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Articles by Apekshita Varshney

About Apekshita Varshney
Apekshita Varshney is Staff Reporter at Citizen Matters Mumbai.
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When Pune has almost as many COVID cases as Chennai, can we blame density alone?

May 7, 2020 Apekshita Varshney

Many experts have made urban density the culprit behind the spread of the coronavirus contagion in cities. But, it is really more about daily living and working conditions that our cities can ensure.

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Can individual water metering help Indian cities avoid Doomsday?

August 29, 2019 Apekshita Varshney

Is there any scarce resource that we can enjoy for free or for a fixed sum, irrespective of the amounts we consume or use? If that’s not true for anything, why should it be so for water? As Indian cities stand perilously close to running dry, a look at whether water metering can help the cause of conservation

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A wetland on just 1% of Bandra Kurla Complex could lessen Mumbai’s flooding problems!

July 29, 2019 Apekshita Varshney

A wetland of that size with two retention basins has managed to mitigate urban flooding to a large extent in an Australian suburb. And such wetlands can be created even in a congested city, as Japanese examples have shown. These and other innovative solutions from the east merit serious consideration in flood-prone Mumbai.

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Smoggy, but unfazed: Mumbai needs to take air pollution more seriously than it does

June 5, 2019 Apekshita Varshney

For many Mumbaikars, ‘air pollution’ is a Delhi or at most a North Indian problem. Yet, Mumbai air itself says otherwise on many a day. But are city authorities really aware and equipped to take the steps they need to?

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Are Mumbaikars prepared for the environmental impact of new coastal projects?

May 15, 2019 Apekshita Varshney

Government and policy makers assume solving Mumbai’s congestion and traffic problems solves everything else. But half a dozen new projects could have far reaching impact on the environment and people’s livelihoods.

Governance

Such a long journey: The intriguing tale of two-time UP MLA who is Mumbai’s ‘bhaiya’ candidate

April 30, 2019 Apekshita Varshney

Two-time (and sitting) MLA from the Saidpur Assembly constituency in UP, Subhash Pasi contested the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha seat as the SP-BSP candidate. Interestingly, he has been preparing for this fight for three decades!

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People in this Mumbai slum barely make it to 40; here’s why

April 24, 2019 Apekshita Varshney

For decades, waste has been Mumbai’s teeming, unsolvable problem. Slums around the city’s dumping ground are now Asia’s largest, exposing ragpickers and the general population to serious health risks. All plans and commitments to waste management, meanwhile, appear figurative.

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