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Infrastructure

What makes a public space truly inclusive?

July 6, 2022 Rajeev Malagi

A well planned public space in a busy city like Mumbai could address several challenges that children and adults face today, in a post-pandemic world.

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Mumbai needs more BEST buses

July 30, 2021 Yash Mhadgut

BEST bus in Mumbai is running short of buses. As we open up the city post Covid-19, BEST needs to get its act together to win back its past glory.

Society

Whipping and worship on Mumbai’s streets

June 8, 2021 Aakanksha/PARI

Lakshman and his family, who belong to the Dhegu Megu SC community of Kodambal in Karnataka and worship Goddess Mariyamma, dance and whip themselves to earn a living in Mumbai.

Health

Seeking Covid-care in Kalyan: debt unto death

June 3, 2021 Aakanksha/PARI

Gopal Gupta, a vegetable vendor in Kalyan who tested Covid positive in March, spent nearly Rs 5 lakhs on private healthcare and still lost him later in a public hospital.

Health

In Palghar, the price of a pandemic

May 25, 2021 Shraddha Agarwal/PARI

Chaos reigns outside a state-run hospital in rural Maharashtra, with families – many from Adivasi communities – seeking beds or grieving a loss in a district ill-equipped to handle COVID19.

Economy

Mumbai’s metro lines: opportunity for locating jobs?

April 19, 2021 Sree Kumar Kumaraswamy, Madhav Pai and Kaustubh Chuke

A different way of looking at creating jobs – by spotting job dense areas around Metro lines.

Environment

Here’s how we can mitigate the ecological impact of Navi Mumbai airport

April 6, 2021 Nareshchandra Singh

The new Navi Mumbai airport is displacing many species of fauna, but citizens have an idea on how to make up for this.

Civic

The story of Dharavi’s elusive redevelopment

July 22, 2020 Aarohi Damle and Marina Joseph

Dharavi gives us a wake up call that social distancing is physically impossible on 250-odd hectares of land with a population of approximately 8,50,000 residents and where 10 or more people often stay in housing units measuring 250 sq. ft.

Society

Toys, some joy and a little hope in times of COVID-19

May 20, 2020 Kedar Nagarajan

In M East ward in Mumbai, children in poor and informal settlements are being engaged in creative learning activities to distract them from the stress of COVID-19.

Society

How residents of a low-income Mumbai settlement ensured food for their migrant neighbours

May 19, 2020 Malay Kotal

A single man’s drive and an empathetic community led to this community kitchen in Mumbai’s Pisavali, which has provided hundreds of food packets to migrant families.

Health

Cancer patients take shelter in the footpaths of Mumbai during lockdown

April 10, 2020 Aakanksha/PARI

With their money running out and little food and water available, cancer patients living on footpaths near the Tata Memorial Hospital are caught in the lockdown, with no way home.

Environment

Why fishermen in suburban Mumbai find their catch shrinking steadily

December 19, 2019 Subuhi Jiwani/PARI

Many in Versova Koliwada have a story to tell of dwindling fish – the reasons range from local-level pollution to global-scale warming. Both have combined to bring the impact of climate change to the city’s shores.

Environment

Aarey “forest” has fired-up Mumbai poll scene

October 9, 2019 Kanchan Srivastava

A metro car depot which will wipe out 2,646 trees at Aarey milk colony in Mumbai is an important electoral issue in the upcoming state elections.

Environment

Infrastructure and environment battle it out in the maximum city

April 28, 2019 Nikhil S Dixit

Several infrastructure projects are coming up in Mumbai, that could irrevocably damage the city’s coastline and green spaces. While environmentalists allege that projects were announced without public discussion and ignoring the environmental impact, political parties brush aside these concerns

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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