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Continue reading →: Can BMC give Environmental clearance?
We wonder why there is such a hurry [by the State government] to clear new and often dubious housing projects by Builders, when more than 50% of existing flats in Mumbai are locked up by investors. Why should the state demand that local bodies clear environmental projects? And our experience…
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Continue reading →: Mangroves destroyed
On 12th December 2011, our Forum members along with Rahul Chauhan from Mangrove Society of India were shocked to see the brazen manner in which people, with support of certain political parties and corrupt officials, have cruelly destroyed precious mangroves in Borivali. This is what one of our members wrote:…
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Continue reading →: Mangrove killers punished with hefty fines
No relief for errant developer Builder To Pay 1.24Cr For Destroying Dahisar Mangroves Rajshri Mehta TNN Justice Tahiliani shiocked to see debris dumped on CRZ at Dahisar by Ravi Group Mumbai: Serving as a warning to environment violators, the Bombay High Court recently upheld a government order to fine Kandivli…
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Continue reading →: Mangrove Killers slapped fines for debris removal from Mangroves
No relief for errant developer Builder To Pay . 1.24Cr For Destroying Dahisar Mangroves We the residents of New Link Road are glad that justice is being done at last. Thanks to the Judges and all the officials concerned. Mumbai: Rajshri Mehta TNN 8th Dec 2011 says.. Serving as a…
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Continue reading →: From the salt pan, into the fire!
When there are thousands of empty flats in the city, bought by investors solely for profiteering, and builders are sitting on huge stocks of unsold property, this is what the Government is planning: 28th September 2011: Centre may unlock city’s salt pan land for housing! Naresh Kamath naresh.kamath@hindustantimes.com ..Union urban…
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Continue reading →: Water thieves externed from Mumbai
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/2-water-mafia-men-externed-relief-for-Borivli-residents/articleshow/10034188.cms Linah Baliga, TNN | Sep 19, 2011, 02.13AM IST Times of India 2 water mafia men externed, relief for Borivli residents MUMBAI: Two youths, Gangaram Kunchikar and Raja Bahadur Yadav, who belong to the water mafia, were externed by the MHB Colony police, Borivili (W). The externment order was…
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Continue reading →: Hookah parlor crusade in High Court
Hookah parlour case: Full text of PIL IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (L) NO. 111 OF 2010 Crusade Against Tobacco (A branch of The Nell Charitable Trust) & ors. .. Petitioners. vs Union of India & ors. .. Respondents Mr.…
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Continue reading →: Supreme Court judgement in full regarding S 344
Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATION NO. 23 OF 2010 The full text of the Judgement regarding Survey 344 Mangroves in Dahisar West which were in danger after Jayesh Shah of Ravi group tried to destroy them in 2010-11. IN CIVIL APPEAL NO. 4421…
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Continue reading →: Pollution from slums and illegal industries killing your brain
Todays HT 6th July 2011 by charu.kasturi@hindustantimes.com STUDY Research shows that exposure to level of particulate matter over prolonged periods, which is common in Indian cities, could damage key parts of the brain : Waiting at a traffic signal behind a vehicle spewing pollutants could hurt your ability to learn.…
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Continue reading →: That’s not a bus depot, it is precious mangroves in CRZ 1!
Afternoon Dispatch and Courier Saturday, June 18, 2011 By Adnan Attarwala New Link Residents Forum miffed over illegal parking of tourist buses on open land off IC Colony at Borivli West The illegal parking of tourist buses in a three acre open plot of land, close to the Ganpat Patil…
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