The Metro rail services in the satellite township of Navi Mumbai is likely start running for the public soon. The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) is executing the project. The rolling stock (coaches, electrical) of CIDCO’s Navi Mumbai Metro has been approved by the Railway Board of the Government of India on Friday. This is an important step
Why Mumbai’s second airport is embroiled in controversy
Why Mumbai’s second airport is embroiled in controversy
The Sena wants it to carry Balasaheb Thackeray’s name. The project-affected want it to be named after a local leader. It’s a different matter that the airport is yet to be built.
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UPDATED: June 27, 2021 17:04 IST
Locals gather at Palm Beach Road near CBD Belapur to protest against the naming of Navi Mumbai International Airport in Mumbai, on June 24, 2021; (PTI Photo)
In one of the biggest protests in recent times, around 50,000 residents of Navi Mumbai tried to gherao the headquarters of the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra or CIDCO at Belapur on June 24. They wanted to name the still-under-construction Navi Mumbai International Airport after the late socialist leader Di. Ba. Patil. They had gathered under the aegis of the Navi Mumbai International Airport Namakaran Kruti Samiti (NVIAKS), an organisation comprising mainl
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