A satellite image of the approaching dust storm (shades of pink) over Gujarat and Maharashtra on Sunday. (Photo: IMD) Mumbai Live News: A dust storm is approaching Mumbai, north Konkan, north Madhya Maharashtra districts and will prevail for at least 12 hours between Sunday noon and early Monday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned. These winds are approaching with a speed of 20 to 30kms/hour. Hazy and cloudy sky conditions were reported over Mumbai, Pune, north Maharashtra and adjoining districts in Gujarat since Sunday morning. Windy conditions, too, were reported from these regions.
A four-member committee has been formed to probe the Grant Road building fire incident which claimed six lives on Saturday, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, ANI reported. An order from the BMC said that the investigation will be presided over by a deputy municipal commissioner level officer and a report will be submitted to the BMC commissioner in 15 days.
Mumbai on Saturday reported 3,568 fresh Covid-19 cases, showing a decline from 5,008 cases reported 24 hours before. Maharashtra recorded 46,393 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday and 48 deaths, witnessing a decline in cases after a surge of over 4 per cent on Friday.
A beneficiary between the age group of 15-18 was vaccinated at Inorbit Mall Vashi on Saturday afternoon. (Express photo by Amit Chakravarthy)
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) amid heavy rain in Mumbai, Saturday, January 22, 2022.
A dust storm is approaching Mumbai, north Konkan, north Madhya Maharashtra districts and will prevail for at least 12 hours between Sunday noon and early Monday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned. These winds are approaching with a speed of 20 to 30kms/hour. Hazy and cloudy sky conditions were reported over Mumbai, Pune, north Maharashtra and adjoining districts in Gujarat since Sunday morning. Windy conditions, too, were reported from these regions.
The Brihanmumai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for power generation and purchase on proposed hybrid solar power plant at Balasaheb Thackeray Middle Vaitarna Dam on Sunday.
Under the project, 100 mega watt electricity will be generated. While the hydroelectric power plant, which has been long in planning, will have a capacity of 20 MW, the floating solar photovoltaic power plant can generate as much as 80 MW. The project will take 31 months to complete. Of the total 100 MW, the civic body has planned to augment the power supply in its water supply filtration plants which will help them in saving about Rs 25 crore annually on power bills.
A court in Thane has ordered a functionary of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) to pull down within a month his party's public relations office set up "illegally" on land owned by a temple trust at Ganeshpuri in the district. Bhiwandi civil court judge K G Choudhari had passed the order recently, but its copy was made available on Sunday.
The court asked the office-bearer of the MNS, Sunil Pratap Devre, to remove the encroachment and not to carry out any construction activity there after that. Shree Bhimeshwar Sadguru Nityanand Sanstha, which manages the Nityanand Samadhi temple and other property of the trust, had filed a petition in the court against Devre, alleging that he had constructed the MNS's party office on the plot belonging to the trust.
In the complaint, the trust said that the plot was reserved for parking of vehicles of devotees, who visit the temple. The plot was vacant and the respondent, who is the divisional president of the MNS at Ganeshpuri, set up the 'jansampark' (public relations) office of the party there. The trust had sought court's direction for removal of the structure.
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Bhandup police on Friday registered a case of criminal breach of trust against two police constables, including a woman constable, after cash and valuables worth Rs 5.31 lakh seized in different cases went missing from their custody. According to the police, the constables – identified as Nirmala Lohare and Bharat Suryavanshi – were posted at Bhandup station between 2012 and 2019. They were in charge of keeping the seized valuables safe and also had to submit them in court. Read more
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, along with his son and Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray paid their tribute to Bal Thackeray and Netaji Subash Chandra Bose on their birth anniversary, at their residence in Mumbai.
All the four accused, including two minors, who allegedly gang-raped a woman early Saturday in Mumbai were arrested. The woman, who works with a catering service, was returning home around 4.30 am on Saturday when the alleged incident took place.
Located on Gulmohar Road in Juhu, the Kishore Kumar Park greets visitors with a range of lush green hues right at its two entrances. With its highly organised and well-maintained areas, the park shelters a rich variety of flora.
Designed by civic activist and architect P K Das, the space is a horticultural treat, with roughly 20 types of indigenous plants, 15 species of floral plants and 10 commonly used medicinal herbs. Butterflies can be observed flitting around throughout the afternoon, flirting with the flowers. Stretched across an area of 8,989 sq m, the park is also home to magnificent trees which gently filter the sun’s rays, providing a mellow shade and cool breeze. Read more
Thane district in Maharashtra has reported 2,743 new coronavirus positive cases, which took its infection count to 6,90,601, and the death of 12 patients pushed the number of deceased to 11,708, an official said on Sunday. These cases and fatalities were recorded on Saturday, he said.
