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MMRDA budget approved: 154th Authority Meeting MMRDA Chaired by Hon CM & attended by Dy CM and senior officials

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154th Meeting of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority was held under the chairmanship of the Hon’ble Chief Minister and Chairman of the Authority Shri. Eknath Shinde. Major focus of the meeting was on implementation of new projects to reduce traffic congestion in the urban areas of MMR.

Key decisions taken during meeting were as follows:

• Revised estimate of 42 km sea bridge project between Versova-Virar has been approved.

• Authority has approved to construct 3.8 km long Tunnel Road to provide vehicular connectivity between Orange Gate, Eastern Freeway to Marine Drive on Mumbai costal road. This project will reduce traffic congestion during rush hours, also fasten the vehicular movement as well.

• Authority has approved the estimate for construction of Twin Tunnel between Thane & Borivali and relevant civil works. This project will be implemented in 3 packages in which civil work will be done in 2 Packages and Intelligent Transportation System will be in third package.

• Approved to dispose off 2 plots through e-tendering in G-Block of Bandra-Kurla Complex.

• Appointment of consultant to prepare detailed project report for immediate implementation of extension of Metro Line from Kalyan To Ulhasnagar.
This project will be extended upto Khadakpada in Phase-I & up to Ulhas Nagar in phase 2. This extension will benefit the citizens of Ulhasnagar, Ambernath, Badlapur and surrounding area by providing them quality and comfortable mode of transport.

• Authority has approved to the extension of Chhedanagar flyover from Ghatkopar to Thane. The proposed 13 km long and 3+3 lane elevated Bridge will start from Chhedanagar in Ghatkopar East and end at Anandnagar Thane.

• The Authority also approved to propose the Government to appoint MMRDA as the project implementation agency and to study Technical-Feasibility and implementation of Mumbai Eye project at Bandra Reclamation, Mumbai by appointment of a developer for construction of the project.

“MMRDA is implementing new projects along with completion of existing projects, because on time project delivery is as important as execution. Our focus is to improve seamless connectivity in MMR. Key approvals have been given in the Authority meeting held under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Chief Minister. MMRDA will undertake important regional connectivity projects such as the Versova-Virar sea bridge and Thane-Borivali twin tunnels. Also, construction of tunnel road to provide connectivity between Orange Gate on Eastern Freeway to Marine Drive on costal road in South Mumbai. Along with infrastructure projects, MMRDA will develop India’s 1st Giant Observation Wheel. There is no doubt that if this project is implemented, the tourism sector of Mumbai Metropolitan Region will be boosted and Mumbai Metropolis will be world class, said Shri. S.V.R. Srinivas IAS, Metropolitan Commisioner, MMRDA.

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Mumbai Cleanup Marshal and Swachh Mumbai campaign ended, fine collection from citizens also stopped, BMC helpline number released

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Mumbai: Mumbai BMC has abolished the clean-up marshal policy, after which now the clean-up marshal has disappeared from the streets of the city. The Municipal Corporation has completely banned the clean-up marshal and the Swachh Mumbai Mission has been stopped. This means that now no clean-up marshal will be able to force citizens to pay fines or take any other punitive action. After complaints against clean-up marshals, Mumbai BMC has decided to stop and suspend the service of clean-up marshals from today.

The Solid Waste Management Department of Mumbai Municipal Corporation, under the Department of Garbage and Sanitation, oversees public cleanliness in Mumbai and the ‘Swachh Mumbai Mission’ has been closed from April 4, 2025. However, the Municipal Corporation administration has appealed to the citizens that if any fine has been imposed on them despite this, then they can complain about it. Complaints regarding cleanup marshals can be made to the divisional control room of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation at 022-23855128 and 022-23877691 (extension number 549/500).

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New India Cooperative Bank embezzlement accused’s properties attached

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Mumbai: Mumbai Economic Branch (EOW) has also started property seizure proceedings in the case of embezzlement of crores of rupees from New India Cooperative Bank. EOW said that after identifying the properties obtained from the embezzled amount, it has been attached and seized. 5 accused have been arrested in this case and 21 immovable properties of these accused have been found, which have been allowed to be confiscated.

This is the first action under 107 BNSS in Mumbai city in which the property of the accused has been seized. Mumbai AOW said that the amount recovered from the seized properties will also be estimated. After the bank scam in Mumbai, EOW has taken major action and details of other properties of the accused are also being investigated.

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Mumbai Five members of Lawrence Bishnoi gang arrested, Mumbai Crime Branch gives a shock to Bishnoi gang

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Mumbai: Mumbai Crime Branch has claimed to have arrested five shooters of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi gang in a major operation. 5 revolvers and 21 live cartridges have been recovered from the possession of these shooters. Mumbai Police is also interrogating these shooters. Police arrested the attackers before they could execute the incident and averted the incident. Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested these five from Andheri area. They had come here with the intention of carrying out a major vandalism incident, but the police foiled the incident before that.

The arrested accused include Vikas Thakur, Samit Dilawar, Devendra Rupesh Saxena, Shreya Suresh Yadav, Vivek Gupta. Vikas Thakur is a resident of Versova Andheri, Samit Mukesh Kumar Dilawar is a resident of Sonipat, Haryana, Devendra Rupesh Saxena is a resident of Madhya Pradesh, Shreya Suresh Yadav is a resident of Jagdishpur, Bihar and Vivek Kumar Gupta is a resident of Rampur, Rajasthan.

Weapons have been recovered from their possession and the Crime Branch has registered a case against them under Section 3 and 25 of the BNS, Section 55 and 61 (2) and Maharashtra Police Act. The Crime Branch is investigating where the accused brought the weapons from.

After the shooting of Salman Khan, Lawrence Bishnoi gang is trying to become active in Mumbai, but due to the strict action of Mumbai Crime Branch, the back of the gang has been broken and now the Crime Branch has given a big blow to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and arrested five of its members. The Crime Branch is further investigating the matter.

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