Almost everyone in Mumbai’s Worli Koliwada’s Tare Galli locality, knows Kaveri Nakhwa as a generous, kind, hardworking woman, who always wore a bright smile. Mihir’s father, Rajesh Shah, in whose name the car was registered, was arrested by the Mumbai Police along with the driver, Rajrishi Bidawat on July 7. Refuting media reports and the police statement that Kaveri was …
Mumbai: One of the oldest fishing villages of Mumbai is all set to get a facelift on the lines of Santorini, the beautiful Greek island known for its whitewashed houses with blue doors and windows. We are also planning to install signage for two internal major roads in Worli Koliwada—Golpa Devi Road, which goes to Worli Fort, and Varas Lane. …
In a blow to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena camp ahead of the October 5 Dasara rally, hundreds of activists and office bearers from the fisherfolk community of Worli Koliwada area joined the rival Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. According to sources, more than 500 Sena activists from Worli Koliwada switched allegiance to the Shinde camp …
For years, artisanal Kolis at Worli have been coping with environmental and community endangerment from coastal development projects. But, according to Worli’s Kolis, disappearing fish is the direct result of the city’s coastal infrastructure projects and climate change, rather than unsustainable fishing. [imgcenter> [/imgcenter> In May 2020, Worli’s fishermen took their boats to sea discreetly from this part of the …
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