The Women Rag-Pickers of Mumbai” As the term ‘rag-picker’ sounds very low so does their job. My study includes several visits to the Govandi Dumping Ground‚ Mumbai‚ interviewing the women rag-pickers working there‚ visiting their slums‚ meeting with the social workers of Street Mukti Sangathan‚ studying the problems faced by these women and also keeping a track of their progress. I used personal interviewing of women rag pickers‚ their boss (the person to whom they sold their collected rags)‚ the
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related issues. Mumbai is one of the most populated cities in the world. In numbers‚ Mumbai is roughly one percent of the Indian market. Residents of Mumbai face many problems on a daily basis such as housing‚ costly health facilities‚ scarcity of open space‚ water supply‚ crowded public transport (local trains as well as busses) and heavy traffic on roads – especially during rush hours. The main contributing factor to these problems is the growing population. Figure 1: The Streets of Mumbai "We are the
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of urban population‚ as well as constraint in resources‚ the management of solid waste poses a difficult and complex problem for the society and its improper management gravely affects the public health and degrades environment. The population of Mumbai grew from around 8.2 million in 1981 to 12.3 million in 1991‚ registering a growth of around 49%. On the other hand‚ MSW generated in the city increased from 3200 tonnes per day to 5355 tonnes per day in the same
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Effects of World War II WHAT WERE THE EFFECTS OF WORLD WAR II UPON THE MAJOR WORLD POWERS; UPON GERMANY‚ JAPAN‚ ENGLAND‚ FRANCE‚ THE SOVIET UNION‚ AND THE UNITED STATES? --UPON THE NON-EUROPEAN WORLD? --UPON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY? --UPON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS? Germany was totally defeated‚ and the Nazi regime brought down. Its leaders were tried for crimes against humanity at Nuremberg‚ the former site of Nazi propaganda triumphs. Hitler escaped trial and execution by committing
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Beware at Juhu beach when you go for visarjans With the final day of Ganpati visarjans set to take place‚ the Juhu lifeguards Association has unearthed a big racket that is rampant at the Juhu beach behind JW Marriot‚ Hotel Tulip Star‚ etc. Subroto Mukherjee‚ a lifeguard said‚ “Robberies at the beach are always more during Ganpati time. But this time the operation of the thieves is unique.” At various points of Juhu Chowpatty‚ groups of young boys rob men who hang around after completing
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DABBAWALAS in Mumbai INTRODUCTION: Everyone wants to eat freshly prepared homemade food for their lunch after working hard in our morning shift. But what if the home is too far to go and have lunch. There seems to be a solution for this‚ that is‚ to bring your tiffin box with you in the morning but what about the freshly preparedness. So in order to solve this problem there is a service available in the economic capital of India‚ Mumbai. The service is known as Dabbawalas of Mumbai. A person
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ADDL. CH. M.M.‚ 37TH COURT‚ ESPLANADE‚ MUMBAI. The Chief Investigating Officer of the sensational and diabolic attacks by the terrorists at different iconic locations in Mumbai on 26th November 2008‚ hereby submits a report under Section 173 of Criminal Procedure Code‚ 1973 as under. A heinous criminal conspiracy has been planned and hatched in Pakistan by the internationally banned Lashkar-e-Taiba to execute a series of attacks at prominent places in Mumbai‚ the financial capital of the country on
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Traffic problems in mumbai city At present more than 20 lac vehicles have been registered in Mumbai alone. Besides these‚ maximum vehicles registered in Thane division are being used in Mumbai city. The population of Mumbai is more than 1.24 crore besides additional fluctuating population of 30 lac. Taking into consideration high volume of vehicles and density of population/pedestrian‚ manual enforcement is becoming difficult day by day. As such migration to technology driven‚ evidence based enforcement
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MEDIA EDUCATION RESEARCH CENTRE‚ UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR CHANGE IN INDO-PAK RELATIONS POST 26/11 Role of Media Ashraf ul Hassan. 6/20/2012 The 2008 Mumbai attacks were 11 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai‚ India’s largest city‚ allegedly by terrorists who came from Pakistan. Immediately after the assault‚ extensive media coverage had created war hysteria as tempers were raised across the country to launch a war against the neighboring Pakistan. Class: M.A (3rd Semester)
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Infrastructure Management Impact of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Executive Summary Contents Executive Summary 2 Chapter 1: DMIC Overview 4 1.1 Introduction 4 1.2 Vision for DMIC 4 1.4 Current Status 5 Chapter 2: Conceptualization 6 2.1 Integrated Corridor Development Approach for DMIC 6 2.2 Concept of Node Based Development 6 2.2.1 Selection Criteria for Investment Region: 6 2.2.2 Selection Criteria for Industrial Area: 6 2.3 Location of Investment
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