Reply affidavit on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Gavhan Koliwada Matsyavyavsayik Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit Vs City & Industrial Development Corporation & Others dated 28/01/2025. City & Industrial Development Corporation submitted a proposal for CRZ clearance for the construction of coastal road from …
people from about 104 villages of Thane district near Mumbai have threatened to break valves of the pipeline supplying water to the metropolis and bring the city's water supply to a halt. The reason: all their water sources have been completely diverted to Mumbai and they are facing acute drinking …
1892: Tansa phase I to supply 77 mld water to Mumbai 1915: Tansa phase II to increase the supply to 82 mld 1925: Height of Tansa dam raised to increase water supply to 150 mld 1948: Tansa phase IV adds 181 mld water to Mumbai 1948 to 1957: Modak Sagar …
On April17, 2006, the Munici-pal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (mcgm) moved into Mahakali Nagar, near Powai, with a police contingent and razed 276 slum units that were
The Concerned Citizen's Commission, a coalition of citizens groups, has submitted its enquiry report on the Mumbai deluge of July 26, 2005. The report holds poor drainage, sanitation and waste management system to be primarily responsible for the floods. But the Maharashtra government is yet to pay heed to the …
SC clears mill land sale: The Supreme Court (SC) has cleared the sale of mill land in Mumbai, setting aside an earlier Bombay High court order. The SC has upheld the Maharashtra government's amendment to the rules for development of the
the World Bank (wb) has suspended the grant of us $150 million loan to the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (mutp) to express its dissatisfaction over mutp 's resettlement package. But the Maharashtra government seems unfazed by the funding body's move. The bone of contention is the resettlement of over 2,500 …
The question whether in situ housing improvements should be made in slums, or slum-dwellers should be relocated, is an old one. It is also fraught with politics and controversy (see
dharavi has once again hit the headlines with new developments on the much-touted project that aims to convert Asia's largest slum into a "world-class' locality. The latest on the state government's list is a proposal to amend the clause of the Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, 1971, which stipulates that 60 …
early Tamil Muslim tannery owners, settling on a piece of land by the Mahim river in Mumbai, called it Dharavi. It is Tamil for loose mud. Early January this year, at the Pravasi Diwas at Hyderabad, non-resident Indian businessmen were upbeat over the opportunity in this loose mud. The refashioning …
the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (mcgm) recently issued guidelines for proper collection, transportation and disposal of construction and demolition (c & d) waste. Mumbai generates over 2,200 tonnes of c & d debris each day, which is 30-35 per cent of the total daily waste. At present, this responsibility …
How long have you practised at Gorai and what has been your experience? mkv: I have been practising at Gorai for the past 10 years. Some years ago, I used to come here from Parel and would commute by bus. A terrible stench, just before the bus approached Gorai, would …
This paper examines the impacts of measures to reduce emissions from passenger transport; specifically, buses, cars and two-wheelers. These include the possibility of converting diesel buses to compressed natural gas (CNG), as the Indian Supreme Court required in Delhi, which would necessitate an increase in bus fares to cover the …
The deluge that caught Mumbai by surprise on July 26, 2005 has sent warning signals to areas situated along Dahisar river. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai's (MCGM's) staff in R-north ward of the Dahisar area, its councillors and residents have woken up to the danger, but some proposed solutions …
MUMBAI'S medical waste mess got further complicated after a public interest petition was filed by A M Mascarenhas of the Consumer Welfare Association, a voluntary organisation. The petition, filed with the Bombay High Court (HC), hopes that "government and authorities concerned (should) construct and install incinerators in all hospitals/nursing homes …
LAND is equal to real estate in Mumbai. Any land, even when poisoned. In Dahisar, Mumbai's northernmost suburb, it is construction boom time, even by Mumbai's dizzying real estate standards. Sites for large residential and commercial complexes are selling sooner than you can say buy. The USP: proximity to both …
desperate people can do desperate things. But desperate people with no fear of regulation and no knowledge of the consequences of their action would definitely do desperate things that cause irreparable harm. Consider the case of how developers in Mumbai are buying real estate to build residential complexes on lands …
Recently, certain Mumbai temples have become sites of an initiative that's not entirely religious. Nirmalaya, floral offerings made by devotees, is composted at these temples and the manure is sold for Rs 20 per kilogramme. Nirmalaya manure has become quite a hit among devotees. The project is the brainchild of …
When the monsoon played truant in 1992, officials of the Mumbai-based Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (rcf) realised that the water-dependant company had to find alternatives to municipal water supply. They proposed rcf recycle sewage to run its plants. "The cooling towers of our plants require round-the-clock water supply. Any …
