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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray puts forest department on Panje wetland mangroves hacking case
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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray puts forest department on Panje wetland mangroves hacking case

by Staff Reporter August 31, 2020
written by Staff Reporter
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray puts forest department on Panje wetland mangroves hacking case
Panje wetlands in Uran, Navi Mumbai are natural habitats for birds

Navi Mumbai / Uran: Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has asked the Maharashtra state forest department to look into the illegal hacking of mangroves at the Panje wetland in Uran. The directive comes after numerous complaints by environmental activists and local residents, about the illegal act of destroying the mangroves in Uran.

Apparently, the revenue department officials would be joining the enquiry along with the forest department.

The forest department informed that they had been contacted by the CM’s office and that the secretary of forest department, Milind Mhaiskar, will be handling the matter personally.

Environmental organisations like NGO NatConnect Foundation and Conservation Action Trust (CAT), have been pursuing the matter with local authorities since long and are surprised at the audacity of the environment offenders who have continued to hack the mangroves despite all the commotion around the matter.

The organization are of the opinion that such bold activities cannot be carried out unless done with the consent of authorities involved.

Local residents believe that this could be yet another case of land grabbing for commercial projects just like the wetlands at Nerul were finally given out for commercial development and another Golf Course in the city.

The need for yet another Golf Course in the city still remains a highly debated topic with a majority of Navi Mumbai residents completely vooting against the administration’s decision to diplomatically permitting construction after months of “genuinely considering the pleas of environmentalists and local residents”.

Residents believe that the wetlands at Panje may get illegally acquired by land grabbers who must be working in collaboration with the authorities or those with vested interests.

The fight to get Panje wetlands (that stretch from Panje to Dongri), declared as a protected Bird Sanctuary is going to be a long one and the outcome will be based on the interests of the administration and the government.

Ironically, all this has been happening even after the directive of the Maharashtra state environment minister Aditya Thackeray to halt all construction at Panje.

Even the High Court appointed Mangrove Committee’s directive to CIDCO regarding the preservation of the mangroves in the area seems to have fallen on deaf ears.

The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) had informed in writing to the High Court that Panje was under CRZ-1.

In a similar fashion, the wetlands in Pagote and Bhendkhal wetlands have been bearing the price of lethargy to a great extent.

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Navi Mumbai Rains: Monsoons come in full flow in the city
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Navi Mumbai Rains: Monsoons come in full flow in the city

by Staff Reporter August 19, 2020
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Monsoons show their full force in Navi Mumbai and Mumbai, with dark clouds lashing every part of the two cities and areas in the Thane and Raigad regions from Airoli to Panvel.

The Navi Mumbai rains have been rendering the skyline dark since the last week, and this week too, things seem to remain the same. The monsoons have finally set in and are lashing the city and surrounding areas in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

Needless to say, rainwater related issues have already started to trouble those who have to step out amid the ongoing pandemic. Water logging has been reported from several places in Mumbai.

In Navi Mumbai, areas in the Thane region, from Airoli to CBD-Belapur, and those in Raigad, from Kharghar to Panvel, have had a fair share of the monsoons during the week that went by and by the looks of it, are headed towards another week of heavy rains.

In Kharghar, the rainfilled dark clouds lashed every nook and corner of the node throughout the past week, through the day and the night.

All Kharghar waterfalls, ponds, streams and dams are flowing to their brim, owing to the rains.

The Indian Met Department has forecast heavy rains during three week and hence the local administration has requested citizens to venture out only when necessary.

Fishermen on the coastal areas have been advised to remain off the sea.

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Power cuts in Taloja Ghot Camp
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Power cuts in Taloja Ghot Camp

by Staff Reporter August 8, 2020
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Taloja, Ghot Camp, has been experiencing frequent powercuts since months
(Picture Courtesy: Suraj Prajapati)

Navi Mumbai / Taloja / PMC: Residents of Ghot camp, Taloja, have been a troubled lot owing to power cuts that take place any time, any day without any information or resolution.

On Friday, the power went out at in the wee hours of the morning and did not get restored before 1:00 am in the night.

Suraj Prajapati, resident of Mahaavir Majesty at Ghot Camp, shared, “Ever since the cyclone had visited the city, power supply in our area has not been the same with frequent long hours of power cuts. There is no prior information or any resolution to the issue.”

On asked if they had been following up with the MSEB department, he shared.

“Frankly, most of the time the phone never conencts at all and when it does, we just get the same reply – repairs going on! We understand that it was necessary to repair after the cyclone had been through the city, though it hardly caused any issues, but this has been going on since that day.”

“On Friday, the power went off at around 5:00 am in the morning. We tried contacting the MSEB but the number did not connect or kept ringing. The power supply resumed at around 1:00 am at night,” he adds.

We tried contacting the Taloja MSEB department but could not connect.

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NMMC asks malls in Navi Mumbai to close down again
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NMMC asks malls in Navi Mumbai to close down again

by Staff Reporter August 7, 2020
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Navi Mumbai / PMC: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), has asked all malls in Navi Mumbai to shut down again after they were allowed to reopen recently after months of lockdown. The reason, they said was ignorance of social distancing norms and other related issues.

The NMMC had allowed the reopening of all malls in Navi Mumbai from 5th August, under the condition that mall managements across the city would ensure that safety measures were in place and social distancing norms were followed.

However, when malls in Navi Mumbai did open, there came reports of complete ignorance of all safety measures and social distancing norms, as crowds thronged the malls undeterred.

To add to the issues, it was also reported that many people had travelled from outside Navi Mumbai to be able to shop at malls, further ignoring the rule about travelling between cities.

Taking into account the sheer ignorance of the people about social distancing norms and the inability of mall administrations to ensure safety measures, the NMMC though it wise to shut down the malls until a mutual understanding was reached.

Many people seemed to be unhappy about NMMC’s decision to shut malls in Navi Mumbai once again as they felt that there were only a few cases of disobedience.

Also, people believe that there were hardly any people in most of the malls owing to the rains and that it could have been a few exceptional cases.

However, many people were of the opinion that the NMMC reserved the right to shut the malls down if they sensed ignorance or the rules set by them for the general well-being of the people on a whole.

The NMMC explained thier take on the matter by saying that owing to the fact that malls in Thane and Kalyan still remained shut, there was a high possibility of people travelling to malls in Navi Mumbai, and posing greater risk of spreading the coronavirus.

Also, the said crowd that had converged in malls at some places in the city, may have been such people travelling from neighbouring places.

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Heavy rains lash Navi Mumbai causing tree falls, water logging and power outages
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Heavy rains lash Navi Mumbai causing tree falls, water logging and power outages

by Staff Reporter August 6, 2020
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Rains continue to lash Navi Mumbai, Mumbai and Thane areas as the IMD issues a red alert for the next 24 hours

Heavy rains lash Navi Mumbai causing tree falls, water logging and power outages
Rains and heavy wind gusts battered Navi Mumbai on Wednesday

Navi Mumbai / Kharghar: Short violent gusts of wind and rain lashed several nodes of the Navi Mumbai on Wednesday. While it had been raining since Tuesday through the day and night, the rain got a little violent the next day, sending the city in a frenzy of sorts.

As it rained heavily with aggressive gusts of winds blowing along, several parts of the city reported rain related issues.

Trees were uprooted inside several localities, streets and even along the highways.

Heavy rains in Navi Mumbai caused tree falls at several societies, roads and highways (Picture Courtesy Sachin Thokal)

At some places parked two wheelers were thrown off their stands and on the ground. Even cars parked outside societies were damaged as huge branches of trees fell down upon them and some were turned over.

Heavy rains lash Navi Mumbai causing tree falls, water logging and power outages
Many cars in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai were damaged as tree branches fell down on them during the heavy rain – (Picture Courtesy Sanjay Mengshetti)
Heavy rains lash Navi Mumbai causing tree falls, water logging and power outages
In Kharghar, cars were turned over owing to the strong gusts of winds (Picture Courtesy Rahul Singh)

All low lying areas in Navi Mumbai faced waterlogging problems within just a few minutes of rainfall.

Power outages were reported at many nodes of Navi Mumbai.

In Kharghar, winds blew violently with heavy rain, uprooting trees at some places, blowing off unattended and loose materials on roads and causing a short power outage in several sectors in Kharghar and Taloja.

The PMC area was not spared either with Panvel and other areas getting their share of heavy rains creating a similar scenario like the rest of the city.

The rain continued to pour during the night too.

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Monsoon sets in Navi Mumbai: Heavy rains lash city
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Monsoon sets in Navi Mumbai: Heavy rains lash city

by Staff Reporter August 5, 2020
written by Staff Reporter

Navi Mumbai / PMC: The monsoons have finally set in with Navi Mumbai and Mumbai receiving heavy rain since the last two days, with parts of Mumbai getting as close to 268.6 mm of rainfall on Tuesday.

