle the issue. In January, BMC has started the process of recruiting 910 jawans. The civic body will also bring new and imported machinery for fire fighting. Therefore, there will be monetary provisions for this too.
In the 2022-23 budget, the BMC had made a provision of Rs 26,000 crore on basic infrastructure, out of that only 37% of money has been spent.
After the Shinde-Fadnavis government came into power, many projects like the desalination of water, tunnel laundry climate action plan and proton therapy for cancer patients were put in cold storage. So, it is interesting to see what provision will be made for this project in today’s budget.
Maharashtra
Police alert for peaceful Eid-ul-Azha in Maharashtra

Mumbai: Eid-ul-Azha was celebrated peacefully in Mumbai and all of Maharashtra. In Thane, miscreants tried to spoil the atmosphere on Eid-ul-Azha, which was foiled by the police. The police have also taken action against such elements spreading poison on social media. Along with this, peaceful namaz was also offered at the Idgah located at Dogadi Fort in Kalyan. An attempt was also made to ring the bell in the temple located in Fort and at the right time of Namaz, Shiv Sena and Shinde workers gathered and rang the bell, due to which the police took them into custody and prevented the atmosphere from getting spoiled. Police Commissioner Ashutosh Dumbare had made tight security arrangements in sensitive areas like Mumbra, Bhiwandi Police Station, Rabodi Kalyan and Ulhasnagar. In Mumbai too, the police was alert and prepared in the backdrop of Eid-ul-Azha and Qurbani.
Due to the dispute over Qurbani in housing societies, the police had made tight arrangements in such societies where problems had arisen earlier. Along with this, BMC allowed sacrifice in many societies and temporary altars for sacrifice. Muslims performed the ritual of sacrifice with Abrahamic zeal. Apart from this, police guard was also kept on Eidgahs and mosques in Mumbai. Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti reviewed the situation. According to this, the arrangements in Mumbai were completed. Mumbai Police also kept an eye on the miscreants and monitored social media.
Along with this, Eid-ul-Azha was celebrated peacefully in various districts of Maharashtra, Malegaon, Aurangabad, Beed, Osmanabad, Amravati and all over Maharashtra. No untoward incident was reported from anywhere. Police sources have claimed that Eid was celebrated in a peaceful atmosphere and orders for action against the miscreants were also issued, after which sacrifice was done and the splendor of sacrifice was seen everywhere in Muslim localities.
Maharashtra
ED took action on 15 places including Mithi river, cleanliness, irregularities, Dino Morea

Dino Morea ED
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has raided 15 places including Mumbai in the irregularities case in the cleaning of the Mithi river. The Enforcement Directorate has also claimed to have seized many important documents related to the case while conducting raids in Mumbai and Kochi. The ED has also raided the house of film actor Dino Maurya. The EOW has registered the first FIR in this case, after which the Enforcement Directorate has now started a parallel investigation. The ED has taken this action under the PMLA Money Laundering Act. Dino Maurya has also been involved in this irregularity. The EOW has also questioned him and his brother.
It is said that Dino Maurya and Ketan are close to Shiv Sena leader Aditya Thackeray. Now Dino’s troubles have increased. The EOW has found many important documents and evidence in the Mithi river corruption and irregularities case in Mumbai, so now the ED has also started its action in the case of misuse of funding and illegal tender purchase in this case. Many Shiv Sena leaders are also in the ambit of ED action, because during the Mithi river corruption scam, Shiv Sena was ruling the BMC, so the scope of investigation has become focused on Shiv Sena leaders. EOW has also made significant progress in its action in the Mithi river corruption case in Mumbai. More revelations are expected after the arrival of ED in this case. EOW has taken action against 13 people in this case so far and has also arrested them. In this, political leaders including BMC officials are also on the radar of ED.
Maharashtra
Mumbai: MLA and SP leader Abu Asim Azmi appeals to avoid sacrificing animals in the open on Eid-ul-Azha

Mumbai: Mumbai Maharashtra Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Abu Asim Azmi has appealed to Muslims not to perform Qurbani in the open and also follow BMC and government guidelines. Cleanliness is half of faith, so take special care of cleanliness. Not only this, it is mandatory to follow all the guidelines and guiding principles set regarding Qurbani. Take special care of cleanliness and ensure that the brothers and sisters of the country do not face any kind of trouble on Eid-ul-Azha. This is the real teaching of Islam. Celebrate Eid with mutual love, brotherhood and following Sunnat Ibrahimi. Azmi said that the waste of Qurbani on Eid should also be kept in bags and thrown in the dustbin.
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