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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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Continue reading →: Sea water supply for mangroves restored
Sea water supply for mangroves restored We are grateful to the authorities for a prompt response to citizen’s complaints this time. Land mafia had blocked the pipes under Gorai Creek Road to destroy the mangroves Virat A Singh virat.singh@timesgroup.com TWEETS @singhvirat26 Mumbai Mirror 16th December 2013 MIRROR REPORT SPURS FOREST DEPT…
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Continue reading →: Gorai blockages removed
In record time, the authorities swung into action today Saturday the 14th of December 2013, within hours of our article appearing in the Mumbai Mirror, and cleared the blockages done by unidentified miscreants at Gorai to kill mangroves. Here are the pictures with date and time.
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Continue reading →: New method by Gorai Land sharks for killing mangroves
This is how land sharks are killing mangroves Gorai residents discover two sections of pipes, which carry sea water to mangroves during high tide, blocked with concrete chunks; forest department orders probe. Virat A Singh virat.singh@timesgroup.com TWEETS @singhvirat246 Mumbai Mirror 14th December 2013 Vigilant Gorai residents have foiled the most systematic…
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Continue reading →: Pollution kills thousands of fish in Dahisar pond
Pollution kills thousands of fish in Dahisar pond December 13, 2013 City Mumbai Mirror Virat A Singh virat.singh@timesgroup.com TWEETS @singhvirat246 Residents of Dahisar were shocked on Tuesday to find thousands of dead fish floating on the surface of Kanderpada talao at Kanderpada,
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Continue reading →: Debris dumped in mangroves at NL complex, Dahisar East
Debris dumped in mangroves at NL complex, Dahisar East, complains New Link Road Residents Forum. Today’s Indian Express 12/12/2013.
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Continue reading →: Mangroves or rubbish dump?
Our Forum brings to your notice yet another instance of wetland destruction, this time by a builder with ‘help’ from the BMC: As civic bodies bicker, Dahisar mangroves become rubbish dump Chaitanya Marpakwar @timesgroup.com TWEETS @chaitanya_pm Mumbai Mirror 9th December 2013 Trying to shun responsibility of cleaning the Dahisar river,…
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Continue reading →: BMC gifts Fire force land to builder
Following up with our battle to save the plot reserved for Fire Brigade as per Development Plan in R North ward at Dahisar West, for which we have even submitted our objections to the BMC last year, now DNA also reports: BMC gifts fire force land to…
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