Mumbai News Updates: BMC issues slew of directions amid concerns over AQI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Cops recover 12.5 kg of mephedrone from forest in Nashik district, look for drug in river

The Mumbai police have recovered 12.5 kg of mephedrone hidden in a forest near Deola in Nashik district in North Maharashtra during its investigation into a multi-crore drug seizure case, an official said on Wednesday. A police team from suburban Sakinaka, which was interrogating drug case accused Sachin Wagh, who also worked as the driver of Lalit Patil -- the alleged kingpin of a drug racket -- came to know the former had disposed off a huge quantity of mephedrone (MD), he said. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BMC issues new guidelines to construction sites to curb air pollution

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued new guidelines on Wednesday to curb air pollution from construction sites in Mumbai. The guidelines, which were issued on October 25, 2023, include a number of measures that construction sites must take to minimise their impact on air quality.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: MMRDA to pay tribute to Aryabhatta with `Shunya (zero) Bridge`

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on X (formerly Twitter) announced the construction of the `Shunya (zero) Bridge` which is a tribute to "Aryabhata`s ingenious invention of zero". The agency said the bridge will connect Mumbai`s eastern and western suburbs and claimed it blends "modern engineering with our cultural heritage". 

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: 10-hour traffic block between Andheri-Goregaon on Harbour Line on Thursday night

The Western Railway (WR) will operate a special traffic block on a section of the Harbour Line on Thursday night for carrying out non-interlocking work in connection with the construction of the 6th line between Khar Road and Goregaon stations, it was announced on Wednesday.