GENRE: Explainers

Organise events like weddings and festivals in a planet-friendly manner by adopting these simple, creative and effective ways to reduce your waste.

What can you do if you find that the food product you have purchased is adulterated or spoilt? How do authorities check food adulteration?

Green sewage treatment plants are emerging as a contender in the fight against water scarcity and pollution. Here is how your housing society can get one.

For all communities looking at sustainable waste management, here’s a primer on segregating waste and the proper way to handle each stream.

Thousands of abandoned vehicles have led Mumbai police to launch a ‘Khatara Hatao’ campaign. But what else can owners do with end-of-life vehicles?

At the backdrop of a climate crisis, an active citizen lists ways to be sustainable in Mumbai by using low waste alternatives.

Police stations are the closest point of contact to a citizen on matters of law and order. Here is what to expect when you visit a police station in Mumbai.

Trees are essential for climate change mitigation. Here’s how to make sure tree cutting in Mumbai is done legally, and how to halt it if it isn’t.

Active citizen participation is important for citizens to understand how its civic budget is spent. A citizen audit in Mumbai could facilitate this.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) governs Mumbai through elected officials. Here is how the administration is structured.

For Mumbai’s slum population, living in dilapidated conditions, donations of pre-owned belongings in good condition could be very helpful.

There are 6 parliamentary constituencies, 36 assembly constituencies and 227 civic body constituencies in Mumbai. Here’s how to find which you belong to.