Author: Ground Report Desk

Ground Report brings environmental stories from the margins of India.

Despite drizzle, hundreds of people from 22 housing societies residing in Raheja Vihar & Vista, Powai in metropolis Mumbai gathered outside K Raheja office on July 7th to demand justice against what they call ‘illegal enctoachment’. It has come to light that the developer allegedly built the buildings upon encroached lands on which they had no title.

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Wahid Bhat | Srinagar | 12 November 2018 The pristine looking Dal Lake, one of the prime attraction for tourists reaching Jammu and Kashmir is slowly turning into a swamp due to spike in pollution levels in and around the famed lake. The lake is slowly becoming a ‘weed-clogged swamp’ opine environmentalists which could have a negative effect on tourism in the state. The Dal Lake, famous for its ornately-carved cedar houseboats, is the centrepiece of Srinagar’s sprawling tourism. However, in a span of over two decades, the lake has shrunk by more than half to just 11 square kilometres…

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