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Richa Pinto
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Assistant editor @timesofindia, @alumnixaviers, US @StateDept Alumnus, Fellow @ICFJ. Always learning. Views personal.
Aug 19, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The @mybmc has cautioned residents to be wary of stingrays and jellyfish, which become visible along the Mumbai coast from August to October. The Department of Fisheries, in a recent letter, noted that the 'Blue Button Jellyfish' and 'Sting Ray' species are more abundant(contd) Image in Mumbai's waters during the months of August to October. Officials from the Fisheries Department recently inspected Juhu Chowpatty and subsequently urged the BMC to take necessary precautions against 'Jellyfish bites' for the safety of citizens.  (Contd)
Jan 17, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
#BMC on Tuesday appealed to citizens residing in #Mulund West area to filter and boil water for drinking until further notice. This was as water tunnel conveying water from source to BMC's Bhandup complex water treatment plant which passes below ground through Thane city,(1/3) has been damaged while the work of digging of borewell (in Thane) was ongoing. Therefore, the water supply coming to Bhandup complex through the water tunnel of BMC had to be stopped for the repair of the water tunnel.
Nov 20, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
As the railway authorities today completed, 85% work of dismantling #CarnacBridge in South Mumbai, dwelling a bit into its history. The bridge was built between 1866-67 & opened in 1868 for “Public Traffic”, according to the inscription on it. It is an iron and masonry bridge which has been named after James Rivett Carnac, the Governor of the Bombay Presidency from the year 1839 to 1842. According to History of the Municipal Corporation of the City of Bombay by L. W. Michael (1902), the bridge was built (contd)
Aug 30, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
As numbers of sealed buildings in #Mumbai have increased over the past few days owing to rising covid cases, the BMC chief IS Chahal in a meeting held on Monday said that sealing of buildings with over five or more positive cases should be strictly done again. He also instructed to ensure the presence of police personnel outside a sealed building. Over the past few days, at least seven buildings were sealed in the western suburbs which included those from #Kandivali and buildings from #Bandra 's Pali Hill