Richa Pinto

From London’s Gherkin to Doha’s Tornado Tower and Dubai’s Burj Khalifa — iconic skyscrapers define global skylines. As @mybmc wants Mumbai to join that league not everyone’s on board — some local associations are raising concerns. Read more here: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mu…

Mumbai’s ‘Iconic Buildings’policy faces pushback from local heritage association ⁦@TOIMumbai⁩ ⁦@richapintoi⁩ timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mu…

Why do India’s big cities go down under water? Have cities failed to create systems to deal with extreme downpours or with monthly rain averages being met in just a few days, we aren’t able to keep up. Read here for more: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-plus/envir…

An ammonia gas leak was reported at the Mahananda Dairy plant in Goregaon (East) around 9:12 pm on July 23. This triggered a multi-agency response to contain the leak and prevent harm to workers. According to civic officials ammonia began leaking from a tank with a capacity of…

Tansa lake which supplies drinking water to Mumbai, became the second lake to overflow on Wednesday, July 23 at 5.40 pm. Earlier this month on July 9, Modak Sagar lake in Shahapur taluka, was the first to overflow. Tansa is also located in Shahapur taluka. Last year Tansa lake…

Coming up on the new Coastal road promenade. 🌲

Tansa lake which supplies drinking water to Mumbai, becomes the second lake to overflow today at 5.40 pm. Earlier this month on July 9, Modak Sagar lake in Shahapur taluka, was the first to overflow.

A portion of the compound wall of Vasundhara Building on Bhulabhai Desai Road, near Heera Panna Mall, collapsed on Wednesday morning. The incident was reported around 11.20 am by the D-Ward control room. According to civic officials, the collapse involved a section of the…

Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg are under a red alert for tomorrow, as per the IMD, indicating the likelihood of extremely heavy rainfall at isolated spots. Meanwhile, Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar are under an orange alert, which signals the possibility of heavy to very heavy…

A mudslide occurred on Tuesday evening near Sai Niketan CHS in Khindipada, Bhandup (West)from an adjoining hilly area. The incident was reported to the civic authorities at around 7:32 PM on July 22. Officials said that a portion of two previously vacated houses collapsed due to…

In the 24 hours ending 8.30 am Wednesday morning, rainfall recorded by the IMD Santacruz observatory was 84.6 mm and IMD Colaba observatory was 86.6 mm. As per IMD rainfall classification this falls in the heavy rain category (Heavy rainfall: 64.5mm-115.5mm)

Marine drive 2.0: The upcoming Mumbai coastal road promenade.

Traffic on the main Breach Candy road, with many vehicles headed towards the Coastal Road interchange.

Mumbai Rainfall Update (8:30 am to 2:30 pm, July 21, 2025): •Santacruz: 80.4 mm •Juhu Airport: 72.5 mm •Bandra: 52.0 mm •Ram Mandir: 47.5 mm •Sion: 44.0 mm •Tata Power Chembur: 42.5 mm •Vikhroli: 18.5 mm •Dahisar: 15.5 mm •Colaba: 6 mm

Water stocks in lakes supplying to Mumbai at 11.96 lakh million litres or 83% of the required quantum.

Mumbai, Thane, Raigad have been placed under an orange alert by IMD for today. This indicates heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places.

Rainfall in Mumbai (from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM on July 21, 2025): •Santacruz: 71.8 mm •Juhu Airport: 65.0 mm •Ram Mandir: 37.5 mm •Chembur: 23.0 mm •Bandra: 22.5 mm •Vikhroli: 18.0 mm •Dahisar: 11.5 mm •Colaba: 1.2 mm

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In the 24-hour period ending at 8:30 am today (on July 21), Mumbai’s Santacruz weather observatory recorded its first triple-digit rainfall of the month, logging 114.6 mm. In stark contrast, the IMD’s Colaba observatory registered just 11.2 mm during the same period.