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QMumbai: BMC Promises to Fill Potholes; Milk Adulteration Hotspots

Thermocol ban to stay for Ganpati festival, and other stories.  

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1. Under Fire, Civic Body Promises to Fill Potholes in Mumbai in Next 48 Hours

Flayed over crumbling roads, the BMC on Thursday promised the elected representatives to fill potholes in the next 48 hours.

Additional municipal commissioner (AMC) Vijay Singhal made the promise in a general body meeting. Many corporators even offered him a bike ride for a reality check on bad roads.

The civic administration blamed contractors for inefficiently filling potholes. “We will penalise contractors who are not doing their work properly,” said Singhal. According to the civic body, it had received 837 pothole complaints between June 10 and July 10. Of them, 364 complaints had been registered in the last seven days.

(Source: Hindustan Times)

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2. FDA Identifies City’s Milk Adulteration Hotspots

Thermocol ban to stay for Ganpati festival, and other stories.  
Adulterated milk poses serious health hazards. 
(Photo: iStock)

After a year-long drive to prevent milk adulteration in the city, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified Khar Danda, Suresh Nagar in Andheri West, Juhu Galli, Dahisar and Malavani in Malad as areas where milk is adulterated or diluted with water, posing serious health hazards to consumers.

Based on inside information and complaints, the FDA has been conducting a special drive from April 1, 2017, to check the quality of milk for household consumption. The raids have been conducted at random places and random hours, especially in the wee hours when milk is supplied to the city. In these past months, FDA officers followed the suppliers’ chain to crack the cause and effect theory. After gruelling ground work, the FDA has identified the above areas where mixing takes place and the milk pouches are repacked.

(Source: Mumbai Mirror)

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3. Thermocol Ban to Stay for Ganpati Festival

Thermocol ban to stay for Ganpati festival, and other stories.  
Thermocol ban to to stay during Ganpati festival.
(Photo: iStock)

The Bombay High Court on Friday refused to relax the ban on sale of decoration items made of thermocol for use in the forthcoming Ganpati festival in Maharashtra.

A division bench of Justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla dismissed a petition filed by the Thermocol Fabricator and Decoration Association, seeking relaxation of the ban only for this year’s Ganesh festival to be celebrated in September.

(Source: Mumbai Mirror)

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4. Maharashtra Govt Stops Distribution of Bhagwad Gita in Colleges After Opposition Uproar

Under fire from the Opposition, the state has now stopped distribution of Bhagwad Gita in colleges.

A few days ago, the state’s director of higher education had sent letters to its various regional offices, directing them to facilitate disbursal of the Hindu religious scripture, provided for free by a Bhiwandi-based trust, to colleges graded A+ or A by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The trust also provided a CD on yoga to all the colleges.

(Source: Hindustan Times)

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5. Manjula Shetye Murder: NHRC Team to Visit Byculla Jail on Monday

A two-member team from the Nat ional Human Right s Commis s ion (NHRC) is slated to visit the Byculla jail and Nagpada police station on Monday in connection with the investigation of Manjula Shetye murder in Byculla jail on June 23, 2017.

Additional Director General of Police (Jails) BK Upadhyay said, “Yes. A team from NHRC is coming. I have asked the Inspector General of south region, Rajvardhan Sinha, to give a protocol officer.’’

After visiting the Byculla jail, the team will also visit the Nagpada police station where the incident was first reported. Shetye, an inmate of the Byculla jail, was allegedly beaten to death by the jail staff over a minor issue.

(Source: Mumbai Mirror)

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6. Another Threat to Mumbai’s Green Lungs? Mmrda Plans 32-Storey Metro HQ in Aarey

Thermocol ban to stay for Ganpati festival, and other stories.  
A glimpse of the Aarey Colony. 
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There’s a new threat to the green space of Aarey Milk Colony — a 32-storey “iconic” Metro Bhavan — an operation and control centre for the Mumbai Metro.

Last month, the state government granted the tag of special planning authority (SPA) to Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), to speed up five Metro projects. With the special tag, MMRDA will get possession of land parcels spread over 73 hectares in the city and Thane, and have the right over the alignment of five upcoming Metro corridors.

(Source: Hindustan Times)

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7. Wadala Cave-In Not Caused by Digging Next Door, Says IIT

Excavation work to build a basement parking lot may not have caused the Wadala land cave-in last month that had led to the evacuation of an entire wing in Lloyd’s Estate, a report prepared by IIT-Bombayexperts has hinted.

The IIT-Bombay had constituted the two-member team to probe the reasons behind the landslide at Lloyd’s Estate on June 25 and suggest remedial measures at the direction of the Bombay High Court.

(Source: Mumbai Mirror)

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8. 20-Yr-Old College Student Commits Suicide in Chembur

A 20-year-old masters student of St Xavier’s College committed suicide by hanging himself at his rented accommodation in Chembur on Friday.

Shivam Dayashankar Tripathi, who hailed from Delhi, was an alumnus of TISS Guwahati.

He came to Mumbai to pursue a masters degree in public policy.

(Source: Mumbai Mirror)

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9. Mumbai Banker Slips to Death, Borivli’s Killer Platform No. 7 Strikes Again

A 40-year-old woman died after she slipped from a crowded train and fell through the gap between the platform and the footboard, at Borivli station on Thursday morning.

According to the Government Railway Police (GRP), the victim was Alka Pathare, a resident of Nancy Colony in Borivli (East). Sanjay Patil, senior police inspector of Borivli GRP, said that since a few trains had been cancelled, the trains that were running were overcrowded on Thursday morning. At 9.26am, Pathare was seen on the platform, trying to board an overcrowded train.

(Source: Hindustan Times)

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