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Protest opposing the notice to take cemetery land for road widening
Society

Road widening may squeeze cemetery land: Catholics and Jews of Bandra worry about future

March 3, 2023 Dolphy D'souza

Catholic and Jewish communities worry about their cemeteries, even as the municipal corporation makes road widening plans to ease traffic.

Buildings of various heights reflected on a building with glass windows
Infrastructure

Interview: How Floor Space Index, or FSI, affects housing in Mumbai

October 12, 2022 Sabah Virani

Mumbai has a low base floor space index of 2.5 to 3. But effectively, it can go up to as much as 10. This interview explains what makes that possible.

Deepak Khilare sitting in a wheelchair, he is wearing a surgical mask. Beside him is his wife, her face is covered with a scarf. Their son is sitting next to her and beside him is Kishore Khilare looking at the camera. The picture is shot inside KEM hospital.
Health

KEM hospital experience shows what unplanned medical expenses mean for the masses

September 12, 2022 Eshan Kalyanikar

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

a mumbai citizen reads out a political party pamphlet
Governance

How the new mid-term Maharashtra government will affect Mumbaikars on-ground

July 28, 2022 Hepzi Anthony

A new government has taken oath in Maharashtra and citizens are bearing the brunt of drastic changes to existing policy.

Environment

Smoggy, but unfazed: Mumbai needs to take air pollution more seriously than it does

June 5, 2019 Apekshita Varshney

For many Mumbaikars, ‘air pollution’ is a Delhi or at most a North Indian problem. Yet, Mumbai air itself says otherwise on many a day. But are city authorities really aware and equipped to take the steps they need to?

Environment

Mumbai monsoons: Are citizens passing up a chance to solve the flooding issue?

July 25, 2018 Revathi Siva Kumar

Heard of Advanced Locality Management (ALM) in Mumbai? It is a programme under which citizens of a locality can get involved and work with the municipality to ensure resolution of civic issues. Can ALMs not work towards solving the city’s annual monsoon misery, one locality at a time?

Civic

MNS protest against Mumbai potholes is a bigger attack against pedestrians!

July 23, 2018 Vidyadhar Date

To protest potholes, axe-wielding men of the Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) dig up a well-laid footpath. Government authorities evict vendors from station premises and allow car parking in the space. Who cares for the pedestrian in Mumbai?

Environment

Life without plastic: Mumbaikars prepare to show the way

June 25, 2018 Arathi Manay Yajaman

The Maharashtra plastic and thermocol ban kicks in today. What is banned? What can happen if you violate the ban? And most importantly, what are your alternatives? A look at how the average Mumbaikar is preparing for life without plastic.


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