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Rivers and wetlands of Mumbai: April 2022
A brief note/summary of the site visit conducted on April 1, 2022 Participants: Dr. Rajinder Singh & team, Mumbai March, New Link Road Residents Forum Assembly: SGNP at 7.30 am Check dam inside SGNP was visited & issues related to contamination of Dahisar River inside SGNP were discussed. Tabela next to WEH was found to […]
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How to break the law and get rewarded
If there is one recurring message that is being given to Mumbaikars, it is this: Occupy any empty land after paying to the local goons, wait for a few years, and then get paid for vacating the land by the Government. Or even better, get rival political parties to compete as to who can get […]
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The burning continues
Today is the 26th of March 2022. Residents in the North West suburbs of Mumbai, ie Borivali and Dahisar woke up to yet another day, hoping for fresh air to breathe. Unfortunately, criminal elements from an illegal slum built on wetlands [which have CRZ 1 status and have the highest protection as per Environment law] […]
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Tragedy on World Environment Day June 2021
On World Environment day, as I looked out of my window, this is what I saw.
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Oxygen crisis and Air pollution in Mumbai
This burning and using up of the precious Oxygen is happening literally within walking distance of a COVID ICU setup at the RTO in Kanderpada, North Mumbai. And not only that, they are releasing toxic pollutants right into the atmosphere
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Untreated Sewage from Ganpat Patil Nagar
Shocking! Untreated Sewage from Ganpat Patil Nagar being discharged into the sea at Borival Dahisar, North Mumbai
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Massive dumping in NDZ at Borivali West
Forum members and interested local citizens, acting on a tip-off, visited the No development Zone NDZ at Borivali West, behind Eskay Resorts, which also has CRZ 1 zones adjacent, on Sunday the 19th of May 2019. They were shocked to find that massive debris dumping was taking place in this area. An estimated thousand trucks […]
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Illegal Hawker evicted easily
Two weeks before Dussera 2017 a flower vendor quietly started his business of selling pooja flowers on the footpath just a few feet from Bhakti Complex building main gate, opposite D Mart on the Link Road. Alert citizens were observing. He was questioned when he showed no signs of moving. He claimed that he would […]
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International Meet on Combating Air Pollution
Why do we need an international meet in India, you may wonder. But most of you will not, if you are from India. One only has to land in India by air to see the alarming levels of air pollution. That is why we are holding an International Meet on Combating Air Pollution on March […]
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Attempted burning of precious mangroves thwarted in Dahisar
A major fire that destroyed around 50,000 sq feet of mangroves bordering Dahisar and Mira Road, which was reported late on Wednesday night by locals was extinguished on Thursday by the Mumbai Fire Brigade officials. Alerted by the Forum and near by residents, Fire Brigade officials at the scene Harish Pandey, President of New Link […]
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