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Continue reading →: Mangroves and Aviation Fuel
Airlines emit roughly 2 percent of human-caused greenhouse gases, but until the economic recession the aviation industry was among the fastest growing polluters. The carbon emitted by aircraft tens of thousands of feet (meters) high also remain entirely in the atmosphere, while carbon from ground level is partly absorbed by…
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Continue reading →: Coastal security and Mumbai
Our coastal security, compared to the US of A Mumbai’s 78-km long western coastline will continue to remain vulnerable with the Maharashtra government putting on hold the order it had placed for six high speed boats for patrolling the area. The lone high speed boat, Koyna, that had arrived in…
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Continue reading →: Supreme court delays Justice
We the residents were hoping for an order from the Hon. Supreme Court on the 7th May 2010. We recieved the order today, and here is what it says: Heard both sides. Record perused. [ Didn’t the judges see the destruction of mangroves in the photos presented by BEAG Advocates?] This interim…
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Continue reading →: Air pollution and citizens
People in North West Mumbai are suffering the effects of air and water pollution, due to the illegal slums which have encroached on mangroves in Borivli and Dahisar. The New Link Road Residents Forum are fighting to remove all the slums and replant mangroves here. In this video you can…
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Continue reading →: Fire in Mangroves
Today at 4 30 PM residents of New Link road were shocked to see thick smoke billowing out from the western edge of survey no. 344, a lush green stretch of mangroves in Dahisar West. The Fire Brigade, the local Police from MHB, officials from the Tehsildars office, and alert…
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Continue reading →: Environmentalists face Builder’s goons
Monday, 03 May 2010 Today was a day of intense action, once again, for the members of the New Link Road Forum. Because of our apprehension that the alleged Salt pan development work was destroying mangroves in CTS No. 1, Survey no. 344, at Dahisar, Mumbai, we had approached the…
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Continue reading →: Mangroves or People
In a strange series of incidents, at Dahisar and Borivali in the North West part of Mumbai, home to millions of people, there is a war going on. The residents who love nature are pitted against people who are dumping debris into lush mangrove forests here. It all started with…
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Continue reading →: Hello citizens of the World!
Welcome to the web log of ordinary residents of North west Mumbai. We love staying in this area, as it is surrounded by lush green mangroves to the North and West, which protect us from extreme temperatures and air and noise pollution endemic to any big city. We have formed the New Link…
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