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Continue reading →: Ganpat Patil Nagar slum demolition
Reading today’s news in the Times of India: 10000 slum structures in Dahisar to be razed Bhavika Jain TNN Mumbai: The BMC will demolish Ganpat Patil Nagar in Dahisar, one of the biggest slums in the city consisting of thousands of illegal hutments. Illegal slums on precious mangrove…
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Continue reading →: Prevent your Building Drains getting clogged
This simple filter device can save your building from costly repairs and troublesome drain choke ups in the future. Did you know how? This is a simple wire mesh filter that is removable, washable and easily fits on your kitchen sink drain hole. This is the food…
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Continue reading →: Road Safety Rule… No crackers please
NGOs take on crackers on roads Radha Rajadhyaksha, TNN | Nov 8, 2012, 01.06AM IST Article MUMBAI: The very first rule of a police circular that is issued to police stations before Diwali ordains that no person can burst firecrackers on a street or public place; a diktat which…
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Continue reading →: Mumbai Mangroves in Mid day
Bureaucratic apathy killing our mangroves? Mushrooming of shanties and dumping of construction debris in mangrove forests and water bodies continues in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, as officials pass the buck November 05, 2012 MUMBAI Ranjeet Jadhav and Saurabh Katkurwar Though mangrove forests act as natural barriers against storms and…
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Continue reading →: Mobile Tower radiation check
31 Oct 2012 Adapted from Hindustan Times (Mumbai) Reetika Subramanian reetika.subramanian@hindustantimes.com Now, state-specific norms for mobile tower radiation ZoomBookmarkSharePrintTranslate MUMBAI: Following a directive from the union department of telecommunication (DoT), after pressure from Citizen Groups like the New Link Road residents Forum, the state government is coming up with state-specific…
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Continue reading →: Urban land use: be involved in your city’s development planning
Now, scrutinise civic body’s land use maps for mistakes ZoomBookmarkSharePrintTranslate BMC’S survey maps, found to have 1,200 discrepancies, are available with the UDRI, according to Kunal Purohit of Hindustan Times 31st October 2012 MUMBAI: Citizens who want to ensure that the city’s new development plan (DP), expected to be in…
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Continue reading →: Your water supply, stolen
Water theft and contamination This refers to our consistent complaints to the R-North ward office for water theft. When the city is facing a rare water shortage in mid monsoon & fears a scanty rainfall, ward no 1 is witness to huge water theft. This was damaging the property of…
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Continue reading →: No Beer Bars or Hookah Parlors please
Residents can oppose beer bar in area: HC Shibu Thomas TNN Mumbai: The Bombay high court, in a landmark judgment, has said local residents have a right to oppose a beer bar coming up in their neigbourhood. Observing that the fundamental right to live a “decent” life and ensure the…
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Continue reading →: Agricultural land scam, there goes our green [almost]
Another Scam in Dombivli, MLA’s and Chota Rajan erects 1500 Buildings in Agricultural Land. Mumbai. 20.June, 2012. Recent developments in a shocking construction scam have revealed that for all of CM Prithviraj Chavan’s efforts to wield a fist of iron with realtors, the politician-builder-underworld network continues to flourish and plunder…
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