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Mumbai's faith, food and identity: The battle over sacred traditionsThe evolution of Mumbai from seven islands into a bustling urban center illustrates the ongoing tension between age-old traditions and cont...
Dharavi redevelopment poses one of India's biggest real estate execution tests: HSBCThe Dharavi Redevelopment Project, one of the world's largest urban regeneration initiatives, presents a "massive execution challenge"Group...
Dharavi to become a smart city: HSBC says Asia's largest slum could soon have metro stations, green spaces & 125,000 new homesDharavi's massive redevelopment project, a joint venture between the Maharashtra government and Adani Group, aims to transform the Mumbai s...
SC allows cutting of 45,000 mangroves for Mumbai Coastal Road projectThe Supreme Court has permitted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to cut more than 45,000 mangroves. This is for the proposed Versova-...
Bombay HC nod to Adani group to cut 209 mangroves for power line constructionThe Bombay High Court has granted the Adani group permission to cut 209 mangroves for a high voltage transmission line deemed critical to b...
CIDCO transfers over 2,000 acres mangrove land to Maharashtra forest departmentOut of the total land parcels, nearly 690 acres of land is in the possession of CIDCO, and it has given no objection to the balance of 1,55...
Mangroves destruction, unplanned construction to blame for flooding in Mumbai: ExpertsSimilar concerns have also been raised by agencies like the Mangrove Society of India (MSI), which in its 2019 report stated that 75 cases ...
Design of Thane bullet train station reworked to reduce number of mangroves affected: NHSRCLNHRSCL MD Achal Khare said in a statement that all the required wildlife, forest and CRZ clearance has been taken. He said the forest clear...
Kapil Sharma in trouble again: FIR against comedian for destroying mangrovesThe actor had allegedly dumped debris near mangroves behind his bungalow in Versova.
Kapil effect: Fences soon to protect mangrovesAccording to police, popular standup comedian Kapil Sharma allegedly dumped the debris near mangroves behind his bungalow in suburban Verso...
Mangrove cover grows 20% in Maharashtra in 2 yearsTen years after the Bombay high court directed the state government to declare mangroves as reserved forest, the results are showing. The m...
Increase in area covered by mangroves in Mumbai: Sudhir MungantiwarThe area covered by mangroves in Mumbai has seen a substantial rise, the Maharashtra government today said.
- HC allows CIDCO to cut mangroves, clearing Navi Mumbai airport
Bombay HC allowed Maharashtra govt's town planning agency, CIDCO, to cut mangroves in an area of 108 hectares, paving way for international...
Mangroves in Maharashtra may get status of ‘reserved forests’The state government may declare mangroves as “reserved forests”. Currently, mangroves on government land are deemed “protected forests” wh...
- State govt to kick off mangrove rejuvenation drive in Mumbai
In an ambitious attempt to rejuvenate mangroves in Mumbai, the state government is about to launch a Rs 50 lakh mangrove plantation program...
- Once rich in biodiversity, Konkan mangroves on the decline now
The diversity and distribution of present day mangrove vegetation along the west coast and Konkan in particular, is under tremendous stress.
- 200 residents take green path to save mangroves
More than 200 residents of Nerul and Seawoods joined hands to save mangroves.
- Mangrove makeovers could save greenery
Protecting areas around the fast-diminishing and increasingly polluted creeks and mangroves could therefore go a long way towards preservin...
- Realty boom takes a toll on mangroves
The boom in the real estate sector in Mumbai and Thane has claimed 30% of mangroves - the natural buffer between land and sea.
- State fails to meet HC deadline on mangrove mapping
The Maharashtra government is all set to cut a sorry figure before the Bombay High Court for its failure to complete satellite mapping of m...