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 Mithi is a river, not real estate [1]

What led you to file the public interest litigation (pil)?


On July 26, 2005, there was a deluge in Mumbai. It caught the administration unawares; all utility services broke down. I was one of those stranded, who spent the night under a flyover.

Kaushik Das Gupta [2]
Down to Earth [3]
Apr 15, 2010
Tags:
Wetlands [4], Mumbai [5], Water Resources [6], Urban Land Use [7], Rivers [8], Urban Encroachments [9], Public Interest Litigation (PIL) [10], Mangroves [11], Mithi [12], Urban Beautification [13], Floods [14], Forests [15]
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-encroachments
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-interest-litigation-pil
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mangroves
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mithi
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-beautification
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests