COVER STORY | Citizen Matters, Mumbai

How anti-CAA NRC protests changed the lives of Mumbai’s women

October 19, 2020 Santoshee Gulabkali Mishra

Coming out on the streets to claim their rights has permanently changed the women. Here’s how.

The sad story of Mumbai’s first “slum self-development project”

October 17, 2020 Apekshita Varshney

17 years ago, a slum community in Mumbai tried to self-develop their settlement. As the project was moving towards completion, an alleged scam halted the construction and deprived the city of its first success story in self-development

COVID-19 mitigation measures have led to the neglect of one of Mumbai’s top killers

October 16, 2020 Pragnya Senapati

The focus on COVID-19 has lead to a drop in Tubercolosis Notifications which is a dangerous public health trend.

Starting the conversation on mental health

October 15, 2020 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Smile Simi is short film about mental health. Citizen Matters caught up with the story writer.

Solution to Mumbai’s housing crisis: enable people to build their own homes

October 13, 2020 Apekshita Varshney

Governments need to provide basic amenities, improve infrastructure, and offer the required technical and financial assistance. Houses can be built by people themselves.

Battles to board the local train

October 12, 2020 Hepzi Anthony

Shouldn’t the government consider implementing the option of staggering of office timings rather than block trains to many? Ask experts.

Do you have a broadcaster in you?

October 10, 2020 Supreet Gupta

Ham Radio is an exceptional hobby that also serves as a disaster management system, when other means of communication break down. A student from the Ham Radio Club, IIT Bombay tells us all about it.

Joy that flies in with winged creatures

October 10, 2020 Jahanvi J

Over 300 species of birds have been sighted in Mumbai, and many of them can be found in our neighbourhoods.

Ensuring worker safety: Spidermen need harnesses too

October 8, 2020 Arathi Manay Yajaman

When men balance on bamboo poles, with only their skill and experience separating them from a smashing end, several storeys down, your heart is in your mouth.

Funding Mumbai’s municipality: many options, no solutions

October 6, 2020 Apekshita Varshney

BMC is cash-strapped. It urgently needs to find newer sources of revenue and improve its financial management.

How the pandemic hit BMC’s coffers

October 5, 2020 Apekshita Varshney

India’s richest municipal corporation has found itself in a logjam. The pandemic has impaired its ability to meet expenses, even though its budget remains unspent year after year.

Mumbai protests the gang rape in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras

October 1, 2020 Jahanvi J

Chants of ‘Azadi’ from discrimination, rape, injustice rhymed in the air in Dadar. People from all ages were protesting the gang rape in Hathras

Of peepal roots and blocked drains

September 30, 2020 Viral Mistry

Are there peepul trees growing on your building? Read why you need to attend to them quickly.

BMC’s desperate attempts to get occupants out of collapsing buildings

September 29, 2020 Hepzi Anthony

Residents insist on staying in collapsing buildings. In such cases, BMC will now disconnect electricity and water supply.

I want to see a healthy India. Here’s what I am doing about it

September 28, 2020 Kiranpal Singh Dhody

Decreased physical activity means decreased endurance and fitness. Seasoned runners don’t take very long to get back, but non-regulars will find that it will take some effort to regain their pre-lockdown fitness levels.