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For Aqua Line, can’t arbitrarily provide license to one telco: MMRC

MMRC terminated its contract with ACES India, the firm which had installed and operated infrastructure for mobile connectivity on the Aqua Line, as it could not meet the key requirement of on-boarding at least three telecom service providers (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)
Published on Apr 15, 2026 06:20 am IST

Mumbai Metro Line 3: MMRC makes approval mandatory for construction within 50 m

Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has urged all landlords and housing societies within a 50-metre influence zone on either side of the alignment to seek its approval before undertaking redevelopment. (Picture for representational purposes only)
Updated on Dec 04, 2025 08:31 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

Hit by Mumbai Metro work, residents of Mahim building to relocate

A decision will be taken by December on whether Meher Manzil in Mahim could be repaired.
Updated on Nov 20, 2019 09:58 am IST

Supreme Court to hear plea against Aarey tree felling today

People protesting against cutting down of trees for a proposed metro car shed project at Aarey Colony in Mumbai on Sunday.
Updated on Jul 07, 2020 07:45 pm IST

‘What was our fault?’: Citizens, arrested for protesting tree felling in Aarey Colony, get bail

An activist holds a placard during a protest against cutting down of trees for a proposed metro car shed project at Aarey Colony in Mumbai, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019.
Updated on Oct 07, 2019 08:23 am IST

Will deal with ‘murderers of trees’ after returning to power: Shiv Sena chief

Opposition parties have also criticised the Shiv Sena. Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam, who visited the site of the protests, said the Sena had adopted “double standards” in opposing the car shed on one hand, but still sharing power with BJP.
Updated on Oct 06, 2019 04:21 am IST

Bombay high court refuses to stay tree cutting at Aarey Colony in Mumbai

Coconut tress being cut in Aarey Colony, Mumbai, on Saturday, October 5, 2019.
Updated on Oct 06, 2019 07:38 am IST

‘Activists should accept defeat honourably’: Mumbai Metro MD on Aarey row

Police detain activists who were staging a protest against the tree-cutting, being carried out for the Metro car shed project, at Aarey colony in Mumbai, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019.
Updated on Oct 05, 2019 06:22 pm IST

News updates from Hindustan Times: 29 protesters arrested in Mumbai’s Aarey and all the latest news at this hour

Mumbai: Police detain activists who were staging a protest against the tree-cutting, being carried out for the Metro car shed project, at Aarey colony in Mumbai, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019.
Updated on Oct 05, 2019 05:03 pm IST

Metro-3 labourer death: MMRC, cops begin investigations

Mumbai Police has registered a case of accidental death. “We will investigate the circumstances of the death,” said a police officer privy to the investigation.
Updated on Sept 15, 2019 04:13 am IST

Against car shed in Aarey, not Metro, say protesters

The status of Aarey Milk Colony, known as the city’s green lung, has been mired in controversy. In 2015, the non-governmental organisation Vanashakti had filed a petition with the National Green Tribunal, asking the area be declared a forest.
Updated on Sept 14, 2019 03:31 am IST

Metro-3 not feasible without Aarey shed: MMRC, BMC chiefs

As the ongoing protests against the construction of the Metro-3 car shed in Aarey Colony gather steam, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chiefs threw their weight behind the need for axing 2,185 trees to build the shed.
Updated on Sept 10, 2019 12:43 am IST

Sena moves Bombay HC, challenges axing of trees in Aarey Colony

Shiv Sena corporator and standing committee chairman Yashwant Jadhav on Wednesday filed a writ petition in the Bombay high court (HC) alleging that the tree authority has committed a fraud by ignoring statutory provisions and sanctioning the cutting of trees at Aarey Milk Colony.
Updated on Sept 05, 2019 11:54 pm IST

Aa-rey of hope? Decision to cut 2,100 trees in Mumbai can be reviewed soon

The civic body-appointed tree authority’s decision to clear a proposal to axe more than 2,100 trees in Aarey Colony for a Metro-3 car depot could be reconsidered after three months.
Updated on Sept 01, 2019 07:50 am IST

Metro fences to make way for Ganesh idols in Dadar

The execution of Metro-3 underground corridor is being done by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC).
Updated on Aug 20, 2019 06:28 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

Mumbai civic body receives 82,000 complaints against tree-cutting at Aarey

Close to 500 Mumbaiites attended a public hearing conducted by the BMC in Bandra Kurla Complex on Monday, and strongly objected to the cutting of 2,702 trees to make way for the car shed.
Updated on Jul 09, 2019 01:05 am IST

12,940 crore spent on six Metro lines in Mumbai

Metro construction work at Western Express Highway.
Updated on Jun 23, 2019 12:31 am IST

No HC relief for civic body, MMRC, activist

Bhathena sought to point out the violation of court orders by MMRCL. The court, however, refused to pass orders and asked the BMC, MMRCL and Bhathena to file their replies and posted the matter for hearing on May 20.
Updated on May 16, 2019 05:53 am IST

Metro body gears up for rains, says work sites will not flood

Bombay Municipal corporation headquarters in Mumbai.
Published on May 09, 2019 02:05 am IST

Students to design Mumbai Metro-3 stations

A file photo of the Mumbai Metro.
Published on Mar 19, 2019 10:54 am IST

38% of tunnelling for Mumbai’s underground Metro completed

Authorities completed a 5th tunnel breakthrough at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Int’l Airport — T2 Metro station on Wednesday.
Published on Feb 14, 2019 12:17 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

Mumbai Metro-3 work sees light at end of second tunnel

The 568-metre tunnel, extending from the Sariput Nagar launching shaft to the Seepz station, will be completed in 125 days. (Photo By Praful Gangurde)
Published on Dec 25, 2018 03:10 pm IST

Mumbai’s Metro-3 to get new technology for tunnelling work

A construction site for the Metro-3 station, near the international airport
Updated on Nov 13, 2018 12:45 am IST