Mumbai

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding damage to Parsik hill due to construction, Navi Mumbai, 27/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of K. Kumar, Conscious Citizen Forum Vs State of Maharashtra dated 27/05/2019 regarding construction and selling of flats resulting in damage to the Parsik Hill and the green belt at Navi Mumbai. Construction would involve cutting of trees and disturbance of forest land. Quarrying along the hill is destroying the bio-diversity, forest and affecting the water bodies. It is submitted that to prevent further destruction of bio-diversity and the hills, there is need to debar any further construction adjacent to hill slopes and hilltops.

Judgement Date:

29/05/2019

Tags:

Mountains, Mumbai, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Mining, Stone Industry, Deforestation, Air Pollution

Health

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation braces to curb illnesses during rain

Civic body's public health department trains its medical staff for dealing with monsoon-related diseases in city

Publication Date:

23/05/2019

Source: Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Mumbai, Monsoons, Waterborne diseases, Municipal Corporation, Health

Air Pollution

Mumbai more than twice as dusty as in 2001, data finds

“Mumbai has long taken its coastal wind for granted. Soon, the wind will be unable to clean pollutants in the air,” said Yash Mar-wah, founder of Let India Breathe

Publication Date:

20/05/2019

Source: Mumbai

Tags:

Maharashtra, Mumbai, Air Pollution, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Vehicular Pollution

Habitat And Urbanisation

Informality and state ‘Jugaad’: how urban governance works in Mumbai

How does the state govern cities where much of the economy is informal, on the margins of state regulatory institutions?

Publication Date:

10/05/2019

Author(s): Shahana Chattaraj

Source: Centre for Policy Research (CPR)

Tags:

Urbanisation, Governance, Mumbai, India

Health

Mumbai: 81% juices sold on roadsides unfit for consumption, says BMC

The civic body has decided to act tough against vendors selling such unhygienic drinks which may cause water-borne diseases among consumers.

Publication Date:

10/05/2019

Source: Indian Express (Mumbai)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Mumbai, Waterborne diseases, Food Safety, Municipal Corporation, Health Effects, Health

Solid Waste

Western Railway's drive turns futile as littering continues

The ground-plus-one storey slums next to Mahalaxmi carshed, where trains are cleaned and washed, have become a mini dumping ground.

Publication Date:

10/05/2019

Source: Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Mumbai, Waste Disposal, Garbage, Rail Transport, Solid Waste

Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding destruction of hill terrains and trees at Belapur, Navi Mumbai, 09/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of K. Kumar, Conscious Citizen Forum Vs State of Maharashtra dated 09/05/2019 regarding destruction of hill terrains and trees at Belapur, Navi Mumbai. Next date of hearing is given as May 27, 2019.