Mumbai: Though the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans a four-fold increase in parking charges, frequent users of parking lots need not worry as the civic body will soon introduce a monthly pass scheme for them with special discounts.

With this, the BMC intends to do away with the touts who have been issuingmonthly passes 'unofficially'.

Mumbai: While Mumbai was waking up to a lazy Sunday morning, 500-odd birders had already hit birding hotspots like Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Sanjay Gandhi National Park and even Fansad Wildlife Sanctuary.

The fifth edition of Mumbai Bird Race, organised on February 22, has set a record of maximum number of participants.

NAVI MUMBAI: Cycling seems to be the best way to look after yourself as well as the environment.

Around 150 students of Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering at Koparkhairane organised a Cyclothon on Sunday, when they cycled a 44.4-km stretch, stopping at various stations, malls and traffic islands to spread the message of global warming and fast depleting fuel sources.

MUMBAI: Wildlife enthusiasts, including amateur bird-watchers and ornithologists, are busy revising the differences between a Ruddy Turnstone and a Desert Wheatear for the fifth edition of the HSBC Mumbai Bird Race to be held on Sunday.

Mumbai: The city may have endorsed the Shanghai model for development but its water will be receiving the Singapore treatment. Grappling with water shortage and complaints, city's water department has sought help from experts in Singapore.

Mumbai: Construction of a retaining wall along the Vakola nallah by Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) has enraged activists.

Activists opine that the wall will destroy the mangroves next to the nallah, which is in direct violation of the Bombay High Court order of 2005, ensuring protection of mangroves in Maharashtra.

Mumbai: Karnala bird sanctuary, some 60 km south-west of Mumbai, is on verge of being destroyed after the state wildlife board approved widening of national highway 17.

The board, which met after one and a half years on Friday, passed a resolution despite strong objection from some members.

Mumbai: Unlike its counterparts in Thane and Navi Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking is all prepared to extend its bus services beyond the city and suburban limits, and this time with brand new buses.

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MUMBAI: Acting on the directives of the Central Zoo Authority (CZA), which were issued during the approval of the Rs 434-crore Byculla zoo makeover plan last year, the BMC has completed a survey to ascertain the number of trees there.