Urban Environment
Mumbai News: Powai Residents To Form Human Chain Around Lake, Demand Action Against Water Hyacinth And Sewage Dumping https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-news-powai-residents-to-form-human-chain-around-lake-demand-action-against-water-hyacinth-and-sewage-dumping On Monday, The Free Press Journal had reported that the BMC has removed around 1,450 metric tonnes of hyacinth using fine harvest machines from the lake in a cleanup drive started from May 23. However, the residents have alleged that the removal of the weed will not effectively solve the entire issue as the weed will keep coming back due to untreated sewage water being dumped in the lake.
A silent "Save Powai Lake" human chain scheduled for Sunday called off as BMS has demanded an event fee of Rs. 11,00 for the protest... http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/121699129.cms
Toxic PoP waste lying around Powai lake for over two years https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toxic-pop-waste-lying-around-powai-lake-for-over-two-years/articleshow/121390360.cms More than 60 tonnes of PoP (Plaster of Paris) “harmful” waste has been lying along the circumference of Powai lake, and it has not been removed for more than two years, a city environmental group, Vanashakti, has pointed out.People associated with the group expressed the feeling that the authorities may have forgotten about the mounds of waste which is harming the water body besides polluting the water, This has been brought to the attention of the senior BMC officials for urgent action, said members of the environmental group.
Vijay Singh / Mumbai Mirror / May 25, 2025
A Road To Nowhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM0ypDSp81I INTACH Pune Chapter Apr 15, 2016
With increasing urbanization, often short term solutions are provided without thought to long term effects. The Pune Municipal Corporation planned and constructed a road on Mutha river bed under the garb of providing alternative to already congested Sinhgad road. This is a story of the river, the road and the struggle to ensure safety of citizens.
Mumbai Wakes Up To Layer Of Smog; What is Mumbai's Excuse For Deadly Air Pollution? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICyRjDS8udg | Urban Debate.. Today, municipal commissioner and state-appointed administrator Bhushan Gagrani announced that construction sites will be shut in areas where the air quality index (AQI) breaches 200, which is categorised as "poor," till the air improves. This discussion has been joined by some distinguished panelists. Former CEO Mumbai First Neville Mehta says, Why has the monitoring agency been sleeping all this time? The government is playing with the lives of common people.
Mumbai: Malabar Hill Residents Demand Geological Study & Construction Halt Amid Redevelopment Concerns
Recent developments have also strained infrastructure impacting roads, parking, and water supply in Malabar Hill
SHEFALI PARAB-PANDITUpdated: Sunday, August 04, 2024 "Construction of several high-rise buildings up to 40 floors is underway in the area. Can the Hill withstand this level of excavation and weight? We risk a disaster if we continue to ignore these issues .. Malabar Hill has already experienced two landslides in 2020, along with a road cave in. BG Kher Marg, which connects major junctions in South Mumbai and suffered extensive damage from a landslide, was reopened only after a closure of two and a half years.Recent infrastructure developments in South Mumbai, such as the Mumbai Coastal Road are expected to improve connectivity to the area where the city's affluent residents reside.
Union Minister of State Rao Inderjit seeks CBI probe into Gurugram waste exigency https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/rao-inderjit-seeks-cbi-probe-into-gurugram-waste-exigency-642376# Rao Inderjit, in a letter to Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has asked him to get the central agency to inquire how the concessionaire continued to flout all terms of the contract and push the city to solid waste exigency, but kept getting extensions and payments to the tune of Rs 350 crore. Modi के मंत्री ने अपनी ही सरकार का घोटाला खोल दिया! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXDlP6VIv_U Ashish Chitranshi | The News Launcher The News Launcher Alleges connivance of officials led to deplorable condition of city