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EDITORS’ PICK

The best of Citizen Matters’ coverage curated by the editorial team

Asian Paradise Flycatcher. Pic: Manasi Warde
Environment

Be a citizen scientist, start with watching birds around you

September 26, 2023 Manasi Warde

Mumbai is bustling with urban wildlife. Apart from the common crows, sparrows and pigeons, there are tons of different species to explore.

Buckets, pots and bottles with water
Water Supply

How water crisis deepens gender inequality

September 6, 2023 Shiboni Sundar

Water scarcity, especially in informal settlements, affects all aspects of women’s life – income, health, education and overall well-being.

Society

Mumbai food stories: Labour, pray, eat

September 1, 2023 Gopal M S

The city is of the stomach, by the stomach, for the stomach. Everything we do, we do it for food. Here are a few images of food and people in Mumbai.

Picture showing Gokuldas Tejpal (GT) hospital, a civic-run hospital in South Mumbai.
Health

Mapping Mumbai’s hospitals

August 31, 2023 Sherine Raj

A mapping exercise of Mumbai’s hospitals highlights the disparity between basic infrastructure availability and needs of citizens.

Shorewalks conducted by MLOM
Environment

Rediscovering the forgotten marine life on Mumbai’s shores

August 29, 2023 Raniya Ansari

Mumbai, ‘ the city that never sleeps’, holds a secret: its shores too remain in a perpetual state of wakefulness hosting life.

National Para Swimmer Rahul Ramugade cannot enter Kalidas Swimming Pool at Mulund for his practice due to the lack of a ramp.
Infrastructure

Inaccessible public transport: Small changes can go a long way for differently-abled

August 11, 2023 Sherine Raj

Inaccessible public transport is a huge challenge for the differently-abled but better planning from the civic body can make life much easier.

Neetu Mehta at Churchgate railway station searching for people to help her get inside the train.
Commute

Inaccessible public transport: Difficult and expensive travel for differently-abled

August 9, 2023 Sherine Raj

Neetu’s journey shows the lengths to which differently-abled individuals must go to navigate a city designed without their needs in mind.

Poisar river flows between congested settlements of Hanuman Nagar
Governance

As monsoon intensifies, fear grips citizens living on the banks of Poisar river

July 25, 2023 Hepzi Anthony

Every monsoon residents of Hanuman Nagar on the banks of Poisar river, brace themselves for floods as the water level rises.

Volunteers collecting the waste accumulated at the mangrove forest during a clean-up drive at Seawood.
Environment

Saving Navi Mumbai’s mangroves, one week at a time, for over 150 weeks

July 17, 2023 Sherine Raj

Navi Mumbai’s NGO continues to preserve the fragile mangrove ecosystem with clean-up drives for over 152 weeks and removing over 250 tonnes of waste.

Mumbai International Airport
Commute

Medical facilities at Mumbai airport adequate for passengers, but not for visitors

July 11, 2023 Sherine Raj

Better awareness of medical facilities and dedicated medical emergency facilities for visitors will further strengthen systems at Mumbai airport.

Commute

Emergency medical rooms at every railway station will save lives say passengers

July 10, 2023 Sherine Raj

The inadequate medical facilities put tremendous pressure on railway authorities to handle medical emergencies at stations.

India United No. 5 (an NTC) Mill
Economy

Three years since COVID-19, Mumbai mill workers still without work and income

July 7, 2023 Himadyuthi V Deshpande

Hundreds of workers like Anjana and her father, have been home since the mills closed during the COVID pandemic and struggling to make ends meet.

empty buildings meant for rehabilitation
Governance

City fails to provide homes for those displaced by infrastructure projects

July 4, 2023 Shubham Kothari and Marina Joseph

With dilapidated, hazardous and out of bound buildings rehabilitation remains a distant dream for thousands of project affected people.

Society

Watch those links you click: Elderly population most affected by cyber frauds

June 30, 2023 Sherine Raj

Senior citizens are highly vulnerable when it comes to cyber frauds and stand to lose their life’s savings to a click of a link.

Education

Integrated coaching: Was it actually banned?

June 20, 2023 Janhavi Deshmukh

Students preparing for IIT-JEE and NEET entrances, prefer Integrated coaching despite serious concerns about stress and legality.

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