India’s first bullet train project, Mumbai-Ahmedabad, will now feature tunnel hood technology at mountain tunnel entrances MUMBAI: The Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project will become the first railway project in India to use tunnel hood technology at mountain tunnel portals to reduce noise and improve the aerodynamic performance of high-speed trains.The bullet train corridor passes through…
Maharashtra government greenlit the diversion of nearly 4,000 sq m of mangrove land in Thane for an approach road and spur line MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has approved the diversion of 0.39 hectares (3,900 sq m) of mangrove forest land at Mogharpada in Thane for the construction of an approach road and a spur line…
MUMBAI: The demolition of 350 rehabilitated slum structures at Bhola Nagar has cleared nearly half the land required for the long-delayed Airoli–Kalwa elevated suburban rail corridor, bringing the Rs 476-crore project a step closer to execution after years of rehabilitation-related hurdles. The project, part of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-III, was sanctioned in November…
Mumbai: With the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) stopping payment of rent to several offices of political parties and other state-run institutions that were housed near Vidhan Bhavan, the state Public Works Department (PWD) will now pay the rent till they get permanent offices allotted. There are a total of 27 offices, including 7…
Miniature bus models at the BEST museum at Wadala’s Anik Depot “Why is the BEST bus red?” kids often ask Yatin Pimpale. “Just as local trains are the arteries of the city, BEST buses are its blood vessels,” comes the reply.Tucked away on the third floor of an elevator-less building in Wadala’s Anik depot, the…
Mumbai: A Reliance-led consortium emerged as the highest bidder for 101-acre Juhu Galli slum cluster redevelopment project last week. Reliance 4IR Realty Development Ltd made the bid in a consortium with Mahadev Realtors Juhu Pvt Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Aspect Reality. This consortium offered to pay the highest 35.1% premium to Slum Rehabilitation…
Mumbai: A 28-year-old Thane resident who began seeing the world as a photographic negative, developed dramatic personality changes and recurrent seizures, and eventually required ventilator support has made a near-complete recovery after doctors diagnosed him with anti-NMDA receptor autoimmune encephalitis, a rare but potentially fatal brain disorder that could masquerade as a psychiatric illness.The disease,…
Mumbai: A 50-year-old autorickshaw driver succumbed to his injuries at the Sion Hospital five days after he was admitted following a road-related crash. Police said Amarnath Yadav had applied the brakes on his auto while moving on New Link Road, causing the vehicle to turn turtle. The Bangur Nagar Police registered a case of rash…
Family friends and activists alleged the victim reportedly lost control of his bike while crossing a road stretch that was covered with loose gravel Thane: A 30-year-old social media content creator died in a tragic motorcycle accident in the Mohone area of Kalyan early Saturday after reportedly losing control of his bike on a stretch…
Thane: A funeral procession in Diva was allegedly obstructed briefly after a private road that is incidentally the sole motorable access to the dense residential colony in the Bedekar Nagar area was barricaded by some miscreants, who locals said had been blocking the road to illegally collect a toll for use of the thoroughfare.A viral…
