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Continue reading →: Mumbai salutes Forum activities
CITIZENS FOR THE CITY Mumbaikars battle to reclaim city In 2010, Ordinary Citizens Had Authorities Perennially On Their Toes With Fervid Activism — Linah Baliga Milk adulteration racket busted —Sukhada Tatke Times of India Mumbai edition 27th December 2010 page 5 It started with the residents of Borivli, Kandivli and…
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Continue reading →: Judge takes stock of destroyed mangroves
Judge takes stock of mangroves Here are some news articles which reported on the site visit by the Principal Jugde Hon. Tahiliani on the 3rd of December to see the destruction caused to the environment by Jayesh Shah. ‘Bund Built On Dahisar Tract Choking Trees’ Viju B TNN Mumbai: For…
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Continue reading →: Satellite Images never lie
Residents paid $500 for sat images of illegal structures Sharad Vyas, TNN, Nov 17, 2010, 06.28am IST Tags:Illegal Structures|BMC MUMBAI: The BMC will not miss out on the opportunity to use high-resolution satellite images to demolish more illegal structures that have come up on the city’s footpaths and roads. Like…
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Continue reading →: How to save NDZ and CRZ 1 at Borivali
A plot of land to the west of the almost complete New Link Road, which used to be farmland belonging to some local families, got filled in with debris in 2006. Our Forum was formed in 2009. This is how the plot used to look in October 2006 just before…
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Continue reading →: Justice for millions, no slums on mangroves
A civilised society is known by how it cares for the silent and unheard voices crying for justice. Imagine your child coughing all night due to noxious fumes and pollution emanating from lush green mangrove forests where instead of pure oxygen it is getting fumes of toxic substances. Imagine the…
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Continue reading →: Illegal structures demolished
The BMC, after repeated complaints by citizens of New Link Road Forum, undertook a massive demolition action against approx 200 illegal commercial structures in Ganpat Patil Nagar, off New Link Road, Borivali to Dahisar. It was a welcome action by the R-North ward office of the BMC under the leadership…
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Continue reading →: No Shanghai or Slumbai here
This is what our kids are telling our great politicians, Planners, Builders and local Koli fishermen, who want to destroy the priceless mangroves for a few rupees, against the law.
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Continue reading →: Builder’s lawyer arrested
Lawyer held for making threats 30th September 2010 Mumbai: A lawyer working on behalf of Jayesh Shah of the infamous Ravi group of Builders was arrested by the MHB Colony police recently in connection with a case where a group of environmentalists had been threatened at Dahisar in May. Advocate…
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Continue reading →: No Mobile towers in Mangroves
BMC will target cell towers in mangroves, after persistent efforts by New Link Road Forum Viju B TNN Times of India 30th Sept 2010 page 8 Mumbai: The civic authorities are planning to crack down on illegal mobile towers that have come up in mangroves in CRZ 1. The CRZ…
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Continue reading →: Forum foils dumper again
In broad daylight right under the nose of the beat marshals, alert New Link Road Residents Forum members found trucks filled with debris entering Galli number 10 in CRZ land to fill wetlands in Ganpat Patil Nagar, an illegal slum colony in Borivli- Dahisar off New Link Road. We immediately…
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