Women e-rickshaw scheme: Non-congestion routes to be identified in Mumbai Metropolitan Region: Minister | Mumbai News

The minister said low-speed e-rickshaws should operate mainly on internal roads, feeder routes and connectivity corridors rather than arterial roads, highways and major traffic junctions Mumbai: In a push to strengthen women’s entrepreneurship and promote green mobility, state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik has directed officials to identify dedicated routes across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR)…

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Man swept away, child drowns; NDRF, VVMC teams rescue 222 in Vasai-Virar | Mumbai News

Vasai: Amid incessant rainfall in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region on Saturday, Kishor Lokhande (50) was swept away by floodwaters at Mangulipada-Bhoidapada in Vasai East, while six-year-old Aniket Waghela from Betegaon drowned when he was crossing a canal with his grandfather, a farm worker, and two siblings in Palghar. In Nalasopara East’s flooded Jeevan Nagar, an…

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Maharashtra govt approves compensation to those affected by Deharji Medium Irrigation Project | Mumbai News

Vasai-Virar: State approved enhanced compensation of approximately Rs 25.4 lakh per hectare for those affected by the Deharji Medium Irrigation Project in Vikramgad Taluka in Palghar.The Deharji Medium Project will create a water storage capacity of 95.60 million cubic meters (255 MLD). According to the collector, about 85% of the dam’s construction is complete. The…

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Animal Defence Law Toothless, Ludhiana Ranks 8th On National Crime Record Bureau’s Cruelty Scale. | Ludhiana News

A whipped dog or cattle crammed into trucks rarely get help. The latest national crime data exposes not just a streak of cruelty in India’s metropolitan centers, but a broken enforcement system. Cow eyes stare through slits in the truck wall Ludhiana: The latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report places this industrial hub of…

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