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Reality check for Mumbai civic polls: In 3 years, 99% of development funds went to wards under ruling alliance
Records show Opposition got only Rs 13 cr from Rs 1,490 cr granted for local development since February 2023
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Election Commission’s SIR order was drafted, amended to remove mention of the Citizenship Act after one of the Election Commissioners cautioned against harassment of “genuine citizens” and approved via Whatsapp - all on the same day
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In writing, Election Commissioner Sandhu cautioned against harassment of ‘genuine citizens’; final SIR order dropped mention of Citizenship Act. An exclusive by @DaminiNath
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Mumbai Hardlook | Powai SOS: Call from a dying lake
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“Citizens should place flowers, garlands and other objects in the sacred urn placed nearby. Plastic should be discarded in dustbins”, appeal the BMC boards affixed all along the Powai lake.
Yet, a peep into its surface shows the water strewn with garbage, plastic bags, bottles, glass items, clothes etc.
“Koi sunta hi nahi hai (Nobody listens to us),” says Ulhas Pawar, a civic sanitation worker, who has been working at the lake’s Ganpati Visarjan Ghat for the past few years.
Dream of pothole-free Mumbai busted:
Even with 49% of the Rs. 17000 cr concretisation project complete, data procured by The Indian Express shows that the number of potholes have, in fact, witnessed a rise in comparison to last year.
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In Maha, it takes a village to bring up olive ridley babies!
Here's an interactive story dt captures the efforts across coastal towns to protect the vulnerable turtles. W @sankhashoots, illustrations by Komal, and super edits by @umavishnu &Radhika ma'am.
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#ExpressSpecial | The Talented Mr Ridley: As it has always been for turtles, for the Olive Ridleys, life’s a race — for survival. @nayonikakb writes on this conservation project in coastal Maharashtra working to protect the turtles
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