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Rickshaw Taxi Driver Owners Association submitted a request letter to the Senior Police Commissioner Traffic Control to stop the long traffic jam

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Rickshaw Taxi Driver Owners Association submitted a request letter to the Senior Police Commissioner Traffic Control to stop the long traffic jam

Kalyan: The problem of traffic jam on main roads has become serious in Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation area. (KDMC) Commissioner Indumati Jakhar called a joint meeting of police administration and municipal administration officer in Kalyan West station area after which the commissioner inspected the station area. Although the administration has succeeded in controlling the traffic in the station premises to some extent, but the citizens are disappointed due to traffic jam on major roads.

Due to daily jam on Subhash Chowk Waldhuni Bridge Murbad Road, the entire traffic is getting affected. Due to heavy traffic congestion, rickshaw service has become effective and citizens have to wait for hours for rickshaw travel or have to walk for hours during traffic. Due to traffic jam for hours, both time and money of rickshaw drivers are being wasted and the business of rickshaw drivers is also getting adversely affected.

Due to hours of traffic jam in Kalyan city, ambulances, essential service vehicles, vehicles of students remain stuck in the jam for hours, students have to sit without food and water, the possibility of an unpleasant incident with children cannot be ruled out. As per the instructions of Pranab Dada Prakash Penkar, President of Rickshaw Taxi Drivers Association, the officials met Police Commissioner Traffic Control Department Shri Sable and submitted a request letter. To avoid traffic jam at Anand Dighe Chowk Kalyan East (F.Cabin) Waldhuni Bridge Subhash Chowk, heavy vehicles, containers and multi-loaded trucks should be diverted to adequate roads during the day time. On the occasion of submitting the request letter, Santosh Navle, Jitendra Pawar, Sagir Sheikh, Pratap Sarode, Vijay Dafal, Sanjay Bagwe, Jagannath Bhagde, Chandrashekhar Navle, Rizwan Sheikh, Praveen Vasnik, Kamlesh Gaikwad, Anil Jagtap, Annu Sheikh, Santosh Pathare etc. officials and rickshaw drivers were present.

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Mumbai: Despite heavy rains, the threat of water shortage persists in Mumbai

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Mumbai: Despite heavy rains, the threat of water shortage persists in Mumbai. Now only 8.60 percent water is left in the lakes supplying water to Mumbai, so the administration has appealed not to waste water. It has been raining continuously in the city for the last two days. 86 mm of rain has been recorded in Kalabhata, Mumbai and 100 mm in Santacruz. Due to rain, the water level of Madhya Veternah has increased. Due to two days of rain, the water level of the lakes has increased, but there is still a threat of water shortage. Yellow and red alerts were issued due to rain in Palghar and Raigad of Mumbai, but today the rain stopped.

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BMC orders strict action against those who dump industrial waste and garbage in drains, first case registered

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Mumbai: Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now started strict action by registering a case against the factory owners and the concerned person who throw garbage and waste in the drains. Now throwing garbage in the drains is a crime and those who throw company’s garbage or waste in the drains without any reason will not be spared. In this case, BMC has registered the first case in Dharavi and the search for the unknown accused is on. Despite regular cleaning of drains in many areas of Mumbai, garbage is being dumped again. Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started strict action against those who throw industrial waste and garbage in the drains in the backdrop of monsoon season.

Due to which there is a danger of blockage of drains, due to which the problem of waterlogging is increasing in the city. After cleaning the T-junction drain in Dharavi, it was found that a large amount of industrial waste has been dumped in it. Under monsoon works, work is being done to remove garbage from the rivers and drains of Mumbai Metropolitan Area. The work of removing garbage is going on in a planned manner and Artificial Intelligence (AI) system is being used for this work. Artificial Intelligence is helping a lot in increasing the effectiveness and transparency in the garbage removal work. Along with this, senior officials of Mumbai Municipal Corporation are directly visiting and inspecting the work of garbage removal from drains in the city, eastern suburbs and western suburbs. Apart from this, they are giving instructions to do the drain cleaning work properly.

Although the work of removing garbage from big and small drains has been completed, the drains have to be cleaned repeatedly due to the accumulation of floating garbage with the tide. The Solid Waste Management Department, Storm Water Drainage Department of Mumbai Municipal Corporation is working tirelessly. The work of removing garbage from drains and removing garbage is going on regularly. The Municipal Administration is taking many steps to prevent garbage from going into the drains. The Municipal Administration has laid nets at some places on an experimental basis to prevent garbage from going into the drains. However, various types of floating materials like thermocol, plastic bags, furniture, rubber, wrappers are being thrown into the drains by some individuals / establishments. Due to which the movement and drainage of sewage is being obstructed.

The Municipal Corporation recently cleaned the drain leading to the T-junction in Dharavi. Along with removing the garbage, floating objects were also removed. However, on Monday, June 16, 2025, when the officials of the North Zone Solid Waste Management Department inspected the drain, they found that unknown persons had thrown various industrial items like thermocol, rubber, wrappers, parcel boxes etc. into the drain. Taking serious cognizance of this and as per the instructions of the seniors, a complaint has been lodged at the Sahu Nagar Police Station. This act of obstructing the cleaning work of the drain is serious and is creating difficulties in disaster management. In this regard, a case has been registered against the accused under Section 326 (A) of the Indian Penal Code, 2023.

The police is searching for the concerned person / establishment. Citizens should not throw plastic bags, bottles, thermocol and other similar garbage in drains or sewers, so that the garbage does not get stuck and the drains do not get clogged and the water keeps flowing fast. Residents and citizens living near the drain should not throw any garbage directly in the drain with the Mumbai Municipal Corporation. Garbage should be thrown only in the garbage dump. The Mumbai Municipal Corporation administration is making a humble appeal to the citizens to cooperate with the Municipal Corporation administration.

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Nitesh Rane criticized Uddhav

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Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane criticized Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and said that Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray should be asked what is Aghori Puja, he is an expert in it, what is buried in his bungalow in Karjat, as well as what happens in Matoshree, should also be found out. He strongly criticized Uddhav and also called him Aghori CM. Nitesh Rane has claimed to ensure maritime security and patrol the sea with sea boats and modern boats.

He said that maritime security will be done on priority basis. So far, modern boats have been deployed to protect the sea coast and five boats have been added. Along with this, the sea is also being protected with CCTV cameras and drones. The process of monitoring illegal activities and suspicious persons is also going on. Necessary instructions have also been issued to keep the sea safe.

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