This is a brief outline of what our Forum has achieved over the past five years in and around mumbai.
NEW LINK ROAD RESIDENTS FORUM IN DAHISAR CONTINUES TO SPEARHEAD CIVIC, SOCIAL , HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN MUMBAI EVER SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2008.
STARTED 1ST SOCIAL ACTIVITY IN 2008 BY UNITING LOCAL RESIDENTS OF DAHISAR AND BORIVALI WEST AGAINST A HOOKAH PARLOUR ON NEW LINK ROAD & FORCING THE BMC TO CLOSE IT DOWN. IT IS DURING THIS FIGHT THAT WE FIRST USED RTI.
TODAY WITH THE HELP OF A PETITION ALONG WITH CRUSADE AGAINST TOBACCO, THE BOMBAY HIGH CORT HAS PASSED AN ORDER PROHIBITING SALES & SERVICE OF HOOKAH IN HOTELS ACROSS MAHARASHTRA.
(LIFE & CAREER OF THE YOUNG GENERATION HAS BEEN SAVED)
IN 2009 A HUGE MILK ADULTERATION RACKET RUN BETWEEN KANDIVILI & DAHISAR WAS BUSTED & FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MUMBAI THE KINGPIN WAS EXTERNED OUT OF MUMBAI FOR 2 YEARS. THIS RAID WAS CONDUCTED WITH DCP ZONE XI SANJAY BANERJEE & FDA INSPECTORS.
(HEALTH & SAFETY OF CITIZENS FOF ALL AGE GROUPS SECURED)
IN 2010 A RACKET OF SALES OF EXPIRED GOODS PICKED UP FROM FLIGHT KITCHENS & 5 STAR HOTELS AND SOLD IN BORIVALI & DAHISAR WAS INTERCEPTED. FDA & POLICE NABBED THE KINGPIN & CONTRABAND.
HEALTH & SAFETY OF UNSUSPECTING BUT GREEDY CONSUMERS SAVED
DURING THE PERIOD OF 2009-2012 MORE THAN 75 ILLEGAL WATER CONNECTIONS, MAINLY TO ILLEGAL SLUMS IN CRZ 1 CALLED GANPAT PATIL NAGAR, WERE DISCONNECTED BY BMC. THE CULPRITS WERE AGAIN NABBED & EXTERNED FROM MUMBAI FOR TWO YEARS.
THESE ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS WERE NOT ONLY CREATNG A SHORTAGE FOR THE TAX PAYING MIDDLE CLASS BUT WERE ALSO CONTAMINATING THE WATER WITH E-COLI BACTERIA WHCH WAS A BIG HEALTH HAZAR FOR THE UNSUSPECTING MIDDLE CLASS.
ILLEGAL SLUMS AND POLLUTING INDUSTRIES HAVE DESTROYED HUGE AREAS OF PRISTINE MANGROVES DESIGNATED AS CRZ-1 IN BORIVALI AND DAHISAR SINCE 1985.
INSTEAD OF PURE AIR, RESIDENTS ARE BEING EXPOSED TO NOXIOUS GASES AND POLLUTION. MANY TIMES WE RESIDENTS HAVE RUSHED TO MAKE THEM STOP BURNING.
SURVEY 344 IS A HUGE UNSPOILT STRETCH OF MANGROVES TO THE NORTH OF THIS SLUM POCKET
IN FEBRUARY 2010 TWO COMPLAINTS FOR MANGROVES DESTRUCTION WERE FILED IN THE MANGROVES OF SURVEY 344 IN DAHISAR WEST. BY THE TIME WE COULD GUAGE THE SITUATION NAMES OF TOP BUILDERS OF THE CITY STARTED POPPING UP WHO WANTED TO DEVELOP THIS MANGROVE FOREST INTO A CONCRETE JUNGLE ADMEASURING 425 ACRES.
BUILDERS UNDER THE GUISE OF REPAIR OF SALT PAN BUNDS & ARMED WITH A CONTROVERSIAL SUPREME COURT ORDER, MADE A HIGHWAY INTO THE MANGROVE FOREST TO CUT SEA WATER TO THE 425 ACRES OF MANGROVES FOREST. USING SATELLITE MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ACTUAL DUMPING, OUR FORUM FILED AN INTERVENTION APPLICATION IN THE SUPREME COURT & IN THE PROCESS WAS REWARDED BY A LANDMARK ORDER WHICH SAVED THE HUGE 425 ACRES OF FOREST.
THIS WAS NOT THE END, THE BUILDER REFUSED TO REMOVE THE THOUSANDS OF TONNES OF DEBRIS FORM THE FOREST WHICH WAS STILL CHOKING THE MANGROVES OF SEA WATER.
OUR INTERVENTION WITH THE MSD COLLECTOR & COURT ENSURED THAT THE BUILDER WAS BOOKED FOR CONTEMPT & THE REMOVAL OF DEBRIS WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT. WE ENSURED THAT THE BUILDER PAY FOR HIS WRONDOING & WHEN HE REFUSED TO PAY UP THE CONTRACTOR HIS PROPERTIES & BANK ACCOUNT WAS ATTACHED & THE AMOUNT RECOVERED FROM HIM FOR HIS MISDEEDS.
425 ACRES OF MANGROVES WILL KEEP PUMPING FRESH OXYGEN INTO THE LUNGS OF MUMBAIKARS & SAVE THEM FROM FLOODS.
CURRENT ACTIVITIES:
FOCUS ON EXISTING LAND USER MAPS, OPEN SPACES, GARDENS AND RECREATIONAL GROUNDS FOR CITIZENS AS PER NEW DEVELOPMENT PLAN
SAFE LINK ROAD, FOOT PATH, PROMENADES, SIGNALS ETC
OPEN SPACES
MOBILE TOWERS
MANGROVES & CRZ VIOLATIONS (TOURIST BUSES, GARAGES, SAND MINING & CLEANING, ENCROACHMENTS ETC)
ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS
SATELLITE IMAGES
MILK & FOOD ADULTERATION
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