Thane's Covid-19 mortality rate is 1.69 per cent at present. In neighbouring Palghar district, the caseload has grown to 1,59,848 and the death toll stood at 3,358, another official said. (PTI)
Mumbai police have registered six accidental death reports (ADRs) in connection with the fire that broke out in a residential building in Tardeo area of central Mumbai, which claimed six lives and left 23 others injured, an official said on Sunday. The blaze had erupted on Saturday around 7.30 am at Sachinam Heights, a ground-plus-20-storey building located opposite Bhatia Hospital at Gowalia Tank.
"As the fire claimed the lives of six persons, separate accidental death reports were registered at the Gamdevi police station on Saturday night," the police official said. The police are waiting for a report by the fire department as well as the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport's (BEST) electricity wing to know the exact cause of the fire, although the preliminary investigation has revealed that it broke out due to a power short circuit, he said. (PTI)
Among the six persons who died in the Sachinam Heights fire on Saturday, including the three members of the Mistry family – Meena and her two unmarried children Hitesh and Moushmi. The police believe the three, who resided on the 19th floor of the residential building, were sleeping when the blaze started and couldn’t get out in time. While Hitesh was a copywriter and director of photography by profession, Moushmi would take tuition classes at home. She also helped her mother Meena in providing tiffin services. Read more
A 4-member committee was formed to probe the incident of a fire in the 20-storey Sachinam Heights in Nana Chowk on Saturday. The probe is said to be presided by the Deputy Municipal Commissioner level officer and will be submitted in 15 days to the BMC commissioner.
A magistrate court on Saturday sent three men – arrested for allegedly being part of an audio chat room on Clubhouse application, where derogatory comments were made against women – in Mumbai Police custody till Monday. In a separate case, an accused in the hate app case was sent to police custody till January 27. While Akash Suyal (19), Yashkumar Parashar (22) and Jaishnav Kakkad (21) were arrested from Haryana on Friday in the Clubhouse app case, Niraj Singh was arrested in the hate app case from Odisha. Read more
India reported 3,33,533 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the active caseload to 21,87,205. While the daily positivity rate and weekly positivity rate stand at 17.78 per cent and 16.87 per cent respectively, the recovery rate stands at 93.18 per cent. The number of daily cases is lower than Saturday’s 3.37 lakh cases. However, the daily and weekly positivity rates have risen.
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Nearly 400 km north of Mumbai, at Malgaon village in Nandurbar’s Shahade taluka, amidst the dark of dusk and a loadshedding, four healthcare workers stand still with the flashlights of their mobile phones aimed at the left arm of a villager, as one of them carefully administers the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine to a 57-year-old woman.
Till a few days ago, that was the routine of about 150 vaccinators, making their way through the tribal-dominated district late evenings, which is the only time they could get villagers, who were away at their fields during the day. Nandurbar ranks the lowest in vaccination numbers in Maharashtra, and the late hour and the dark only add to the uphill struggle officials are facing to convince villagers that getting the shot is good for them. Read more
A fire in the 20-storey Sachinam Heights in Nana Chowk at Grant Road has raised fresh questions over fire safety of high-rise buildings across the city and with the latest one claiming six lives on Saturday, fire brigade officials now say that they will ramp up inspection of buildings to check fire safety compliance.
While the transformation of old chawls into multi-storey towers and construction of new high-rise buildings has created new challenges for the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), experts and fire brigade officials said that the negligence in compliance of fire safety measures from housing societies or developers and poor implementation of Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006 are among the few reasons for making them vulnerable to fire hazards. Read more
Mumbai on Saturday reported 3,568 fresh Covid-19 cases, showing a decline from 5,008 cases reported 24 hours before.
A 19-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by four persons in the eastern suburb of Govandi in the early hours of Saturday, police said.
The police have detained three minors involved in the attack that took place in Shivaji Nagar area, and a hunt has been launched for the fourth accused, an official said The incident took place around 4.30 am in a slum at Matti Road, he said.
The woman worked with some caterers and was returning from a job, when the accused accosted her, and one of them told her that he had some work and wanted to speak to her, the official said. The accused then took the woman to a loft in a room at a slum, where he raped her along with his friends, he said. The accused fled the scene soon after, following which the victim called police and informed them about the incident, the official said. (PTI)
Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 46,393 new coronavirus cases including 416 Omicron infections and 48 pandemic-related deaths, the health department said.
The daily new cases came down by more than 1,000 compared to Friday.
The Covid-19 caseload in the state rose to 74,66,420, while the death toll reached 1,42,071. (PTI)
The Covid-19 tally in Nashik in Maharashtra reached 4,46,958 on Saturday with the addition of 2,524 cases, while three deaths took the toll to 8,780, an official said So far, 4,21,515 people have been discharged post-recovery, including 1,823 during the day, he said.The active tally in the district stands at 16,663, the official informed. (PTI)