The environment ministry is in principle opposed to reclamation because it exposes other areas of the city’s coastline to the fury of the sea.
Section: Mumbai | Friday, April 15, 2011 3:00 IST
The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) believes that the recent relaxation of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) laws permits it to build coastal highways on stilts along the coast.
Section: Mumbai | Thursday, February 17, 2011 3:59 IST
This is as much because of the health and environmental concerns that this decision addresses as the transparent and democratic process by which it was reached.
Section: Analysis | Monday, February 15, 2010 22:14 IST
The Copenhagen meet is likely to be a failure with the US playing spoilsport.
Section: Analysis | Thursday, December 17, 2009 23:56 IST
Slumdog Millionaire is unlikely to make viewers aware about Mumbai’s slums.
Section: Analysis | Friday, February 6, 2009 21:02 IST
Suburban Mumbaikars have every reason to feel discriminated against in favour of the island city and south Mumbai in particular.
Section: Analysis | Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:52 IST
Whenever there are calamities, ordinary people are only too ready to contribute to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF).
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, July 8, 2008 20:57 IST
In an era when big developing countries no longer treat aid as integral to their development plans, it is interesting to see how industrial economies are tweaking policies in this regard.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, June 17, 2008 20:44 IST
When Carter Road was being renamed Naushad Ali Marg in Bandra, my phones rang incessantly, seeking my reactions.
Section: Mumbai | Sunday, May 11, 2008 3:43 IST
Mumbai Mega Flood, the hour-long documentary which was premiered on Sunday night on National Geographic channel, could not have ended more ironically.
Section: Analysis | Thursday, July 19, 2007 19:59 IST
