Dear All,
The man hole cover missing for days, I have pictures of that, some people put a broken chair for warning.
Instead of repairing and replacing with a new cover, the entire man hole is filled up with debris, making the same totally useless.
Mumbai the filthiest of all metros: Study
Kartikeya, TNN, Aug 8, 2010, 04.00am IST
The rating of cities was done under the National Urban Sanitation Policy and is part of an exercise started in 2009 to create awareness about sanitation. It covered almost 72% of India's total urban population and each city was scored on 19 indicators such as public access to toilets, treatment of sewage, proper disposal of wastewater and elimination of manual scavenging.
All cities were given scores out of 100 and colour-coded as green, blue, black and red (depending on their cleanliness). Mumbai scored 45 points and was categorized as a black city. In comparison Delhi came in fifth place with 61 points, Chennai was ranked 13th and Kolkata was placed 25th on the list.
There were just four blue cities and 230 black ones followed by 189 red urban centres. This shows that almost all of India's urban population is living in sub-standard sanitary conditions, which poses a risk to both its health and life. This has been demonstrated most recently by the outbreak of a malaria epidemic in Mumbai.
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BMC cleans up as locals warn of sweeping act
Civic workers removed garbage from Vile Parle, after residents said they would embarrass officials by sweeping the stretch themselves
Posted On Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 03:31:31 AM
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A subtle warning of some 'sweeping action' by residents of Vile Parle prompted the BMC to clean a road that it had been ignoring for almost a year.
Bajaj Road, which is close to the Vile Parle railway station, is among the busy suburban thoroughfares. On Wednesday morning, 125 people, including members of Parivartan Samiti, gathered on the stretch to clean it. They met a group of officials led by Pandurang Joshi of BMC's solid waste management (SWN) department and discussed ways to keep the road garbage-free. "We requested officials to either relocate an overflowing community bin from the road or ensure that it is cleared of waste regularly. They agreed to the second option," Gandhi said. Garbage from the bin will be now collected thrice in a day. "A clean-up marshal will be deployed from September 19, and he will impose fines on those who litter on the road," said an official. Locals also discussed segregation of dry and wet waste with SWM authorities. In the next few weeks, the latter will organise a demonstration on compost manure and disposal of dry waste. "We have asked the SWM department to introduce a system for waste segregation. We hope other people of the area cooperate and help keep it clean," said resident Ashwin Hirani. For the past few months, the 125 residents have been creating awareness on cleanliness by visiting households to talk about waste disposal methods. They have also launched a signature campaign, which has received support of more than 1,000 people. >>> |
'Melbourne world's best city to live, Mumbai among worst'
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According to the Economic Intelligence Unit's new Global Liveability Survey, Melbourne dislodged Vancouver to become the he best city in the world to live.
The Canadian capital city that topped the survey since 2002, fell this year to third place behind Vienna, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
According to the report, India's commercial hub Mumbai is ranked 116th, one place up from its previous year's ranking.
In 2010, Mumbai was ranked 117th while Delhi was at 113th position. Though Delhi figured in the new survey, its current ranking was not mentioned in the media report.
Other Australian cities in the top 10 included Sydney, which is placed at 6th, while Perth and Adelaide ranked eighth and ninth.
"Australia, with a low population density and relatively low crime rates, continues to supply some of the world's most liveable cities," survey editor Jon Copestake said.
The top 10 liveable cities included Toronto, which is placed at 4th, followed by Calgary (5th), Helsinki (7th) and Auckland (10th). London was ranked 53, while at 26 position, Honolulu was the top US city.
The worst places to live among the 140 locations surveyed by EIU were Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh's Dhaka and Zimbabwe's Harare.
Scores in Europe had been pushed slightly down by the eurozone crisis, while the Arab Spring had affected ratings across the Middle East and North Africa.
The cities were gauged on five categories -- political and social stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.
They were scored out of 100 and the report noted that the top 10 cities were only separated by 1.8 percentage points.
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Mayor, BMC boss can't decide when to make city clean
The proposal to clean Mumbai four times a day is stuck because Mayor wants to start on Aug 15, commissioner says Oct 2
Posted On Thursday, July 07, 2011 at 03:55:21 AM
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What is a more auspicious day to rid Mumbai of its piles of garbage -- August 15, the Independence Day; or October 2, Gandhi Jayanti?
In a city that generates 8,550 metric tonnes of filth every day, quadrupling your collection effort sounds like a good idea. But then, we have seen too many good ideas failing in execution, and the way the mayor and the commissioner have crossed their brooms, the zero-garbage campaign looks headed the same way. The mayor announced the grand project last week and also made it public that it would be launched on August 15. But the municipal commissioner on Wednesday rubbished the idea and said the project will be have to implemented after the rains. His launch date - October 2. The mayor, however, believes that monsoon season would be the ideal time to launch the project as this is when keeping streets garbage free becomes more critical. "If garbage is lifted several times during rains, filth on the road would reduce substantially. There will be fewer flies and rodents if the roads are clean, and the garbage will not slide down to the drains and choke them," said Jadhav. Though she is firm on implementing the new plan from August 15, the commissioner in no mood to concede to her demand. "It is physically impossible for such a campaign to succeed in the rainy season. In order to sustain this campaign, you need a dry season," the commissioner said. But there is way out of this standoff - a public poll. Mumbai Mirror is sure the people of this city will suggest a different date to broom-start the zero garbage plan - July 8, that's tomorrow. |
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