Mumbai News Live: A problem in the state electricity distribution centre at Padgha in Thane district led to electricity supply failure in many areas of Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Panvel, Kalyan Dombivali, Palghar, Vasai Virar, Ambernath, Kulgaon, Badlapur and other areas. Chandrakant Dange, the joint managing director of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited said that there was a burst in the transmission centre at Padgha which led to power failure in many areas of Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
The Maharashtra government has decided to call off the inauguration of the ambitious Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway, which was expected to be thrown open on May 2. The opening of the project was called off after a segment of a wildlife overpass on the stretch got damaged. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is building 701-km of expressway between Mumbai and Nagpur, termed as the fastest expressway of the country, at a cost of Rs 55,000 crore.
In other news, a video has surfaced purportedly showing Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Vijay Wadettiwar using abusive words to hit out at lawmaker couple Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana, arrested and charged with sedition following their public declaration of reciting the Hanuman Chalisa outside Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s private residence in Mumbai. The Congress minister accused Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana of disturbing law and order in Mumbai and other parts of the state.
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Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-news-live-mumbai-nagpur-expressway-bjp-shiv-sena-navnit-rana-loudspeaker-row-7887650/
