First time ever, no conservation experts in Mumbai's heritage panel

For the first time in two decades, the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) will be without independent urban design specialists and conservation architects, raising doubts about it being able to record dissent against state projects—for instance, the Mumbai coastal road or the Metro III project. Source: Mumbai News
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Farmers to reap Maha gain from mini water schemes

Amid fears of inflation due to possible loss of rabi crops subsequent to poor rainfall this season, comes a ray of hope. Late rainfall has helped place enough water stock in the newly created 1.2 lakh artificial ponds, bunds, and recharged nullahs, enhancing the state’s water storage capacity by 25 TMC, half of Mumbai’s annual supply. And all this has been done by spending just Rs 1,400 crore, much less than the Rs 8,000 crore the state would have required to create larger dams of the same capacity. Source: Mumbai News
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J Dey murder case will be looked at afresh with Rajan's return: Ahmed Javed Mumbai CP

The Mumbai police chief said that now that Chhota Rajan would be in custody of police here, as the main accused in the crime reporter J Dey murder case, the "case would be looked at afresh." Source: Mumbai News
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