Story by Navashree Nandini In February 2018, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) busted a water tanker racket in Masjid Bunder. Officials say the local mafia were selling water at 300 rupees per tanker. In October 2018, about 5000 residents from the Evershine Global City Complex in Vasai-Virar region took to the streets claiming the water … Continue reading Leaks, Lobbyists and Laziness
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Video Director, Producer and Editor at Under The Bridge Media in Brisbane.
Along the Mithi
Photography by Dylan Crawford The ever-expanding city of Mumbai has put immense pressure on the natural environment. Mumbai’s largest river, the mighty Mithi, now turned into a stormwater drain, wends through the city carrying with it the garbage and the sewage of millions. On its banks is Dharavi, India’s largest slum – the second largest … Continue reading Along the Mithi
The Water Future Conference Video
Keeping it Clean
https://vimeo.com/374650218 DOTTED throughout Bangalore are hundreds of Dhobi ghats. Forests of sheets, towels, shirts and pants, nestled in pockets of suburbia. The hanging laundry billows in the wind, and the madiwala – traditional washermen – can be found slipping between these rows of linen, weaving their way through it, bundles of clothes in their arms. In … Continue reading Keeping it Clean
Waste Not
https://vimeo.com/374649179 WASTEWATER. It’s common enough in a bustling city such as Bangalore and yet one man’s waste holds untapped potential for another. In the small town of Vijayapura, nestled on the edge of the city, water scarcity and distribution are a daily struggle. The farmers of this vibrant little town have been among the first to … Continue reading Waste Not
Trees and Water
Digging Deep
https://vimeo.com/374650664 THE BHOVI have long been shapers of Bengaluru’s landscape, digging into the once arid Deccan Plateau to create one of India’s largest hydraulic civilisations. They were the first to dig the iconic lakes of Bangalore connected with a network of intricate waterways. But today, it is their centuries-old practice of well digging that is bringing … Continue reading Digging Deep
Cleaner and Safer
Story by Tanya Awasthy “Apna to life hi badal gaya” - our lives changed completely, says Kalpana Sampatrao Kamble, 60, about the transformation Tulshet Pada saw about 15 years ago. Located in Bhandup, Tulshet Pada could well be a quintessential suburban Mumbai slum, except that it is remarkably clean. The lives of its residents saw … Continue reading Cleaner and Safer
Sassoon Docks
Story by Nidhima Taneja Named after Sir Albert Abdulla David Sassoon in 1875, lies one of the oldest docks of Mumbai. Amidst the pristine streets of South Mumbai, Sassoon Docks is not hard to locate. One could walk straight from the Regal Cinema with their eyes closed and still be able to make it to … Continue reading Sassoon Docks
The Price of Progress
Story by Himanshi Dahiya Rekha Parshuram Madvi is concerned. The tea stall she’s been running for 25 years, from her home in a roadside shanty, is her only means of income. But her family, like more than 3000 other people in the area, has lost its land to the construction of the nearby Navi-Mumbai international … Continue reading The Price of Progress
