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Continue reading →: Milk adulteration, what can you do?
Residents lead charge against adulterators Linah Baliga & Nitasha Natu | Times News Network 11th Jan 2012 From filming adulterators on the sly to tipping off Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) officials and the police, citizens’ groups in several areas are now at the forefront of…
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Continue reading →: Illegal works in neighbourhood? You can complain, says Supreme Court
Today’s Times of India gives you no excuse now to ignore illegal encroachments in your neighborhood! Go ahead and lodge a complaint boldly…. Illegal bldg. works: Neighbors can join suit, says HC Shibu Thomas TNN 6/1/2012 Mumbai: Your neighbour can have a say if you put up an illegal…
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Continue reading →: Watch the moon and planets at Vintage Football Club, Dahisar on 6th Jan 2012
New Link Road in association with Vintage Football Club and Nehru Planetarium invites you. Date: 6th Jan 2012 Time: 6 PM to 11 PM Venue: Vintage Football Club, New Link Road. [Take left on New Link Road at West Coast Hotel after D Mart if you are coming by road…
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Continue reading →: Forum exposes illegal hazardous Mobile towers
New Link Road Residents Forum exposes yet another Health Hazard: Dr. Mathew, President of New Link Road Forum and a Physician, did a site survey along with Harish Pandey and found that these Mobile towers were less than 30 feet from the adjoining buildings. We filed an RTI with residents…
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Continue reading →: Mumbai going to the dogs
Feeding stray dogs? Read on.. 2011 dog bite cases: 67,463 & counting Sumitra Deb Roy TNN Times of India 23rd Dec 2011 Mumbai: Despite taking steps to curb the stray dog menace in the city, there seems to be a steady increase in the instances of dog bites. An RTI…
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Continue reading →: Who is asking for more slums?
Wonder why slums are increasing in Mumbai? Read today’s Times to find out who is responsible: Legislators pressed for a policy to regularize the 5,500-odd illegal structures in Thane as was done in Ulhasnagar. Decision on redevpt plan for suburban buildings soon: CM Ashish Roy I TNN During…
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Continue reading →: Slumbai
SLUMBAI The New Link Road Forum has been in the forefront in fighting to remove encroachments. The PAC has also confirmed our findings: PAC: Govt turned city into Slumbai Ashish Roy TNN Nagpur: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC)’s 2010-11 report has slammed the state government for failing…
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Continue reading →: Mobile Tower Radiation Hazards
Following repeated complaints from residents, we as a Forum decided to take up the case of hazards from Mobile towers. We thank Times of India for publishing this article in today’s Times of India pg 24 Panel for cap on cell tower radiation New Delhi: Sixteen years after mobile…
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Continue reading →: Mangrove cover in Mumbai and small victories
5,800 hectares of mangroves line city Shibu Thomas | TNN This is from the Times of India Dec 16th 2011: Six years after the Bombay High Court ordered a stop to the destruction of mangroves, Mumbai and its neighbouring areas now boast of more than 5,800 hectares of…
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Continue reading →: Mumbai’s green cover in danger zone
GREEN COVER IN RED Constant sea breeze, hugging mangroves and the adjoining Sanjay Gandhi National Park are among nature’s gifts to Mumbai, and yet the city’s Environment has suffered due to an ever-increasing urban sprawl. Wetlands encroached in Dahisar West for bus parking, slums and illegal garages and…






