No more free rides on Mumbai Coastal Road

With the final stretch connecting the Coastal Road to the Bandra-Worli Sea Link thrown open for northbound traffic, there won’t be any more free rides. Commuters will have to pay toll at the Bandra exit. On Thursday, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated one of the connectors near the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. The stretch for southbound traffic will take three to four months to complete. Read more.

Mumbai local trains' update: Mega Block on harbour line and 5th, 6th lines between Vidyavihar and Thane on Sept 15

The Mumbai Division of Central Railway (CR) will operate a mega block on its suburban sections for carrying out various engineering and maintenance works on Sunday. However, the block will be implemented only on Harbour line and between Vidyavihar-Thane on the 5th and 6th lines. There will be no block on the main line, CR stated. Read more.

EXCLUSIVE: Mumbai local train headway to come down from 180 secs to 150 secs

Mumbai will be the first city to get a communications-based train control (CBTC) embedded Kavach system that will not just make the Mumbai suburban system completely safe but also ensure the headway between train services is reduced drastically and more than double the services in the next three years. Read more.

Exclusive | Mumbai: Dark streets under Metro stations add to women’s safety scare

Amid concerns about women’s safety, mid-day visited Metro stations on the Red and Yellow lines whose commuters expressed anxiety over the last-mile journey to their homes. Many stations lacked well-lit, pedestrian-friendly pathways while spaces under bridges were shrouded in darkness after sunset. The state of three stations on Line 7—Dindoshi, Poisar and Rashtriya Udyan—was particularly worrisome. Read more.

Mumbai: New Akurli Bridge faces pothole woes hours after opening

The killer spot along the Western Express Highway (WEH), on Akurli Road in Kandivli East, has finally been fixed by the MMRDA and the bridge is open for vehicles five years after its construction began. However, just a few hours after the inauguration on Tuesday night, heavy rain damaged the stretch and potholes started to emerge. Read more.

Pollution at Sanjay Gandhi National Park: Activist slams govt

A city-based environmentalist has once again highlighted the issue of pollution and destruction of environment in the ecologically sensitive zones (ESZ) of Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) at Gaimukh/Chena along Thane-Ghodbunder Road. mid-day had reported about this issue a few months ago but the authorities are yet to take action. Read more.

Mumbai: Aarey wildlife up against the wall

Environmentalist Stalin D has objected to the construction of a boundary wall inside Aarey Milk Colony and has written a letter to the principal secretary of the Maharashtra Forest Department, the principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF), wildlife; the additional principal chief conservator of forests (APCCF); the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) director; the municipal commissioner; and the commissioner of Mumbai police over the issue. Read more.

Mumbai's Andhericha Raja stays a bit longer with devotees during Ganeshotsav, here's why

As the Ganesotsav 2024 nears end, hundreds of devotees of Lord Ganesh are seen rushing to Andhericha Raja pandal at Veera Desai Road in Mumbai's Andheri West. Read more.

Mumbai: Decks cleared for AC train project to roll?

The Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar has criticised the BJP and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for his “irresponsible” statement about AC local trains saying that the minister was blaming their party chief Sharad Pawar as they did not want to implement it at this stage and allow other parties to take credit. Read more.

Maharashtra: Row over Marathi teachers in Urdu medium schools

A new conflict has arisen between the state government and the teachers and management of Urdu-medium schools. As the state government faces mounting criticism for unfilled teacher vacancies, it has accelerated its efforts to fill these positions. However, Urdu-medium teachers’ associations are raising concerns over the appointment of Marathi-medium teachers as English subject teachers in Urdu-medium schools. Read more.