Mumbai Mar 28 PTI A cow got stuck after falling into a drain near Dadar railway station in Mumbai on Monday morning and was rescued after nearly five hours a fire brigade official said The incident took place in Kabutarkhana area around 730 am when the drain lid slipped down due to the cows weight he said The cow then fell and got stuck at a depth of 8-10 feet in the drain and was unable to move out the official said After being alerted two fire brigade vehicles were rushed to the spot he said adding that civic and police personnel also reached there Initially an earth mover equipment was brought to widen the drain opening But the rescuers later used a drill machine to avoid any injury to the cow he said After about five hours of hectic efforts the drain walls were dismantled and the cow was pulled out with the help of ropes the official said PTI KK GK GK

Mumbai Mar 28 PTI A cow got stuck in a drain near Dadar railway station in Mumbai on Monday morning and efforts were on to rescue it a fire brigade official said The incident took place in Kabutarkhana locality around 730 am he said adding that it was not clear how the cow got stuck into the drain The fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and efforts are on to rescue the cow the official said The rescue operation was taking time as the heavy cow was stuck at a small opening of the drain he said PTI KK GK GK

Mumbai Jan 24 PTI Schools resumed physical sessions for classes 1 to 12 in Maharashtra on Monday and the state government expressed hope that students would enjoy being back to their classrooms in a safe atmosphere Last week the Maharashtra government allowed the offline classes to resume from January 24 after Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray approved a proposal to this effect that was sent to him by the school education department Schools across the state were closed in the first week of January due to a spike in the coronavirus cases and in the wake of the emergence of the highly infectious Omicron variant However a number of parents activists in the field as well as teachers had strongly opposed the move to shut the schools saying it would adversely affect the students In Mumbai the local civic body had earlier announced the closure of schools for Classes 1 to 9 till January 31 But the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations BMC assessment later indicated that the cases of Omicron infection were not on the rise and it had said the curve was flattening It had prompted officials to propose the reopening of schools for physical attendance On Monday morning Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad greeted students and parents on the reopening of physical classes Wishing all parents and students the very best as physical classes reopen today onwards We hope you enjoy your day back in a safe atmosphere BackToSchool scertmaha CMOMaharashtra msbshse Gaikwad tweeted In Mumbai also various schools resumed offline classes in the morning Last week BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal had said that in-person or offline classes will resume in pre-primary schools too While allowing the schools to resume physical classes the state government has asked them to strictly adhere to COVID-19 protocols and guidelines On Sunday Maharashtra reported 40805 COVID-19 cases taking its tally to 7507225 while 44 fatalities pushed the toll to 142115 a health department official earlier said No Omicron case was detected in the state on Sunday keeping the tally of those affected by the new variant to 2759 of whom 1437 have been discharged so far the official said PTI KK GK GK

Mumbai Jan 24 PTI One more person on Monday succumbed to injuries suffered in a fire that broke out in a multi-storey residential building at Tardeo in Mumbai raising the death toll in the incident to seven a civic official said The 38-year-old male patient who was undergoing treatment at the BYL Nair Hospital was declared dead at 7 am the official said as per information received from doctors Out of the 12 other injured people undergoing treatment in Bhatia Hospital six were critical and the remaining were stable he said adding that another injured person being treated at Masina Hospital in Byculla area was also critical Earlier six people had died and 24 others were injured in the blaze that erupted on Saturday at Sachinam Heights a ground-plus-20-storey building located opposite the Bhatia Hospital at Gowalia Tank With the death of one more victim the toll has gone up to seven and the number of injured people stands at 23 of whom seven have already been discharged while the others are undergoing treatment in different hospitals the official said PTI KK GK GK

Mumbai Sep 23 PTI The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has completed 40 per cent physical work of the Rs 12000 crore-worth coastal road project from Marine Drive to Worli including a one-km-long tunnel BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said on Thursday The project will be completed in November 2023 he said in a statement The work completed so far includes a tunnel of one-km length and 40-feet diameter under the Malabar Hill in south Mumbai Only work on 900 metres of the tunnel is remaining now Chahal said It is the first-of-its kind under-sea tunnel project of 40-feet diameter executed in the country he claimed According to Chahal the coastal road project being executed by the civic body between Marine Drive and Worli is 27-km-long and includes 16-km-long interchanges The project also includes a 125-acre garden on the reclaimed land abutting the coastal road with an underground parking facility for 1852 cars The work is going on round-the-clock in three shifts and the project will be completed in November 2023 Chahal stated As per BMCs website the civic body has envisaged the Mumbai coastal road projectsouth MCRP along the western seafront of the city to de-congest the existing roads In the first phase this ambitious eight-lane project intends to connect Shamaldas Gandhi Marg Princess Street Flyover Marine Drive in south Mumbai to the Worli-end of the Bandra-Worli sealink comprising a combination of coastal road based on reclamation tunnels flyovers elevated roads interchanges and sea wallbreak wall it said As per the website Indias largest 1219-metre-diameter tunnel is being constructed 20 metres below the shore of the Arabian Sea and 70 metres below the Malabar Hill and has three lanes for transportation for south and north bound traffic One of the lanes is proposed to be reserved for emergency transport according to the BMC The objective of this project is to provide an alternate North-South Trunk route for the people of Mumbai which provides improved mobility to relieve the traffic congestion in Mumbai enhances environment and leads to sustainable development of much needed recreational public open spaces says the BMCs website PTI KK GK GK