Articles by Eshan Kalyanikar

Here’s how the city’s walk-in Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Centres — set up in hospitals under BMC, to arrest lifestyle diseases — are operating.

Mumbai’s coastal road project has faced backlash from various quarters since its inception. Is it too late now to make changes to this project?

Mahim fort is being restored for the first time since independence. However, what happens to those who have been living inside it for decades?

The state government, in collaboration with BMC, carries out a TB and leprosy survey on an annual basis. Here’s how it happens on the ground.

India’s National Tobacco Control Programme aims at helping a tobacco user quit. How effective is this policy in Mumbai?

Rapid rise in the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) prices has made the lives of auto and taxi drivers more difficult, as earnings don’t cover their expenses.

Manual scavenging is prohibited by law, yet it continues to thrive in Mumbai. BMC places the onus largely on private contractors, but is that really the case?

Scarcity of resources in Mumbai’s public hospitals like KEM Hospital results in heavy out-of-pocket expenditure for many seeking treatment here.

The BJP-led Maharashtra government’s move to shift the car shed for metro line 3 back to Aarey forest has reignited the Save Aarey movement.

Narali Purnima is closely linked to the Koli identity. It represents their heritage and their hope for a better tomorrow.

Bano has been doing odd jobs to survive since her early teens. Now, she is the second woman driver to be recruited by BEST bus.

Age-wise classification of cause of death in Praja Foundation’s health report for Mumbai throws up alarming figures. What could be the reasons?