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Continue reading →: YOU Can Get Prompt Action
YOU Can Get Prompt Action Many Citizens find that when they make applications for certain services or for some corrections or make a complaint or representation to Government bodies they get no response. Now there is a very powerful law in Maharashtra which can empower…
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Continue reading →: Verdant coast guards of Mumbai Mangroves
Verdant coast guards Over the last few years, city mangroves have seen a lot of changes in terms of area cover and encroachment. dna did a ground check and here is what we found. DNA 9th May 2014 Pooja Patel @Poojapatel The most crucial coastal dwellers of the city, mangroves…
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Continue reading →: Maharashtra State Govt to grant special protection to wetlands
After relentless pressure and filing of PIL’s in Court, by environmental activists like the New Link Road Residents Forum, Vanashakti, OLCA and others, the State Government has finally realized the value of wetlands for the survival of Mumbai and other coastal areas. THE WETLAND RULES, 2010, RESTRICT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS…
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Continue reading →: Alert OLCA members stop Mangrove fire in Andheri
Timely action by alert members of the Oshiwara Lokhandwala Citizen’s Association [OLCA} prevented what would have been a major environmental catastrophe for Mumbai. They detected mangroves set afire by criminals out to reclaim wetlands for ‘development’, and stopped them from destroying our wetlands. Criminals are out to reclaim wetlands, even…
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Continue reading →: Mangrove and Wetland destruction to stop, NOW
State, police turned blind eye to mangrove destruction: Activists Anahita Mukherji TNN Publication: The Times Of India Mumbai; Date: Mar 23, 2014; Section: Times City; Page: 12 Mumbai: While the high court order earlier this week calling for a total ban on construction on wetlands is a victory…
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Continue reading →: High Courts steps in to stop wetland destruction
HC imposes ban on reclamation of city’s wetlands 20 Mar 2014 Hindustan Times (Mumbai) HT Correspondent htmetro@hindustantimes.com MUMBAI: In a significant order, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday imposed a complete ban on the reclamation of and construction on, wetlands in the state and stressed the need for a…
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Continue reading →: Reclamation and Wetland Destruction banned by High Court
HC bans reclamation, development across all state
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Continue reading →: R North ward Citizens meet BMC and Politicians
‘Save Dahisar’s mangroves, open spaces’ Citizens Speak Of the Need to Evict Encroachers at Public Discussion Organized By TOI Yogita Rao TNN 2nd March 2014 R-North ward includes Dahisar East and West, Borivali IC Colony & Mandapeshwar R-North ward will lose its charm if encroachments are not stopped. This was the…
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Continue reading →: How illegal slums attempted to be made legal by Politicians
As per the state’s pre-election 2014 plan to regularise all slums up to the year 2000, the Ganpat Patil Nagar slum could be one of the beneficiaries but lies on CRZ-1 No Development land; the government has already regularised pre-1995 slums in other areas. ■ BMC has been trying to…
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Continue reading →: Pre 1995 slums to be ‘protected’
Slum transfer policy to protect 4 lakh structures Clara Lewis TNN Mumbai: The state government will announce a transfer policy to provide immediate protection to four lakh slum structures, said sources. The policy will fast-track protection to slums as it does not require legislation. “In slums where the 1995 cut-off is…
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