1. Police Dept To Take Over Part Of Azad Maidan
After the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) was given nearly ten lakh square feet of the Azad Maidan for the Metro Line III project, the Mumbai Police has requested ownership of 10,000 sq feet of the Azad Maidan near Hazarimal Somani Marg.
“We need a big space for protests to be held so as to avoid stampedes. Since the 4,000-sq feet space we had at the entrance of Azad Maidan near BMC will be required for the Metro, we have asked for the space near Hazarimal Somani Marg,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police Manoj Sharma of Zone 1.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
2. Maharashtra Govt Announces Loan Waiver For Farmers
Farmers in Maharashtra called off their planned protest as the state government announced its decision to waive their loans on Sunday.
"The government promised loan waiver and fulfillment of other demands. If they fail, we will again agitate from July 25," famer leader Raju Shetti told ANI.
Agitating farmers had met with the special panel of ministers constituted by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis earlier in the day to hold talks and find solutions for the agrarian crisis.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
3. Parking Contractor Busted By Top Cop Is Back In Business
BMC extends company’s contract to operate 12 facilities in south Mumbai over a month after DCP Manoj Kumar Sharma exposed its parking racket near Crawford Market.
A parking contractor who is wanted by the police for allegedly running a racket in which motorists were brazenly overcharged has won an extension to manage a dozen car parks in south Mumbai.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
4. 6 Schools Listed As Illegal By Kalyan-Dombivli Corporation
Board official says that shutdown notices will be issued by next week.
The Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has declared that six primary schools in its municipal limits are functioning illegally.
The list includes: Arya Gurukul (Gandhari), Kalyan West; Mubaraka English School (Khambalpada), Dombivli East; Shree Ganesh Balvikas Mandir, Dombivli West (Hindi); Shree Ganesh Balvikas Mandir, Dombivli West (English); Iqra English School (Sarvodaya Srishti), Kalyan West; and the Mount View School (Ayre Road), Dombivli East.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
5. 9 Killed As Mumbai Bus Heading Towards Latur Overturns In Beed
Nine passengers died and 12 others were injured when a private bus heading towards Latur overturned early today in Beed district. Police officials have rushed to the spot and rescue operation is going on.
"The bus was travelling from Mumbai to Latur. The survivors have claimed that the driver was over-speeding, which could have led to this accident," Mahesh Tak, API, attached to Ambhora Police Station, in Beed district told PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
6. Smiley After Murder: DNA Tests To Confirm If Mumbai Policeman’s Son Has Accomplice
The state Forensic science laboratory (FSL) has been conducting DNA tests on blood samples collected in the murder case of police inspector Dnyaneshwar Ganore’s wife Deepali, 42, who was allegedly killed by their son Siddhant. The tests are being done to find out if anyone else was present while Deepali was murdered on May 23.
FSL director Krishna Kulkarni said, “We will submit the final report in two days. We are conducting DNA tests, which is taking more time. Police had collected Siddhant’s blood sample and sent to us. Other samples collected from the crime scene will make it clear whether more than one person were involved in the murder.”
Source: Hindustan Times
7. Felling Trees For Mumbai’s Metro III: Stalemate Has Not Ended
Last week, the Bombay high court, which is hearing petitions by south Mumbai residents against cutting of trees for the SEEPZ-Colaba underground Metro, asked the complainants to be ‘pragmatic’. Mumbai should have developed a metro network “30 years ago”, the court said, adding that the opposition to the project was further delaying the work.
In February, when residents of Cuffe Parade complained about the extra trees that would be felled down because of changes in the construction plans for the Metro, this column had debated the issue.
Source: Hindustan Times
8. How A Colombian Got Cocaine Worth ₹36 Crore To Mumbai In 2 Laptop Bags
A Colombian national was arrested with cocaine worth Rs36 crore by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officers from a South Mumbai hotel on Saturday. Freedy Trujillo Renteria, 32, stuffed the contraband in 12 packets and hid them inside two laptop bags. He had come to the Mumbai from Panama via Addis Ababa.
Renteria’s arrest comes just three days after a Bolivian national, Melger Claudia, 38, was arrested with cocaine worth Rs21 crore at the international airport. She too had arrived from Addis Ababa. The NCB suspects two work as carriers for the same handler. Renteria is a trainee commercial pilot.
Source: Hindustan Times
9. A Quiet Street Honours Man Who Gave Mumbai Its Iconic Buildings
“FW Stevens? I think he was a corporator…” says Krishna Kumar, who runs a general store on Stevens Street, Colaba.This modest street, perpendicular to the much grander Lansdowne Road, does not seem very aware of the importance of the person it was named after — FW Stevens, the man who gave Bombay it’s most iconic edifice, Victoria Terminus.
“He was one of Bombay’s foremost architects, having designed buildings such as the Police Headquarters in Colaba, the BMC building in Fort and the Western Railway Head Office at Churchgate,” says conservation architect Abha Narain Lambah. Although born in Bath in the United Kingdom in 1847, Stevens was a Bombay man; having worked most of his life in the city. His final resting place is at the Sewri Cemetery.
Source: The Indian Express
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