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On Monday, the Supreme Court directed the Maharashtra government to not cut any more trees in the Aarey colony till October 21. The trees were being cut to build a depot for Mumbai metro. Appearing for the Maharashtra government, Solicitor General, Tushar Mehta assured the apex court that no trees will be felled. Further, the Supreme Court also ordered the release of all the activists who have been arrested during protests. The court has asked the Union Environment ministry to be a party in the matter. Now the matter will be taken up by the Forest Bench of the Supreme Court. Next hearing has been scheduled for October 21. Earlier, a sessions court in Mumbai on Sunday granted bail to 29 protesters arrested over the last two days on charges of obstructing and assaulting police personnel on duty during protests against felling of trees at Aarey colony. Additional sessions court judge H C Shende of the holiday court ordered their release on certain conditions including the pr...

MMRDA recruitment 2019: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has invited online recruitment applications for 1,053 non-executive posts on a permanent basis in Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Limited (MMMOC), a government of Maharashtra PSU. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the posts in the prescribed format by visiting the official website of MMRDA, mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in . The online application process began on September 16, 2019 and the last date for online registration is October 7, 2019. How to apply for MMRDA jobs 2019 Visit the official website of MMRDA mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in Click on ‘Tender Notice & Vacancies’ Click here for Online Registration Click here for Application Form Login Enter valid credentials and submit the MMRDA online application form. Read More Article Source -> Business Standard

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday flagged off the trial run of the first Belapur to Pendhar Metro rail project in Navi Mumbai. Out of the four lines proposed for Navi Mumbai Metro, Line one will have a total of 11 stations on the 11.10 km corridor being constructed at the cost of Rs 3,063 crore. "Navi Mumbai Metro will make commute easy for inhabitants residing at Kharghar, Taloja and Pendhar. At present, the travel time to reach Taloja from Belapur is 45 minutes. "Once the metro becomes operational, this will reduce to 18 minutes, which will be a great relief for Navi Mumbaikars using the route," CIDCO said in a statement issued here. At the event, Fadnavis also distributed allotment letters to 10,000 successful candidates from CIDCO Housing Scheme-2018. The event marked the beginning of the process of registration of tenements in 9,249 units. Read More Article Source -> Business Standard

One of the most challenging projects in the world is being attempted beneath one of its most densely packed cities. If it works, Mumbai will become the planet’s most crowded metropolis to build an underground subway . More than 8,000 workers and a fleet of 360-foot-long boring machines are working 24 hours a day—even through monsoon rains—to finish the 27-station, 21-mile subway through some of the world’s most densely populated neighborhoods, around the edge of one of Asia’s biggest slums, below an airport and under temples and colonial buildings to end at a green edge of forest where leopards still roam. The train is also cutting a path through the country’s religious traditions, legal system and every layer of its society, with challenges at each stop. The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd .—a joint venture between the state and central government, which is building the subway—has had to negotiate with thousands of families and businesses to get them to move and ...