Mumbai records two Covid deaths, 293 new cases

Navi Mumbai: People celebrate the 392nd birthday of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Maharaja Chowk in Vashi, in Navi Mumbai, Saturday, February 19, 2022. (PTI photo)

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) plans to connect an under construction Mumbai Trans Harbor Link (MTHL) Road to the Mumbai-Pune Expressway to reduce travel time between Mumbai and Pune. The authority is now looking for an advisor, who will prepare a detailed project report and decide on the appropriate link for it. The plan was nearly ten years old, but could not be implemented due to the delay in the MTHL.

According to the officials, a tender has been launched for the appointment of the consultant for “Preparation of DPR for connectivity from MTHL to Mumbai Pune Expressway and under the basic plan, as the MTHL will land at Chirle in Navi Mumbai, a 6 km long link will be connected to the highway.”

The Bombay Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Jitendra Navlani, a builder and bar owner in south Mumbai, to go to the office of the Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on March 4. , in reference to a lookout. circular (LOC) issued against him in connection with corruption charges against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. The court also asked Navlani to provide all necessary details of his planned visit to London for medical treatment and to provide the telephone numbers of his wife and two close relatives of the police.

The Bombay Supreme Court continued until March 7 the provisional protections against coercive measures granted to individuals booked by the Mumbai Police for the death of MP Mohan Delkar. The court allowed the Mumbai Police to take statements from the suspects present in court. The court held a hearing on the criminal writs filed by the accused challenging the FIR registered by the police in connection with the case.

The state government had made a statement on April 27 last year that it would not take coercive measures against all petitioners given the pandemic situation and the same continued from time to time.