Ground Reality

Envisioning threat to mangroves forests in ever exploding Mumbai, a fresh awareness campaign,to save such plants from land sharks and unscrupulous elements, is gaining momentum in recent past with local law maker Rahul Ramesh Shewale, taking up cudgels against any bid to spoil rich mangroves in Cheddanagar belt of the metro.      Mr Shewale, who represents south central constituency of Mumbai in parliament, has urged youth and other Mumbakiers of cheddanagar to come forward with suggestions to save the forest green treasure. He has committed himself to the conservation work. Meetings will be organized shortly among locals and authorities to safeguard the mangrove forests in the area. He said as and when he  had visited the area, he was mesmerized by the enchanting natural beauty of the belt, but unfortunately, the paradise now, he says, faces many wicked threats. ‘‘Mangroves faces destruction and incessant dumping disturbs natural underground drifts. Further th...

In the 21st century, we are all connected. Population growth, mass urbanization, deforestation, climate change and increased travel have dramatically increased the risk that familiar diseases will spread and mutate, and new ones will emerge. As people enter new spheres of biodiversity, they come in closer contact with other species, increasing the risk of viruses jumping from animals to humans, and then spreading more widely.  It all sounds scaring, but it is stark reality facts on the ground which are almost ready for such a grim situation if corrective measures are not affecting in time.  She is not a wizard in crystal grazing to forecast future events, but certainly, she is a visionary and envisions that the specter of diseases will loom over the planet earth in future. She is no one else but Janet Tobia who has won laurels for her documentary “Unseen Enemy”. (Informatively, her concerns assume more significance when recently,    ( On 19 May 2018, a Nipah virus...