Mumbai

Officials of the Bhandup and Navi Mumbai divisions of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) have been taking stern action against power thieves in the last 12 months, and have recovered Rs2.6 crore from them, lodging as many as 1,889 FIRs.Speeding up the drive against power theft, Mahavitaran’s Bhandup Zone checked 90,825 connections in Thane and Vashi circles in this period. In Vashi, Rs1.52 crore of pilferage was unearthed, while Rs1.60 crore was recovere…

To save water, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will not give a no objection certificate (NOC) for the construction of new buildings, which do not have dual flushing or manual control cocks in its toilets.The BMC had made it compulsory for all new buildings coming up in the city to have dual flush valves and manually controlled cocks installed for their toilets, a rule the builders were following. Now, the BMC has also incorporated it in eco-housing projects. To implement it stric…