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Continue reading →: How illegal slums attempted to be made legal by Politicians
As per the state’s pre-election 2014 plan to regularise all slums up to the year 2000, the Ganpat Patil Nagar slum could be one of the beneficiaries but lies on CRZ-1 No Development land; the government has already regularised pre-1995 slums in other areas. ■ BMC has been trying to…
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Continue reading →: Pre 1995 slums to be ‘protected’
Slum transfer policy to protect 4 lakh structures Clara Lewis TNN Mumbai: The state government will announce a transfer policy to provide immediate protection to four lakh slum structures, said sources. The policy will fast-track protection to slums as it does not require legislation. “In slums where the 1995 cut-off is…
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Continue reading →: Green warriors swamped by death threats, bribe offers but undeterred
Green warriors swamped by death threats, bribe offers but undeterred Anahita Mukherji TNN Publication: The Times Of India Mumbai; Date: Feb 18, 2014; Section: Times City; Page: 3 Mumbai: When a teenaged girl in Sindhudurg picked up her father’s mobile in January, the last thing she expected was…
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Continue reading →: Dahisar residents’ forum NLRRF cleanses surroundings, says DNA
Dahisar residents’ forum cleanses surroundings Association has been instrumental in saving 425 acre of mangrove forest DNA NEWSPAPER Published Date: Feb 15, 2014 PAGE 6 TK Unnikrishnan @dna Borivli: When Harish Pandey, 48, a resident of Prithvi Palace CHS in Dahisar, decided to fight the nuisance created by a…
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Continue reading →: Hawkers fined
In 2013, Ward A recorded most hawkers, max fines Sustained Effort In Town, Lack Of It In Bandra, Say Activists Linah Baliga TNN Times of India 13th February 2014 Mumbai: The BMC collected Rs 3.62 crore by fining 2.1 lakh unauthorized hawkers across the city’s 24 wards in the 2013…
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Continue reading →: Burning rubber tyres?
Burn tyres in public and face jail, 10cr fine in Maharashtra Neha Madaan TNN Pune: The western zone bench of the National Green Tribunal in Pune has banned burning of tyres in public spaces such as roads or near residential areas. It directed the police in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa to…
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Continue reading →: ACTIVISTS SEE RED OVER GREEN
ACTIVISTS SEE RED OVER GREEN [Article in the Times of India 24th January 2014] PROPOSAL FOR SLUM Govt plans to regularize the massive 49-acre Ganpat Patil Nagar slum colony at Dahisar, which is built on wetlands It has invited objections and suggestions from the public for the purpose Additional collector (encroachments) under…
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Continue reading →: Government plans to allow slums on CRZ in total violation of Court Orders
In a classic example of vote-bank politics but unfortunate and utter disdain for ecology, the Maharashtra State government has begun a process to regularize a slum colony at Dahisar which has encroached on part of a private plot totalling 2 lakh sq mts, or 49-acres of land clearly earmarked as…
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Continue reading →: Ground level Air Pollution tackling
Air pollution is increasing these days due to burning of various substances, including wood, leaves, and even toxic substances like used rubber tyres and plastic. This picture shows a series of events that took place today morning at Ganpat Patil Nagar. New Link Road Forum member Dr. Mathew saw thick…
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Continue reading →: Victory over Hawker on Footpath
Our Forum has been active in civic issues since the last five years and as a result our Link Road has been largely free of Hawkers who sit and sell their wares. We noticed a flower vendor for the first time somewhere around Diwali November 2013 just outside the gate…
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