QMumbai: BJP ‘Poaching’ Rivals; Mumbai-Alibaug Ro-Ro Ferry
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1. BJP ‘Poaching’ Rivals Through Corporation Posts
Former NCP MLA Narendra Patil, Sena’s Haji Shaikh among those taking the bait.
The BJP, it seems, is on a poaching spree, ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha and state assembly elections. The party is now wooing leaders form rival parties, including the Shiv Sena, by offering leaders key posts in state- run corporations and bodies. With just one year to go before the polls, politicians are switching over to the BJP for enjoying the perks of these plum postings.
Former NCP legislator Narendra Patil was the latest to jump ship. Patil resigned from the NCP and is likely to join the BJP after he was nominated to head the Annasaheb Patil Financial Development Corporation.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
2. Mumbai-Alibaug Ro-Ro Ferry to Finally Sail
After two failed tenders, the much-awaited ferry service to be operated by Esquire Shipping from Ferry Wharf to Mandwa.
For the third time in 18 months, a tender was invited for operating the Ro-Ro ferry service from Bhaucha Dhakkaaka Ferry Wharf in Mazgaon to Mandwa in Alibaug. With the earlier two attempts failing, the third attempt has finally attracted a bid from Esquire Shipping.
The Union shipping minister Nitin Gadkari’s pet project, Ro-Ro is being executed by the Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) – a department directly controlled by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. MMB’s CEO Vikram Kumar said, “While its technical bid was opened yesterday, the financial bid will be opened today and will be awarded to Esquire.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
3. BR Films’ Two Bungalows to Be Sold to Clear Debts
The production house owes Viacom 18 over Rs 20 crore after failing to make 2 movies.
Two bungalows owned by BR Films, the production house behind some of Hindi cinema’s biggest and most memorable movies, will be sold to recover the money that the company owes to Viacom 18 network.
The Bombay High Court, in an order passed last week, finalised the sale of the two properties, jointly called Garden Homes, in Khar West for Rs 9.5 crore to one Zohaib Ismailbhai Mansuri. The final amount that will be paid after accounting for specific expenses incurred during the process will not cover the entire debt and Viacom 18 will continue to pursue the matter in court. BR Films had failed to pay over Rs 20 crore to the network.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
4. Defective Electrical Circuit Caused Crystal Tower Fire, Says Report
The August 22 fire that erupted on the 12th floor of Crystal Tower at Hindmata in Parel leading to the death of four persons and injuring 14 others was caused by the ‘defective electric circuit’ in the building, according to the fire investigation report submitted to Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta by the fire brigade on Monday.
An electric spark occurred in the electric installations when an electric cable came in contact with the combustible material close to it.
But the report also states that if a clinching evidence comes across in future from the competent investigating agencies, the supposed cause would be reviewed accordingly.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
5. Fire Breaks Out in Mumbai’s Malad, No Casualties Reported
A fire broke out in the Bombay Talkies industrial area compound in Mumbai’s Malad on Tuesday morning but no casualty was reported, a civic official said.
The fire, declared a level two fire, broke out around 11;30 am in one of the shops at LN Road near Somwar Bazar. Eight fire fighting engines and three jumbo tankers were rushed to the site and the blaze was brought under control, the official said.
Mumbai police personnel, ambulance and officials of the civic ward concerned also reached the site, he said. The cause of the fire was not immediately known, the official said.
Source: Hindustan Times
6. SoBo Hsg Societies Paying Rs 1 lakh For Tanker Water
Residents of Colaba, Cuffe Parade and other areas complain that BMC has scaled down supply to half, civic bodysays the areas are getting more water than legitimate share.
The BMC has left South Bombay high and dry — both in the bucket and the pocket. For over a month now, the civic body has scaled down water supply by 18 per cent to the upscale A Ward, forcing almost every society in Colaba, Cuffe Parade, parts of Churchgate and Nariman Point to shell out over Rs 1lakh each on tanker water.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
7. 35-year-old Attempts to Become First Woman From Maharashtra to Scale Mt Fuji
A 35-year-old from Vasai will, on Wednesday, attempt to become the first woman from Maharashtra to scale the 3,776m-high Mount Fuji in Japan.
Harshali Vartak, a former insurance agent from Vasai, will be joined by eight other trekkers in their attempt to scale Mount Fuji, an active volcano around 12,390 feet high. Mount Fuji’s last eruption was in 1707.
The five-day trek will be from September 5-9. The trekkers plan to climb for two days, before descending on the last three days.
Source: Hindustan Times
8. Capsized Floatel Will Be Salvaged by Month End
Maharashtra Maritime Board says owner of the vessel from which Ark Deck Bar operated will retrieve it, else MMB will take action.
Floating restaurant Ark Deck Bar, which had capsized in the sea off Bandra on May 25, will be retrieved by the end of this month, the Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) said on Tuesday.
MMB Chief Officer Vikram Kumar said that since the weather had been inclement for the last few months, the owner would try to salvage the ship on which the floatel had operated by the month end. “If they don’t, we will take action,” Kumar said.
Source: Mumbai Mirror