Panvel is now emerging as a multi-modal gateway linking Mumbai’s commercial economy with Navi Mumbai’s airport, JNPA’s port ecosystem and Raigad’s industrial belt Mumbai: For centuries, Panvel’s importance came from its location. The town grew around land and sea trade routes and was historically known for its rice market. Today, that same locational advantage is being recast in a dramatically different economic landscape — one shaped by an international airport, a major cont

Navi Mumbai: The arterial Palm Beach Road in Navi Mumbai could see the construction of flyovers at key junctions to ease persistent traffic congestion, with Navi Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Dr Kailash Shinde agreeing to explore the proposal for creating signal-free movement for through traffic. The proposal was discussed during a meeting between Dr Shinde and representatives of Climate Action Now (CAN) for MMR, a platform of NatConnect Foundation, and Palm Beach Greens on F

The Bhiwandi building collapse tragedy, which claimed 10 lives, once more exposes the deadly gap between Maharashtra’s ability to identify urban hazards and its inability to eliminate them. It exposes the uncomfortable truth that the state lacks the will and machinery to act on warnings. Authorities say the structure was built without necessary permissions and had already been declared unsafe by the local civic body. Yet, like countless other dangerous buildings across the Mu