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Continue reading →: International Meet on Combating Air Pollution
Why do we need an international meet in India, you may wonder. But most of you will not, if you are from India. One only has to land in India by air to see the alarming levels of air pollution. That is why we are holding an International Meet on…
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Continue reading →: Attempted burning of precious mangroves thwarted in Dahisar
A major fire that destroyed around 50,000 sq feet of mangroves bordering Dahisar and Mira Road, which was reported late on Wednesday night by locals was extinguished on Thursday by the Mumbai Fire Brigade officials. Alerted by the Forum and near by residents, Fire Brigade officials at the scene Harish…
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Continue reading →: Mangrove Selfie Point. What’s the point?
Recently Dahisar was in the news for Mumbai’s and probably India’s first Mangrove Selfie Point which was the culmination of many years of tireless efforts at mangrove preservation by local citizen activists of Mumbai, and funds provided from the BMC Corporator Shri Avkash Jadhav. The local Corporator and the ex…
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Continue reading →: Residents’ forum sets an example
Viju B | TNN When morning walkers stroll along the vast mangrove stretches along the Gorai creek breathing clean air, they silently thank a local residents’ forum that fought hard to protect 400 acres of the coastal forests. Two years ago, the New Link Road Residents’ Forum came to…
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Continue reading →: Mumbaiites, don’t save water; save the forests and rivers instead
Mumbaiites, don’t save water; save the forests and rivers instead, says Stalin D. of Vanashakti, on of the few people whom I know who know what they are talking about and who also do what is needed. Please read and pass on. This is from the Hindustan Times 14th April…
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Continue reading →: Esselworld caught in land grab crimeThis movie will surely shock you, as well as the perpetrators of this crime. Notice how they have started grabbing land outside their Amusement Park since 2014? Shot over a ten year period, this shows a classic case of the criminals thinking no one was watching them as they slowly…
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Continue reading →: 2,000 trees hacked in mangrove patch at Borivali at Dharma Nagar
2,000 trees hacked in mangrove patch at Borivli Trees were chopped with machines, residents blame administration’s apathy MUMBAI: In the third case of mangrove destruction reported within 15 days, around 2,000 trees were hacked on a wetland spread over two-and-a-half-acres in Dharma Nagar, Borivli (West). Locals, mainly from the New…
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Continue reading →: Burning rubber and plastic: Simple way to stopIf you see people burning rubber or plastic, here is what you can do. It is very simple and will not take more than five minutes.
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Continue reading →: DUMP DRAFT DEVPT PLAN – Borivali-Dahisar land use errors ignored to serve vested interests, say residents
Threat To City’s Mangroves Draft Marks Commercial Areas On High Tide Line The draft Development Plan 2034 is not only filled with errors and significant omissions, but has also proposed regularization of encroachments in the eco-sensitive coastal regulation zone-1 (CRZ-1) areas. Most of Mumbai’s CRZ-1 areas have a massive growth…
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Continue reading →: Mangroves being destroyed in Dahisar East in April 2015
“In total violation of the CRZ I, mangroves have been hacked near Saraswati Apartments. Close to 15 acres of wetlands are being reclaimed to convert the plot into a parking area for tourist buses,” said Harish Pandey, secretary, NLRRF. “At another location, near Vithal Rakhumai Mandir, mangroves have been cleared…





