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World Environment Day: 650 Volunteers Gather For Beach, Lake Clean-up And Tree Plantation In Maharashtra And Odisha

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June 5, 2019
World Environment Day: 650 Volunteers Gather For Beach, Lake Clean-up And Tree Plantation In Maharashtra And Odisha
Maharashtra Swachh Warriors World Environment Day
Beach warriors clean-up lakes and beaches in Maharashtra, collect 6.5 tonnes of waste and plant over 2000 saplings in Mumbai and Odisha ...
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No More Dumping Of Waste At Versova’s Mangroves As They Get Bio-Fences, A Natural Barrier

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June 5, 2019
No More Dumping Of Waste At Versova’s Mangroves As They Get Bio-Fences, A Natural Barrier
Maharashtra World Environment Day
In a bid to protect mangroves from waste, Versova opts for bio-fences, where plants are grown on a frame which in turn prevent the garbage from being dumped directly on to the mangroves ...
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Brihanmumbai Electric Supply And Transport To Get 20 Electric Buses By Next Month And 60 More By End Of The Year

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May 10, 2019
Brihanmumbai Electric Supply And Transport To Get 20 Electric Buses By Next Month And 60 More By End Of The Year
Air Pollution Electric Vehicles Maharashtra News
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport will get a subsidy under the Faster Adoption And Manufacturing Of (Hybrid And) Electric Vehicles India Scheme of the Department Of Heavy Industries for deploying 80 electric buses in its transport fleet ...
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This 84-year-old Artist And Water Warrior Has Single-Handedly Saved 20 Million Litres Of Water In Last 12 Years

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May 8, 2019
This 84-year-old Artist And Water Warrior Has Single-Handedly Saved 20 Million Litres Of Water In Last 12 Years
Maharashtra Waste Warriors Of India
Meet 84-year-old Aabid Surti who on every Sunday goes door to door to fix leakages and save water ...
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High Court Allows Dumping Of Solid Waste At Mumbai’s Deonar Ground Till December 31 Due To Lack Of Space

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PTI
April 9, 2019
The judges took note of assurance given by the BMC that it would use only 70 hectares of the Deonar site to dump solid waste
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: In 2013, the Bombay high Court directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to close the dumping grounds at Deonar and Mulund within three months due to the lack of waste treatment plants at these places ...
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A 40-Year-old Cyclist Pedals From Chandigarh To Mumbai To Spread Awareness On Environmental Issues

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PTI
March 27, 2019
A 40-Year-old Cyclist Pedals From Chandigarh To Mumbai To Spread Awareness On Environmental Issues
Air Pollution Chandigarh Maharashtra News
In a bid to raise awareness on the issues related to the environment, Rajiv Kumar, a resident of Chandigarh cycled to Mumbai in 50 days and plans to pedal from Kashmir to Kanyakumari for the same ...
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How A Visit To Mumbai’s Landfill Inspired A 23-Year-Old To Embark On A Zero Waste Journey

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February 26, 2019
T. Lalita from Mumbai has cut down her waste generation by 20 per cent
Waste Warriors Of India
From practising in-house composting, ditching plastic items to switching to a menstrual cup, here’s how T. Lalita from Mumbai is changing her lifestyle to manage waste at an individual level ...
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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Inspires Mumbai Society To Generate Revenue From Waste

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February 26, 2019
A housing in Mumbai sets an example on waste management
Waste Management
A housing society in Goregaon, Mumbai has converted close to 3.5 tonnes of waste in to 400 kilos of manure within a period of one year. The manure is being used in the newly developed garden ...
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ODF Mumbai, A Reality Check: With 75-100 People Per Toilet Seat, Is Mumbai Really Open Defecation Free?

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February 25, 2019
Mumbai was declared open defecation free in July 2017
Open Defecation Free Mumbai
110 toilet blocks have been constructed since 2014 in Mumbai, a city with 1.84 crore population. Are the toilets enough to sustain the title of Open Defection Free conferred upon the city in July 2017? ...
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ODF Mumbai, A Reality Check: Overused, Unclean And Lesser Number Of Toilets For Women Are Just Some Of Mumbai’s Sanitation Woes

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February 25, 2019
Open Defecation Free Mumbai
Though Mumbai have met all the parameters to be called an open defecation free city, it needs to solve problems like lack of water connection, overuse of toilets, gender disparity and others related the usage of public and community toilets ...
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ODF Mumbai, A Reality Check: Five Public Toilets In Mumbai’s Crowded Places That Set A Swachh Example

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February 25, 2019
Public toilets in tourist and crowded places in Mumbai cater to 100 to 1,000 users daily
Open Defecation Free Mumbai
From having disable-friendly toilet seats, installing sanitary napkin vending machines to providing international hygiene standards for free, here’s how public toilets in crowded Mumbai are faring ...
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ODF Mumbai, A Reality Check: Understanding The Issue Of Open Defecation And Garbage On Mumbai’s Railway Tracks

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February 25, 2019
18 months after Mumbai was declared Open Defecation Free, people continue to defecate on railway tracks
Open Defecation Free Mumbai
With commuters littering railway tracks and platforms, defecation on railway tracks and poorly maintained toilets on platforms, can Mumbai have a Swachh rail experience in future? ...
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