1. Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Offers to Teach BMC How to Build Roads
Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, who is constructing an unprecedented length of quality roads across the country has offered to help the BMC to improve the longevity of its roads.
Responding to Mid-Day, Gadkari said the city administration needed to adopt international codes, mixtures, and technology to construct roads, which otherwise develop potholes time and again. He was speaking after reviewing Maharashtra's road and irrigation projects at the residence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
"My ministry does not control any roads in Mumbai, but I can tell you that the city if it collaborates with the National Highways Authority of India, could do wonders in terms of constructing quality roads," he said.
(Source: Mid-Day)
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2. Govt Extends DCR Benefits to Non-Cessed Buildings
In a major boost to redevelopment of noncessed buildings in the city and its suburbs, the state government has decided to extend benefits under section 33(7) of development control rules (DCR) which means the developer can avail 50 per cent incentive floor space index (FSI) after rehabilitating existing residents and tenants.
The 50 per cent incentive FSI means, builder can consume 50 per cent additional FSI after whatever FSI he has consumed to rehabilitate existing residents of building.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
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3. 75,000 Students Are yet to Get Their Results
At least 75,000 students of the University of Mumbai still face uncertainty over their results, even as the varsity has reached the fag end of result declarations.
Of these, 57,099 students’ answer sheets are yet to be corrected, while the answer sheets of at least 28,498 students remain untraced in the system, revealed university officials in the first press conference since the results debacle began.
“In some cases, the results of two or three subjects are pending per student. Taking this into account, around 75,000 students are yet to get their results,” said Arjun Ghatule, acting director, board of examinations and evaluation. Acting Vice Chancellor Devanand Shinde said the results would be announced “at the earliest”, and that a deadline could not be set.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
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4. Baby Born to 13-Year-Old Mumbai Rape Survivor Dies
A baby boy born to a 13-year-old rape survivor died barely 48 hours after his birth at a government hospital in Mumbai, doctors said. The girl, who was allowed by the Supreme Court to terminate her 32-week-old pregnancy on medical grounds, had on Friday delivered the baby after a caesarean section operation at the hospital, a doctor had earlier said. The baby, who weighed 1.8kg, died yesterday at around 10.30am.
The premature infant was kept in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the J J Hospital as most of his organs were underdeveloped, hospital sources said. His condition turned critical yesterday and doctors removed him from an oxygen machine and put him on a ventilator, they said. A medical officer said the hospital could not comment
on the cause of the death as the postmortem report was yet to be finalised.
(Source: Mid-Day)
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5. Pianist Karan Joseph Sent Messages to Several Friends Telling Them He Was Being Beaten Up
A day after the death of pianist Karan Joseph, it was revealed that he had sent messages to several friends stating that he was in urgent need of help because someone was beating him up.
A friend of Karan, who did not wish to be named, said, "Karan was in touch with one of his friends and had messaged him saying that he was in urgent need of help as he was being beaten up. Though he did not name the person who was beating him, he was surely in some problem on Saturday morning."
(Source: Mid-Day)
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6. Sachin’s Son, Arjun Tendulkar Selected in Mumbai U-19 Squad
Arjun Tendulkar, the son of cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, has been selected to represent Mumbai in the 5th Late Shri JY Lele All India Under-19 Invitational One Day tournament.
The tournament, although not a BCCI event, will be played from 16 September to 23 September at Vadodara.
Arjun (17) has been selected to represent Mumbai in the tournament, MCA sources said.
(Source: The Quint)
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7. Contractor Kicked out of 2 Seafront Projects
Nearly three weeks after Mirror reported how repairs meant to improve the Bandstand and Carter Road promenades have left them in a terrible condition instead, authorities have decided to blacklist the contractor.
Officials from the Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB), which had ordered the renovations, and MP Poonam Mahajan, legislator Ashish Shelar and residents inspected the two seafront pathways on Monday. Unimpressed by the progress of the projects, officials agreed to terminate the agreement of Unitech Construction (P) Ltd and also blacklist it.
“The contractor has delayed the work and it is unlikely that it can be completed in the time left. The firm has violated the contractual time limit. Even the quality of work is questionable,” Shelar said. “Since the project could be not completed, the firm will be blacklisted.”
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
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8. Dad’s Showing the Will to Fight This Skin Cancer: Tom Alter’s Son
Tom Alter, veteran theatre, television and film actor, is currently receiving medical treatment at Mumbai’s Saifi hospital for stage four cancer. His son Jamie Alter confirmed to The Quint that unlike what is being widely reported, his father is not suffering from bone cancer, but a condition known as Squamous Cell Carcinoma, the second most common form of skin cancer.
The actor’s family is happy with the treatment he is receiving at Saifi hospital and hope that he’ll react positively to the treatment in the days to come.
(Source: The Quint)
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