MUMBAI: Why are bicycles, which don't pollute, take up little space, are cheap and have virtually no maintenance cost, not a popular mode of travel in Mumbai? According to activists and cycling enthusiasts, the reasons are a mindset that favours motorised vehicles and a lack of infrastructure to promote cycling in the city.

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CURCHOREM, MARCH 28 — A delegation of the Mission Bypass Forum (MBF) of Curchorem met government officials on Wednesday, urging them to resolve the dust pollution and traffic congestion problems faced by people of Curchorem and Sanvordem.

Mulund: The octroi department of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to cut down 230 full-grown trees as part of a beautification project and for extension of the yard near Hari Om Nagar in Mulund east. The process of felling has already begun and almost the entire green stretch of trees next to the highway police chowky has been razed.

Urban renewal mission

MUMBAI: Traffic, construction activities and fire-crackers during festivities top the list of polluters in the city.

Even as the Bombay high court asked the state last week to issue a notification to demarcate "silent zones'' in the city, activists say this is only the first step. To effectively deal with sound pollution in Mumbai, authorities will have to tackle the noisy trio.