So finally Mumbai & Konkan will undergo a weather change next 48 hours (21-22 June). Starting Sunday night, the moisture pull will begin showing its effects over #MumbaiRains increasing rain activity across the region.
This is the news rain lovers have been waiting for.. a very rainy week now appears likely ahead for Mumbai! ⛈️
@sandesh_samant They are supposed to be here until the onset of monsoon. It’s their feeding and resting season. Once it rains, they’ll migrate back to Little Rann of Kutch (LRK), Gujarat. That is where they breed and built these mud nests/mounds to protect their eggs from tidal fluctuations.
Your journey through some of the city’s most complex and transformative projects reflects both vision and resolve. As you take charge of one of the world’s most dynamic urban systems, here’s wishing you strength, clarity, and continued excellence in shaping Mumbai’s future.
Congratulations to Smt. @AshwiniBhide, a 1995-batch Maharashtra cadre senior IAS officer on becoming the first woman Municipal Commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in over 135 years of its legacy.
#BMC#MunicipalCommissioner#MCGM#AshwiniBhide
Very unfortunate! 😔
No present-day architect can even replicate what Sir Edwin Lutyens created. It is for a reason that we still call it “Lutyens Delhi”.
Sad to read that the bust of Lutyens (my great grandfather) is to be removed from the presidential palace he designed in Delhi. Here I am with it last year. I wondered at the time why his name had been removed from the plinth.
Edwin Lutyens bust had nothing to do with colonial mindset. He was the architect of New Delhi and most of it’s majestic landmarks including the Rashtrapati Bhavan, India Gate, Parliament House and the Hyderabad House and the Central Secretariat.
President Droupadi Murmu unveiled bust of Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari Ji, the first and only Indian Governor General of independent India at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The bust of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, situated at the Grand Open Staircase near Ashok Mandap, replaces the bust of Edwin Lutyens. This initiative is part of series of steps being taken towards shedding the vestiges colonial mindset and embracing, with pride, the richness of India’s culture, heritage, timeless traditions and honouring those who served Bharat Mata with their extraordinary contributions.
Among the dignitaries present on the occasion were Vice President of India Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, Minister of External Affairs Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr L. Murugan and family members of Rajaji.
काही नेते फक्त पदावर नसतात, ते एका काळाचं, एका ठाम भूमिकेचं प्रतिनिधित्व करतात, आणि ते त्यातलेच एक होते.
सत्तेच्या मागे न धावता सत्ता कशी चालवायची, प्रशासन कसं घट्ट हातात ठेवायचं, निर्णय कसे स्पष्ट आणि परिणामकारक घ्यायचे, हे त्यांच्याकडे उपजत होतं.
श्री. अजित अनंतराव पवार 🙏
The speed, the comfort, and the subtle motivation built into the stations, turn a simple family morning into an unforgettable city experience.
This is Mumbai evolving.
Thank you @AshwiniBhide @MMRCLOfficial for building a city that moves with its people.
#MumbaiMetro#Mumbai
Sunday, 6:30 AM.
Kakad Aarti at Siddhivinayak Temple with my parents → Aqua Line Metro → CSMT → early morning walk → Kyani & Co. for breakfast, all before the city fully woke up.
Inside the metro, my mother quietly said, “आपण कुठल्या तरी परदेशात आल्यासारखं वाटतंय.”