QMumbai: Urmila Matondkar Reaches Out to Gujaratis & More

Urmila Matondkar reaches out to Gujaratis; BMC owns up to engineers’ negligence in CSMT FOB collapse & other stories

Urmila Matondkar has been reaching out to Gujaratis after being given a ticket to contest from the North Mumbai constituency. (Photo: IANS)

1. 2019 Lok Sabha Polls: In Mumbai’s BJP Stronghold, Urmila Matondkar Reaches Out To Gujaratis

Urmila Matondkar, Congress’s star candidate in Mumbai North, is reaching out to the Gujarati community in the constituency. Over the past week, the actress has met several community leaders, women groups and traders in the constituency to get their support.

The Borivli-Kandivli belt is considered to be a BJP stronghold with most Gujaratis, constituting almost 24% of the total population here, supporting it. While most critics of the Congress candidate had said that breaking into the community would be a tough task for Matondkar, her efforts in the past one week show that she wishes to change the narrative.

Source: Hindustan Times

2. CSMT FOB Collapse: BMC Owns Up To Its Engineers’ Negligence

In this picture from 15 March, 2019, civic authorities are seen dismantling the bridge connecting the CST station and the are  ear the TOI building, after it collapsed 14 March.(Photo: PTI)

The BMC on Thursday admitted to an “oversight” on the part of civic engineers who it said “failed to interpret” the preliminary structural audit report of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) foot overbridge (FOB), which collapsed on March 14. The preliminary report had suggested minor repairs. The civic administration admitted before the standing committee that there was “negligence” on the part of engineers of the Bridge department, who it said should have gone to the site and carried out inspections.

Source: The Indian Express

3. Radiowala Remanded As Police Want To Try Him Under MCOCA

Obaid Radiowala, the alleged aide of gangster Ravi Pujari, was once again remanded in police custody for a day, after the police sought that he be tried under the Mahatashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

Radiowala, who was arrested in the United States in 2017, was deported and brought to Mumbai on Tuesday. He was subsequently produced in the Esplanade Court on Wednesday afternoon, and remanded in police custody for a day.

Source: The Hindu

4. Peter Mukerjea’s Bail Plea Rejected

File photo of Indrani and Peter Mukerjea. (Photo courtesy: Twitter)

A special CBI court on Thursday rejected the interim bail plea of Peter Mukerjea, former Star India CEO, who underwent a bypass surgery last week. Special Judge J C Jagdale said specific directions to take precautions will be given to authorities at Arthur Road jail, where Mukejea will be lodged after he is discharged from hospital.

Rejecting Mukerjea’s contention that post-surgery, he will be vulnerable to infections in “unhygienic” prison conditions, the court said at Arthur Road jail, Mukerjea is lodged in a special cell situated in a separate building, detached from the rest of the premises. “The accused (Peter) is having various facilities like TV, English newspapers… the accused if at all has to share the same with hardly one-two inmates. The same cell is also presented by the Indian government to the magisterial court in Britain in the extradition process of another fugitive accused,” the court said.

Source: The Indian Express

5. WEH, EEH Are High-Risk Corridors Of Mumbai, Says Report

According to the Mumbai Road Safety Annual Report – 2018, the western and eastern express highways remain the highest risk corridors in the city, but the western express highway (WEH) has seen fewer fatalities as compared to 2017. The report also found that 82% of victims of fatal accidents in the city belonged to the 20-24 years age group.

Source: Hindustan Times