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Probe Finds Scrap Dealers Responsible For Fire In Mumbai's Deonar
Nine scrap dealers have been arrested by the police in connection with the fires that broke out at the Deonar dumping ground on two occasions - once on January 27 and again on March 20 this year.
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A Burning Mountain Of Trash In Mumbai Fuels Middle-Class Outcry
Deonar is Asia's oldest and largest garbage dump, and when it caught fire recently the smoke was visible from space, according to NASA images.
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Will Follow Scientific Process To Dispose Of Deonar Waste: Mumbai Civic Body
A day after holding a meeting with Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar in light of the fire incidents at Deonar dumping yard, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today said it would follow a scientific process to dispose of waste.
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Deonar Fire Was Deliberately Started To Defame Shiv Sena, Says Ramdas Kadam
Maharashtra Environment Minister and senior Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam today said it is suspected that the fire at Deonar dumping ground in suburban Mumbai was deliberately started to defame the party.
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Deonar Fire: Centre To Discuss Probe Panel Report
Terming the fire at Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai as a "serious lapse", the government today said the two-member probe team has prepared its report and a meeting will be convened soon to discuss it, following which strict action will be taken against those who violated norms.
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Deonar Fire: Action Will Be Taken Based On Report, Says Prakash Javadekar
Even as an infant died allegedly of suffocation in a locality near Deonar dumping ground where a fire has been raging since last week, the Union Environment Ministry today said future course of action will be taken after a two-member probe team submits its report on Monday.
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Congress Seeks Immediate Closure Of Deonar Dumping Ground
Blaming the ruling Shiv Sena and BJP for their "failure" to find an efficient way of disposing Mumbai's garbage, a delegation of Congress today demanded immediate closure of Deonar dumping ground where a fire broke recently.
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Three Days After Fire Broke Out, Flames And Thick Smoke At Mumbai's Deonar
Three days after a fire broke out at Mumbai's Deonar dumping ground, it has still not been doused. Civic body BMC has said it suspects sabotage behind the second large fire in the city's biggest dumping ground in less than two months.
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Tale Of Two Cities: Mumbai Air Quality Plunges, Delhi Fares Better
Air quality of several Mumbai areas today oscillated between 'poor' and 'very poor', against the backdrop of Deonar dumping ground fire, while in Delhi it was 'good' due to favourable weather conditions.
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Another Fire At Mumbai's Deonar Dumping Ground, Shiv Sena Alleges 'Conspiracy'
Mumbai has been choked by yet another fire at the Deonar dumping ground, that has pushed the pollution level in the city to over 100 under PM 2.5. In Deonar, the figures are much higher. Now, the Central Government is taking note and promising action.
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Environment Ministry Forms 2-Member Team To Probe Deonar Fire
Terming as a "serious" issue the fire at the Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai which is emitting toxic gases, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that a two-member special team will be sent to investigate the incident.
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Fire At Mumbai's Deonar Still On, Sabotage Suspected By Civic Body
A fire that broke out at Mumbai's Deonar dumping ground in the eastern suburbs of the city on Saturday evening has still not been doused. This is the second massive fire in city's biggest dumping ground in less than two months. The civic body suspects sabotage behind the fresh fire.
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Sachin Tendulkar Bats For Deonar Ground Residents, Writes To Civic Body
Batting for the Deonar residents, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to find long-term solutions to the problems, related to health and lack of basic amenities, faced by slum-dwellers residing near the waste dumping ground.
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Fire In Mumbai's Deonar: Area Under Thick Smog, Schools Remain Shut
Government schools in central Mumbai's Shivaji Nagar and Deonar remained shut for the fourth consecutive day due to thick smog caused by a fire at Deonar garbage dumping ground last week.
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Probe Finds Scrap Dealers Responsible For Fire In Mumbai's Deonar
Nine scrap dealers have been arrested by the police in connection with the fires that broke out at the Deonar dumping ground on two occasions - once on January 27 and again on March 20 this year.
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A Burning Mountain Of Trash In Mumbai Fuels Middle-Class Outcry
Deonar is Asia's oldest and largest garbage dump, and when it caught fire recently the smoke was visible from space, according to NASA images.
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Will Follow Scientific Process To Dispose Of Deonar Waste: Mumbai Civic Body
A day after holding a meeting with Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar in light of the fire incidents at Deonar dumping yard, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today said it would follow a scientific process to dispose of waste.
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Deonar Fire Was Deliberately Started To Defame Shiv Sena, Says Ramdas Kadam
Maharashtra Environment Minister and senior Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam today said it is suspected that the fire at Deonar dumping ground in suburban Mumbai was deliberately started to defame the party.
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Deonar Fire: Centre To Discuss Probe Panel Report
Terming the fire at Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai as a "serious lapse", the government today said the two-member probe team has prepared its report and a meeting will be convened soon to discuss it, following which strict action will be taken against those who violated norms.
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Deonar Fire: Action Will Be Taken Based On Report, Says Prakash Javadekar
Even as an infant died allegedly of suffocation in a locality near Deonar dumping ground where a fire has been raging since last week, the Union Environment Ministry today said future course of action will be taken after a two-member probe team submits its report on Monday.
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Congress Seeks Immediate Closure Of Deonar Dumping Ground
Blaming the ruling Shiv Sena and BJP for their "failure" to find an efficient way of disposing Mumbai's garbage, a delegation of Congress today demanded immediate closure of Deonar dumping ground where a fire broke recently.
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Three Days After Fire Broke Out, Flames And Thick Smoke At Mumbai's Deonar
Three days after a fire broke out at Mumbai's Deonar dumping ground, it has still not been doused. Civic body BMC has said it suspects sabotage behind the second large fire in the city's biggest dumping ground in less than two months.
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Tale Of Two Cities: Mumbai Air Quality Plunges, Delhi Fares Better
Air quality of several Mumbai areas today oscillated between 'poor' and 'very poor', against the backdrop of Deonar dumping ground fire, while in Delhi it was 'good' due to favourable weather conditions.
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Another Fire At Mumbai's Deonar Dumping Ground, Shiv Sena Alleges 'Conspiracy'
Mumbai has been choked by yet another fire at the Deonar dumping ground, that has pushed the pollution level in the city to over 100 under PM 2.5. In Deonar, the figures are much higher. Now, the Central Government is taking note and promising action.
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Environment Ministry Forms 2-Member Team To Probe Deonar Fire
Terming as a "serious" issue the fire at the Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai which is emitting toxic gases, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that a two-member special team will be sent to investigate the incident.
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Fire At Mumbai's Deonar Still On, Sabotage Suspected By Civic Body
A fire that broke out at Mumbai's Deonar dumping ground in the eastern suburbs of the city on Saturday evening has still not been doused. This is the second massive fire in city's biggest dumping ground in less than two months. The civic body suspects sabotage behind the fresh fire.
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Sachin Tendulkar Bats For Deonar Ground Residents, Writes To Civic Body
Batting for the Deonar residents, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to find long-term solutions to the problems, related to health and lack of basic amenities, faced by slum-dwellers residing near the waste dumping ground.
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Fire In Mumbai's Deonar: Area Under Thick Smog, Schools Remain Shut
Government schools in central Mumbai's Shivaji Nagar and Deonar remained shut for the fourth consecutive day due to thick smog caused by a fire at Deonar garbage dumping ground last week.
