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Continue reading →: Forum salutes and stands with scribes
We the members of the New Link Road residents forum salute all the daring journalists who have dared to report against the evil doers and people who misuse power to oppress the citizens of India. These scribes fearlessly report on matters which concern every citizen of India, often at great…
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Continue reading →: Satellite mapping to help rescue GORAI MANGROVES
Satellite mapping to help rescue GORAI MANGROVES Times of India 9th June 2011 Images Will Be Compared To Those Taken In 2000 To Identify Encroachments That Occurred After The Cut-Off Year Viju B | TNN The government is taking recourse to satellite mapping to save one of the largest mangrove…
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Continue reading →: HT salutes wetland warriors of Mumbai
A closer look at how over the last 20 years, 40% of the city’s mangrove cover has been lost to rampant construction and encroachments. Hindustan Times Mumbai 2nd June 2011 RISING TIDE Over the last two decades, 40% of Mumbai’s mangrove cover has been lost to rampant construction and encroachments.…
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Continue reading →: FDA promises further action on food adulteration gang
Stale food racket may be bigger: FDA [Mumbai Mirror 20th May 2011] Agency gears up for crackdown on vendors of expired food products after a mobile van owner was caught in Borivali for tampering with labels Virat A Singh Posted On Friday, May 20, 2011 at 04:18:15 AM While officers…
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Continue reading →: Expired food-goods selling gang caught at I C Colony
Dahisar residents team up with FDA to trap man who sold stale goodies For two years, mobile van drove into IC Colony every Sunday and sold cosmetics and food products that were well past their expiry date Virat A Singh Mumbai Mirror Posted On Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 03:05:20…
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Continue reading →: Survey 344 Dahisar status in May 2011
Today the 14th May 2011 these videos and photos reveal the status of survey 344 after part of the debris has been removed From the southern end, the illegal debris filled bund is seen here: The massive amounts of debris dumped by this builder clearly visible The south west part…
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Continue reading →: Milk adulteration kingpin nabbed
The New Link Road residents Forum succeeded in another covert operation, thanks to crucial information provided by trusted informers, in nabbing Shankar, the tadipaar kingpin of the milk adulteration racket: News papers reported it: Times of India and Afternoon dispatch 13th May 2011 article explains it all: Milk adulteration gang…
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Continue reading →: Debris removal in S. 344 Dahisar
The Collector MSD Shri Nirmal Deshmukh and his team including the Tehsildar are doing an excellent work in removing debris from S. 344. For once we are glad to see dumpers! Everyday 100 to 150 dumper loads of debris are being removed and the bunds destroyed slowly. Here is a…
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Continue reading →: Bunds destroyed, mangroves get life-giving sea water after 1 year
FORUM, BEAG and COLLECTOR WIN BATTLE FOR MANGROVES Times, Mumbai Mirror and Hindustan Times excerpts: State starts razing illegal bunds in mangrove forest in S. 344 Viju B Times News Network 5/5/2011 Mumbai: A large patch of mangroves along the Gorai creek got a fresh lease of life after officials…
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Continue reading →: Forum fights Hookah menace
As a result of our persistent efforts, BMC serves showcause notices on hookah parlours in Borivli Today the 28th April 2011’s Times of India carried the news on page 7 as reported by Viju B, TNN Mumbai: The civic administration has issued showcause notices to nine restaurants and eateries in…
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