South bound flyover at Andheri-Ghatkopa... South bound flyover at Andheri-Ghatkopar Junction on Eastern Express Highway open for traffic from today, Terms of Use and Grievance Redressal Policy. Sulakshana Mahajan, senior urban planner, said that “rampant development” is one of the key factors for such flooding. Thank you for subscribing to our daily newsletter. Kadontot further submitted that the pipelines would be laid 31 meters below the mangrove land in both creeks but as the entry and exit points of the pipeline would be in buffer zone, hence it needed HC permission. Our ideologies should not go against nation: PM Modi to JNU students, Modi-Biden call will happen in ‘due course’: External affairs ministry, Pak updates terror list, India says it omits key 26/11 Mumbai attackers, Kunal Kamra to face contempt case. Jaipur, Before the pandemic, the daily ridership of these buses was more than one lakh. Mumbai: More than 5,000 residents of the Evershine Global City in Mumbai's Virar-West area took to the streets on Tuesday to sound their demands for a stable water supply, a necessity they have been seeking for the past five years.

“This pipeline is meant to supply water to urban areas of Vasai-Virar and Mira-Bhayandar. According to Free Press Journal, Vasai-Virar Deputy Mayor Rupesh Jadhav puts the onus of the area's water scarcity problem on the migration of residents from Mumbai to the region which he says, makes it the fastest growing municipal corporation. He single-handedly challenged the might of Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Nitish Kumar: Shiv Sena hails Tejashwi. Like other cities, the public transporter should also try and get a few mini and midi buses for quick routes and last-mile connectivity from railway stations to tackle the auto-rickshaw mafia around," a long-time Vasai resident Rajan Vyavahre said. The transport service launched in October 2012 has a fleet of its own buses and the contractor comes in with his fleet to cover a total of 43 routes locally in the twin cities with about 180 daily trips. Attorney General says he crossed the line, ‘Deliberate’: Centre puts Twitter on notice for showing Leh as part of J&K, Krunal stopped at airport over suspicion of possession of undisclosed gold, ‘Iconic structure’ planned near Yamuna as part of Central Vista project, ‘Mandate favored us, EC’s result in NDA’s favor’: Tejashwi Yadav on Bihar polls, Priyanka Chopra’s first pic from We Can Be Heroes out, Suhana Khan shares new selfies, asks if she ‘looks like a grown-up’, ‘They are going to dominate in next 4-5 years’: Pathan’s strong prediction, Aashram Chapter 2 review: A shockingly bad show thankfully comes to an end, Hong Kong row: China has again breached law, says UK, Covid crisis triggers most credit insurance payouts since 2009, Video shows how doggo feels after being fed twice by accident. (VVMC) has decided to survey the dams and identify the cause of frequent leakages and water thefts. An increase in vegetable prices has aggravated people’s troubles. Our ideologies should not go against nation: PM Modi to JNU students, Modi-Biden call will happen in ‘due course’: External affairs ministry, Pak updates terror list, India says it omits key 26/11 Mumbai attackers, Kunal Kamra to face contempt case. We intend to run about 100 buses to start with on pre-designated routes and get the transport service going earliest by December 2020," Vasai Virar Municipal Commissioner Gangatharan Devarajan confirmed to mid-day. Once the 100 buses start plying, the priority would be to revive this timetable as closely as possible for the larger benefit of commuters," officials added.

Indore, He also informed the court that the Union of India had given the go ahead in 2015 for the project but with strict conditions which included the nod from HC. TWIN CITIES REEL UNDER POWER CUTS AND WATER SHORTAGE.

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"Things are now in place and work orders will be issued soon. The Times of India News App for Latest City News, Copyright © 2020 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Mostly, parts of Virar west were flooded on Tuesday,” he said. Before the pandemic, the daily ridership of these buses was more than a lakh passengers. We used an inverter, but it conked off after three hours,” said Tista. We don’t know what’s been happening as the TV has been rendered useless without power.

(Express photo: Deepak Joshi) As incessant rains caused severe waterlogging in Thane, Bhiwandi and Vasai Virar, two dams released 42,000 cusecs of water in Palghar, raising the level of already full rivers in the region. Versova couple faces eviction after dau... Versova couple faces eviction after daughter visits with pet dog. Hitendra Thakur, MLA from Vasai and chief of Bahujan Vikas Aghadi that runs the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation, said that development alone should not be held responsible for the flooding.

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The effect of the same is now visible in these cities, feel the experts. Rescue personnel use boats to evacuate people in Thane on Saturday.

In fact, the residents claim that the water mafia is responsible for their demands not being met.

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According to reports, as many as 63 water tankers are called in every single day to the residential society which houses 63 buildings.