Mumbai: The Budget Estimates for the financial year 2026-27 presented by the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Administration were approved with the proposed amendments in the Municipal Corporation House yesterday (8th May 2026). As per the approved Budget (Modified Budget Estimates 2026-27), the Municipal Corporation Administration has immediately made the funds given to the Municipal Corporation members for development works available on the SAP system. Due to this, the civic services, amenities and local development works recommended by the esteemed corporators in the Standing Committee and Municipal Corporation meetings will get a boost. Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde, Deputy Mayor Sanjay Gadi, Leader of the House Ganesh Khankar, Standing Committee Chairman Prabhakar Shinde, Shiv Sena Group Leader Umay Ghole have expressed satisfaction over this immediate action. This year, the general elections of the Municipal Corporation were held in January 2026, after which the election process for the posts of Mayor, Deputy Mayor and then various statutory, special and committee posts was completed. During this, the Municipal Corporation administration presented the budget estimate for the financial year 2026-2027 on February 25, 2026. As per the prescribed procedure, the budget was discussed in the Standing Committee and after necessary amendments, the Standing Committee placed the revised budget before the Municipal Corporation meeting. After 12 days of discussion, the income side of the budget was approved on April 30, 2026 in the Municipal Corporation meeting. Thus, the entire budget with amendments has been approved in the Municipal Corporation meeting.

As per the regular procedure till now, the budget is expected to be approved before the beginning of the financial year. However, this year, the budget approval was delayed due to the elections and the subsequent process.

Keeping this in mind and the need to expedite the local development works proposed by the members of the Municipal Corporation, it was of utmost importance to implement the revised budget immediately. In this regard, Municipal Commissioner Ashwini Bhide had directed that the budget for amendments be made available on the SAP system immediately, so that the concerned departments can immediately complete the administrative approval, tender process and start the implementation of the local development works.

Accordingly, under the guidance of Additional Municipal Commissioner (City) Dr. Ashwini Joshi, the Finance Department of the Municipal Corporation working under the supervision of Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) Abhijit Bangar, Joint Commissioner (Finance) Devidas Kshirsagar, Deputy Commissioner (Municipal Commissioner’s Office) Prashant Gaikwad, and Chief Accountant (Finance Department) Prashant Gaikwad. Late last night, May 8, 2026, uploaded the budget for amendments in the SAP system. This urgent action by the Municipal Corporation administration will boost various local development works in Mumbai.

Mumbai: I am very happy that various services have been inaugurated to provide the citizens of Mumbai with the latest equipment and medical facilities. Through these facilities, quality health facilities will be provided to the citizens. Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde said that the availability of latest equipment is important to improve the life expectancy of the people of Mumbai. Ritu Tawde (Today, May 8, 2026) At a program organized at Seth Gordhandas Sundardas Medical College and Raje Edward Memorial Hospital (Parel). K.E.M. Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) as well as a mammography machine, surgical pathology seminar hall and physiology seminar hall were inaugurated. Tawde earlier, Paediatrics, Blood Disorders, Cancer and Bone Marrow Transplant Centre were also inaugurated at Lok Nite Eknath Rao Gaikwad Urban Health Centre in Dharavi, affiliated to Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Corporation General Hospital.

Public Health Committee Chairman Mr. Harish Bhanderge, Local Corporator Karan Tawde, Local Corporator Rachna Shinde, Deputy Commissioner (Public Health) Mr. Sharad Uday, Director (Medical Education and Major Hospitals) Dr. Shailendra Mohte, Dean Dr. Pramod Angale, Dean Dr. Harish Pathak, Rumana Hameed of Vaha Foundation and other dignitaries were present.

On this occasion, Mayor Ritu Tawde said that the people of Mumbai will benefit a lot from the medical facilities provided by the Mumbai Municipal Corporation. I am proud that the latest and quality services are available through the Burhan Mumbai Municipal Corporation Hospital. I am happy that I got the honor of inaugurating the Mammography Plant which is very important for women’s health. Breast cancer is a serious challenge for women’s health. But this disease can be controlled through timely screening, timely diagnosis and proper treatment. With the availability of mammography equipment in the hospital, women do not need to go anywhere else for screening. This equipment will strengthen the habit of regular screening among women. The Mayor said that the delay in diagnosis will be reduced and the health security of the family will be strengthened. With the aim of empowering the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a clean, safe and technically competent Intensive Care Unit service was made available today.

Newborns born prematurely, underweight or requiring immediate medical attention after birth will be able to get treatment from this department. This facility will make the care of newborns more efficient and enable infection control, Mayor Smt. Ritu Tawde also mentioned.

On the occasion of ‘World Thalassemia Day’ (8th May), the Paediatrics, Blood Disorders, Cancer and Bone Marrow Transplant Centre was inaugurated by the Mayor Smt. Ritu Tawde today (8th May 2026) at Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Corporation General Hospital, Loknete Eknath Rao Gaikwad Urban Health Centre (Dharvi). With the joint efforts of Mumbai Municipal Corporation and ‘Veha Foundation’, services have been provided to needy patients suffering from serious diseases. Through this centre, 6 hospital beds, day care chemotherapy room, inpatient facilities have been provided. This facility has been made available especially for the economically weaker sections. Proud Mayor Smt. Ritu Tawde said that Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Corporation General Hospital is proud to be the first hospital to provide bone marrow transplant treatment. On the occasion of Thalassemia Day, an initiative of Thalassemia screening was launched by the Biochemistry Department of the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Corporation General Hospital and Medical College for the employees and officers of the hospital. Along with getting modern technology-based services through the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, the economically weaker sections of the society will also benefit from these facilities. Harish Bhanderge, Chairman, Public Health Committee, said that this is a very important step to improve the health of Mumbaikars.

Mumbai: Mafia kingpin Dawood Ibrahim’s right-hand man and drug smuggler Salim Dola was arrested by the Central Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on charges of drug trafficking, but today the court has sent him to judicial custody. The defense lawyer told the court that Salim Dola should not be kept in judicial custody in Arthur Road. The court rejected this and ordered that Dola be kept in Arthur Road. Salim Dola was brought to Mumbai through extradition. The Mumbai Crime Branch has filed an application in the Fort Court to get his custody. However, the court has not taken any decision in this regard yet. When Salim Dola appeared in court, the defense lawyer had requested the court not to keep him in Arthur Road Jail. When the defense lawyer asked the defense lawyer whether Salim Dola’s life was in danger from his enemies and other prisoners and gangs, the defense lawyer called it a personal conversation between the lawyer and the client and said that his client had told him that he should be kept in Arthur Road Jail. The court has dismissed him and further investigation is underway with Saleem Dola in this case. In this regard, the Crime Branch has also now sought Saleem Dola’s custody. The Mumbai Crime Branch will question Saleem Dola in the case of exposing drug factories in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Saleem Dola is said to be an international drug smuggler.