1. Bombay High Court Asks Maharashtra Govt to Make All Its Websites Disabled-friendly
The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to ensure that all its websites are updated within three months and made user-friendly for disabled people. A division bench headed by acting Chief Justice Naresh Patil gave the order Friday while hearing a Public Interest Litigation filed by city-based NGO Disability Rights Initiative, seeking a direction to the government and other authorities concerned to make their websites user-friendly for disabled people.
The petition sought that the government comply with guidelines issued by the central government in 2009 to provide universal accessibility to government websites to persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
2. No Water Cuts? Rain Ensures Lakes Supplying Water to Mumbai are 95% Full
Heavy rain in the catchment areas during the early months of monsoon have filled the seven lakes that supply water to the city up to 95.53% as on Saturday morning at 6am.
That means the city will have enough water stock for 285 days. The lakes have to be filled up to 100% by October 1, after which the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) can officially review the lake levels and announce there will be no water cuts next year.
As of now, three out of the seven lakes are overflowing while the remaining are yet to fill to the brim. Tansa lake, which started overflowing on July 17, is not overflowing anymore.
Source: Hindustan Times
3. Mumbai Confidential: Stoking Controversy
BJP MLA Prashant Thakur’s appointment as the CIDCO board chairman has stirred a controversy, with the Congress alleging that this was a case of “conflict of interest”, with Thakur’s family members owning multi-crore contracts with the same agency. If sources close to the chief minister are to be believed, even he had reservations over the move. But a powerful BJP minister is believed to have pushed Thakur’s candidature, and had his way in the end.
Eyebrows are being raised in the corridors of power over MHADA’s proposal contending that the condition for providing affordable housing stock for bigger-sized plots in MHADA colonies in Mumbai should be withdrawn. With both the Mumbai civic body and the Urban Development Department strongly opposed to the move, all eyes are now on the CMO, and the decision it takes in this regard.
Source: The Indian Express
4. Jewellery, Cash Worth Rs 45 L Stolen From Temple in Thane
Gold jewellery, silver utensils and cash amounting to around Rs 45 lakh in total were stolen from Gowardhan Temple in Kharkar Alley, Jambli Naka, Thane West, the Thane police said on Sunday.
Police said the temple is in a busy area, and for KrishnaJanmashthami, the idol had been decorated with jewellery. They said the accused were on the run after the theft.
The Thane Nagar police registered case of theft after Paresh and Meena Pandit, who are caretakers of the temple, lodged an FIR. According to the police, late on Saturday night, a few people broke open two doors and entered the temple.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
5. Law Tribunal Takes Over Rundown Bhandup Mall
In a blow to prominent developer HDIL, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has appointed an Administrator to independently run Dreams Mall in Bhandup after a HDIL subsidiary failed to pay property taxes, water and electricity charges for a prolonged period.
Located close to Bhandup railway station, and at a prominent location on LBS Road, Dreams The Mall has been falling apart gradually over the last three years. The three-storey mall houses Carnival Cinemas multiplex, a super specialty hospital, over 1,000 retail shops, a banquet hall and a food court, but with no water in the toilets, no central air-conditioning, no housekeeping and security services, the place have become a repository of garbage, filth and anti-social elements.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
6. Mumbai Pediatricians Flag Spike in Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Doctors have reported an increase in hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases in the city. Surya Hospital in Santacruz said that in the last three months they have treated six times as many cases compared to the same period last year.
Dr Bhupendra Avasthi from Surya Hospital, Santacruz, said that the staff at the hospital has seen over 3,000 cases since June as compared to 500 cases during the same period last year.
The infection, which is caused by a virus, results in painful reddish blisters in the mouth, hands, feet and thighs. It also leads to fever and sore throat.
Source: Hindustan Times
7. Weapons Were Kept in Pune Flat in Garb of Hardware Tools
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), which is investigating the Nallasapora arms haul, has learnt that the accused had kept the weapons at a Pune flat from where it was brought to Mumbai barely three months ago. Also, the arrested had code names for each other.
The man, in whose rented house in Pune the weapons were stashed, is a friend of one of the arrested, Sudhanwa Gondhalekar. However, Gondhalekar had told him that the items kept at his house were hardware, the ATS said.
The man, in whose rented house in Pune the weapons were stashed, is a friend of one of the arrested, Sudhanwa Gondhalekar. However, Gondhalekar had told him that the items kept at his house were hardware, the ATS said.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
8. Prez Approves Bill That Says Bldg Can Be Redeveloped With 51 Per Cent Residents’ Nod
President Ram Nath Kovindhas approved three state Bills, including a legislation, which will smoothen the process of reconstructing dilapidated buildings/complex of buildings in Mumbai.
The Maharashtra Apartment Ownership (Amendment) Bill, the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling (Amendment) Bill 2015 and the Gujarat Agricultural Lands Ceiling (Amendment) Bill, 2017 have got the Presidential nod, a Home Ministry official said.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
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