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Ashwini Bhide now 1st woman to head BMC

Ashwini Bhide took charge as the BMC commissioner on Tuesday in the presence of former chief Bhushan Gagrani. (Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 01, 2026 10:26 am IST

Ashwini Bhide appointed as Mumbai civic body BMC’s first female commissioner

Ashwini Bhide has been appointed as the commissioner of the BMC.
Updated on Mar 31, 2026 03:12 pm IST

Who is Ashwini Bhide? ‘Metro Woman’ becomes BMC’s first female commissioner

Ashwini Bhide is widely recognised in Mumbai’s administrative and infrastructure circles as the “Metro Woman of Mumbai.”
Updated on Apr 01, 2026 12:00 am IST

Fadnavis appoints Mumbai Metro chief Ashwini Bhide principal secretary in CMO

  Mumbai, India. Sep 24, 2024: Photoshoot with Managing Director of Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (MMRC) Ashwini Bhide at MMRC head office in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), Mumbai. Mumbai, India. Sep 24, 2024. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo) (Hindustan Times)
Updated on Dec 14, 2024 09:00 am IST

Mumbai Metro 3: Breaking Ground, Defying Odds

Bhide, Managing Director of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRC), said that, for her, Metro 3 has been the most challenging infrastructure project to date. (Raju Shinde/HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 13, 2024 06:48 am IST

Residents complain of mosquitoes, foul smell as builder disposes sewage into storm water drain

Mumbai, India - April 13, 2023: Bharat Sony, a resident of Yogi Hills, shows the flowing illegal drainage water creating a stink, at Mulund, in Mumbai, India, on,Thursday, April 13, 2023. (Praful Gangurde/HT Photo) (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 15, 2023 12:21 am IST

HC quashes FIR against Save Aarey activist who shared Metro MD’s mobile number

HC quashes FIR against Save Aarey activist who shared Metro MD’s mobile number
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 12:12 am IST

Ashwini Bhide is back as Metro 3 boss

Uddhav and Aaditya Thackeray too had been critical of the decision to fell trees and had proposed a forest status for Aarey (Pratik Chorge/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 13, 2022 05:55 am IST

‘Time to give up hopes about Mumbai metro’, say Twitter users as Managing Director Ashwini Bhide is removed

Ashwini Bhide was very active on social media.
Updated on Jan 22, 2020 04:25 pm IST

Mumbai Metro chief Ashwini Bhide among 20 IAS officers transferred in Maharashtra

MMRC chief Ashwini Bhide at a Metro construction site in Mumbai.
Updated on Jan 22, 2020 06:13 am IST

The Aarey battle has invaluable lessons for Mumbai

The Aarey forest lost 2,141 trees in the span of two nights and a day over the weekend. The site resembled a war zone.
Updated on Oct 10, 2019 12:00 am IST

Destruction inevitable, says Mumbai Metro’s chief Ashwini Bhide after Aarey row

“Sometimes to construct something new destruction becomes inevitable but it also paves the way for new life and new creation,” Bhide tweeted.
Updated on Jul 07, 2020 03:16 am IST

Battle for Aarey is a battle for Mumbai

People protest against the cutting of 2,700 trees for the Metro car shed at Aarey colony, on September 8.
Published on Sept 11, 2019 11:52 pm IST

‘We all want Metro, but not at cost of biodiversity’

Speaking to reporters at Shiv Sena Bhavan in Dadar on Tuesday, Thackeray junior said the car depot would adversely impact the biodiversity of Aarey, pointing out a number of species, including leopards, civets, deer, different types of spiders, snakes, geckos, etc, thrive there.
Updated on Sept 11, 2019 03:34 am IST

Mr CM, take Aarey and you set up Mumbai for more floods

Protesters form a human chain during protest destruction of Aarey Colony.
Updated on Sept 05, 2019 12:19 am IST

Sneak peek: Metro-3 will ride on Mumbai’s spirit and love for sea

According to MMRC officials, the trains are being manufactured under the Central government’s Make in India initiative. The delivery of the first train is expected to start from September 2020.
Updated on Aug 17, 2019 05:11 am IST

Twin-tunnel breakthrough for underground Metro-3 in Mumbai, 35% work done

Twin tunnels were completed between Nayanagar launching shaft and the proposed Dadar station on Thursday.
Updated on Feb 01, 2019 12:17 am IST

Work at Aarey Milk Colony in Mumbai defies courts, says NGO; Metro body refutes charges

This pic was part of NGO’s legal notice sent to MMRCL.
Updated on Aug 17, 2018 12:09 am IST

Techie held in Mumbai for sending bulk messages to MMRCL director

Sources said that the accused Avijit Michael told the police that he wanted to save the environment.
Published on May 12, 2018 12:32 am IST