PCMC Mayor inaugurates unique “Billboard That Breathes” installation at Kharghar

PCMC Mayor Dr Kavita Choutmol inaugurates “Billboard That Breathes” installation at Kharghar, Navi Mumbai

The unique installation by Waatavaran mimics human lungs and demonstrates the impact of real time pollution on them Kharghar/Navi Mumbai/PCMC: City based environmental organisation, Waatavaran (Climate, Environment and Sustainability Foundation (WCES), recently set up an installation at the Bank of India signal junction at sector 7 in Kharghar. The installation, called “Billboard That Breathes”, which […]

How to handle and cook chicken and other poultry safely amid bird flu

How to handle and cook chicken and other poultry safely amid bird flu

Tips on how to buy, handle, cook and eat chicken, eggs and other poultry safely to rule out the danger of getting infected by the bird flu virus The Bird Flu or Avian Influenza, is scaring people away from poultry products, especially chicken, with mixed feelings amid meat eaters around the world questioning one another […]

Can you eat chicken and eggs during bird flu?

Can you eat chicken and eggs during bird flu?

While it is better to avoid eating poultry products, like chicken and eggs, amid the Bird Flu, it is not totally unsafe to consume with some precautions in place.    The covid-19 pandemic has not yet subsided and the bird flu, or Avian Influenza, seems to have started spreading it’s wings around, with cases being […]

Kharghar sectors 34, 35, 36, 37 most polluted

Kharghar sectors 34, 35, 36 and 37 most polluted after Taloja area

The main sectors in Kharghar with mass housing projects like Swapnapurti and CIDCO Valley Shilp, along with some prestigious high rise towers, are also the most polluted ones Kharghar/Taloja / Navi Mumbai/Panvel: For many home seekers, sectors 34, 35, 36 and 37 in Kharghar are the prime sectors owing to the fact that they house […]

“Save The Paws, One Collar at a Time”: Pawsibilities!

“Save The Paws, One Collar at a Time”: Pawsibilities!

Meet the volunteers of CreateTogether Foundation who have been tying reflective radium belts to the necks of street dogs in Navi Mumbai to protect them from accidents and also to given them an identity Kharghar / Navi Mumbai: There are hundreds of thousands of street dogs in Navi Mumbai and all of them roam around […]

Navi Mumbai needs dog parks: City pet dog parents urge

Navi Mumbai needs dog parks: City pet dog parents urge

With the number of pets increasing every month, Navi Mumbai pet dog parents demand dog parks in prime nodes of the city, more than ever, now that one is coming up in Vashi. Navi Mumbai: Pet parents in the city are very excited to have got their first ever “Pet Corner” and the news that […]

Meet the Young Sunday Eco Warriors Cleaning Our Mountains and Ponds

Meet Navi Mumbai’s Sunday Eco Warriors Cleaning City Mountains and Ponds

Aged between 18 and 27, these young boys and girls, students and corporate workers alike, spend their Sundays cleaning mountains and ponds in Navi Mumbai Navi Mumbai: They are young, have other jobs to do and only get Sundays as weekly offs from their schooling or demanding corporate jobs. But that doesn’t stop them from […]

Next Stop NMMC's Upcycled Art Toilet Bus

Next stop: NMMC’s Upcycled Art Toilet Bus

NMMT transforms two defunct and scrap buses into portable unisex toilets, with art written all over them Navi Mumbai / CBD-Belapur: Well, thanks to the NMMC, citizens of Navi Mumbai will now be able to relieve themselves while admiring “Art”! Yes, you heard it right! Two defunct NMMT buses have been transformed into, what they […]

Taloja pollution is back: Pungent smell fills up the air again

Taloja pollution is back: Pungent smell fills up the air again

Hardly a month after the MPCP is said to have taken action against 8 polluting companies in Taloja, ordering 4 to shut down, and issuing notices to the remaining ones, the pollution in Kharghar from Taloja is back. Kharghar / Taloja / Navi Mumbai / PMC: Residents were just about getting used to the low […]

No relaxation on inflated electricity bills: Consumers will have to pay as per correct meter reading

No relaxation on inflated electricity bills: Consumers will have to pay as per correct meter reading

From hinting at a ‘Diwali Bonus’ for troubled electricity consumers across the state to asking them to pay the full billed amount, the energy department has left many disappointed Much to the surprise of many electricity consumers in Maharashtra, the energy minister, Nitin Raut, recently announced that the state government would not provide any relief […]