News from Mumbai

[Sushubh]

Mumbai’s plan to rehouse slum dwellers to ‘toxic’ sites mars mega urban project in India

Around 240ha of Dharavi is set to be redeveloped into a modern township and rehabilitation project. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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[Sushubh]

Prime Focus Group Inks $400 Million Deal for Mumbai Entertainment Hub

Prime Focus Group is aiming to transform Mumbai's entertainment landscape with a planned $400 million investment.

variety.com

 

[Sushubh]

For the first time, monsoon reaches Mumbai 17 days ahead of its usual date, sets a new record - CNBC TV18

According to IMD data, the previous earliest monsoon onset in Mumbai was on May 29, recorded in the years 1956, 1962, and 1971. This is the first time the monsoon has reached Mumbai as early as May 26.

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[Kyle Crane]

dude it didnt even rain like 400mm or something

south mumbai side it got like 100mm or so and the so called AQUA metro line which is underground started leaking heavily to a point where water started filling on literal platform level

this is also the line where i have repeatedly covered how jio doesnt work there ,now even airtel has stopped there 4G/5G services in mumbai metro line 3 and only Vi works for now

imagine ur train is stuck and it starts to fill water inside or something and you cant even call for help

 

[Sushubh]

It’s not just Dharavi. For years, Mumbai’s poor have been banished to live near a garbage dump

In resettlement colonies built near the Deonar landfill, life expectancy is low, jobs scarce and health problems abound.

scroll.in

 

[Sushubh]

Mumbai man sentenced to four months in prison after his pet dog bites neighbor

A Magistrate court in Mumbai recently sentenced a Worli resident to four months in prison after his pet dog bit and injured a neighbor inside a residential buil

www.barandbench.com

 

[Sushubh]

Mumbai man ‘sets wife on fire’ after she refused to get intimate with him; arrested

The woman sustained burns on her chest, stomach, leg, and arms. She is undergoing treatment at Lokmanya Tilak Hospital in Sion, said a police inspector at RCF police station.

indianexpress.com

 

[Sushubh]

Mumbai city wettest district this season so far, logs 3,025% of actual avg rainfall

Spurred by unseasonal showers and early onset of monsoon, records from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) show that Mumbai city district has recorded “large excess” in showers by 3,025 percent while the suburban district has recorded above normal rainfall by over 1,945 percent.

indianexpress.com

 

[Sushubh]

Penguin Chicks Born At Mumbai Zoo Should Be Given Marathi Names: BJP

The son or daughter-of-the-soil politics in Mumbai, so far restricted to humans, has taken an interesting turn with BJP leaders demanding that Penguin chicks born in a city zoo be given Marathi names.

www.ndtv.com

 

[Sushubh]

Mumbai Local Trains’ Deadly Track Record: 7 Lives Lost A Day, 51,802 In Past 20 Years

Of the 51,802 deaths, 22,481 were reported on the Western Railway (WR) and 29,321 on the Central Railway (CR), with Kalyan, Thane, Vasai, and Borivli topping in fatalities

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