Sameer Surve is a journalist at Gujarati Midday. He covers a diverse range of themes including construction and real estate, climate change and environment, as well as government and politics, often focusing on regional interests and world news. Sameer’s work has been featured in notable publications such as Mid-Day and The Economic Times.
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By: Sameer Surve
Despite hundreds of trees falling across the city over the past few days in the rains, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation chief Ashwini Bhide refused to admit that road concretisation was the reason for the spate of accidents that has led to at least three deaths in the city.
Mumbai's soaring electricity costs are no longer straining only household budgets. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is also feeling the pinch, with its electricity expenditure surging by nearly a third in just two years. Alarmed by the rising costs, the civic body has decided to appoint an external consultant to identify savings and curb what officials describe as a rapidly growing financial burden.
Four newly built modular operation theatres at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) KB Bhabha Hospital in Kurla have remained non-operational since their inauguration in March this year because they lack an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) backup system.
With the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) now in the opposition in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the party has also lost control of another key civic institution. The Brihanmumbai Krida and Lalit Kala Pratishthan, a trust that manages two major BMC sports complexes and their associated halls, will now be led by the BJP.
First it was the city's trees, and now road concretisation seems to have blighted Mumbai's most prized green patch – the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). Environmentalists and local residents have alleged that park authorities have stifled the roots of several decades-old trees on an internal footpath of the eco-sensitive zone by entirely cementing over their roots.
Despite imposing a Rs 5 lakh fine on the contractor, the BMC has not held anyone directly responsible for the death of an 11-year-old boy who was killed when a tree crashed onto his school bus in Chembur last month.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has prepared a draft policy to make Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) devices mandatory in every vehicle transporting construction and demolition (C&D) waste to authorised processing plants. Once approved by the competent authority, the policy will come into force, enabling the BMC and the Mumbai Traffic Police to take action against vehicles operating without VTS devices.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) ambitious Mumbadevi temple rejuvenation project has been put on hold after strong opposition to its proposed robotic parking facility. Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker and local MLA Rahul Narvekar has directed the civic body to prepare a comprehensive plan, including parking facilities, before proceeding with the revamp.
In the wake of the Chembur tree-fall tragedy that claimed the life of 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastava, BMC has announced two key reforms to strengthen the city's tree management system. The civic body has decided to replace its long-standing practice of relying on horticulturists with certified arborists for technical consultation on tree trimming and maintenance. The move follows recommendations made by the inquiry committee, which said arborists are better equipped to assess tree health, structural stability and the risk of tree failure.
For a city constantly battling worsening air pollution, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) environment department is operating with barely a fifth of its sanctioned workforce. With only 11 officers against 52 sanctioned posts and fewer air quality monitoring stations than required, the civic body has now decided to outsource key pollution-monitoring operations.
