Studies indicate that Mumbai has lost about 40% of its urban green cover in the last 30 years. Another article calls it out for being one of the cities with the least green cover (1.8 square metres per capita of green space) in the world while both Government of India guidelines and the World Health…
The Bhandup Pumping Station (BPS) is one of Mumbai’s main sewage treatment plants. To think of such a place as a biodiversity hotspot can be a bit mind boggling. But when you talk to conservationists, photographers and those most patient of nature lovers – the bird watchers – they’ll all confirm that Bhandup is indeed…