In Mumbai, rain had been falling for a straight 24 hours and BMC’s disaster management department’s phones kept ringing with reports of tree falling, short circuits and watrer logging at several places.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar for today (Wednesday) warning of extremely heavy rain at isolated places.

In Navi Mumbai, both districts, Thane and Raigad, have been receiving heavy rains since yesterday till now.

Navi Mumbai nodes from Airoli to Panvel received good amount of rain through Tuesday till today.

Heavy rains in Navi Mumbai caused uprooting of trees, potholes, water logging and traffic issues in several parts.

In Kharghar, it has been raining since yesterday, through the night and today (Wednesday).

As a result of the heavy rains in Kharghar all local waterbodies, like the Kharghar Waterfalls, Driving Range Waterfalls, ponds and streams have been overflowing.

The IMD has forecast heavy rains for the next day in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.

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Rains continue to elude Navi Mumbai
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Rains continue to elude Navi Mumbai

by Staff Reporter August 1, 2020
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Rains continue to elude Navi Mumbai
The sky remained cloudy in Kharghar

Navi Mumbai / PMC / Kharghar: It is the weekends and ther has been no rain in Navi Mumbai. The climae remained hot and humid on Saturday too with some playful clouds showing up from to time without any actual rain.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had last forecasted rain to arrive during the end of July and though it did make an appearance at the start of the week, it didn’t rain after that.

The climate in Navi Mumbai remained hot and humid throughout the day, with momentarily relief given by rainy clouds popping up every now and then.

The sun was out in Kharghar though dark fleeing clouds did fill up the sky from time to time.

Now, the IMD has predicted the advent of heavy rains from Sunday in Mumbai and surrounding areas.

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No rain in Navi Mumbai since two days
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No rain in Navi Mumbai since two days

by Staff Reporter July 30, 2020
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The monsoons seem to be taking their time to settle donw in Navi Mumbai as the city has not seen any rain for almost half the days of this week

No rain in Navi Mumbai since two days
Navi Mumbai’s weather has been hot, humid and clody for most part of this week.

Navi Mumbai: There has been zero rain in Navi Mumbai since the last two days and it looks like the monsoons are playing hide-and-seek with the city.

Navi Mumbai’s weather has been a mixture of heat, humidity, cloudy and rain like weather but not actual rains.

Except for Monday, Navi Mumbai has not seen any rain till now.

There have been light showers in some parts in Raigad but not actual rains.

In kharghar, the weather had been hot and humid with dark cloudy making an appearance from time to time, although without any rain.

Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had already forecasted that there would be cloudy skies, moderate rain and some heavy rains at isolated places in and around Mumbai and n Navi Mumbai.

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Navi Mumbai rains: Rainy start for the week
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Navi Mumbai rains: Rainy start for the week

by Staff Reporter July 28, 2020
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Navi Mumbai: The monsoons seem to be be finally settling in Navi Mumbai as forecasted by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), with some very good spells of rain to start the week on Monday.

Several places in Navi Mumbai received a fair share of rain on Monday and it continues even today, on Tuesday.

Navi Mumbai rains: Rainy start for the week
Several nodes in Navi Mumbai received a good amount of rainfall

In Mumbai, the rains caused water logging in several places.

There was heavy traffic in Vashi area owing to the rain on Monday.

Kharghar had cloudy skies and intermittent showers through the day.

The IMD has forecast cloudy skies, moderate rain and also some possibility of heavy rains at isolated places in and around Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.

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Kharghar rains: Monday brings in decent showers of rain
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Kharghar rains: Monday brings in decent showers of rain

by Staff Reporter July 27, 2020
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Kharghar / PMC / Navi Mumbai: It rained in Kharghar today at intervals since morning. The atmosphere had been cloudy and pleasant throughout the day. It looks like monsoon is setting in for this rainy season.

The rains have brought a lot of relief to Kharghar residents who have been bearing with a hot and humid climate since many days after the initial few days of rains.

Even the waterfalls, ponds and other water bodies in Kharghar had begun to crave for water.

The weather department had forecasted the commencement of rains in Navi Mumbai in the last week of July and by the looks of it, the rains are here for good.

Sadly, this year monsoons in Kharghar are not like always with people staying put at their homes owing to the coronavirus threat and the lockdown.

At least, the rains and the nostalgia it brings will brighten up the spirits of many, giving them a happy distraction from the ongoing crisis.

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