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Menstruation Festival To Be Celebrated Virtually Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Menstruation festival to be celebrated virtually amid COVID-19 pandemic Thane, May 22 (PTI) Maasika Mahotsav, a festival aimed at breaking taboos surrounding menstruation, is being celebrated virtually in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, Nepal and six African countries. While the festival, which kick-started on Friday, will be celebrated through virtual mediums in India and Nepal, offline events will be held in Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Zambia, it was stated. Economic disparity, widened by the COVID-19 pandemic, has affected access to safe period products for women in Asia and Africa, a release issued by Thane-based NGO Muse Foundation stated.
Mumbai: Thanekars see red over depleting green cover
People living in Thane and green activists are worried over the loss of green spaces in the city. Volunteers and locals joined hands to highlight the importance of green covers and wetlands on the occasion of World Wetlands day on February 2.
The volunteers from Muse Foundation (an NGO) revealed the loss of green cover along Kolshet Creek, which sees the Smart City s Project of Waterfront Development. After a thorough comparison of satellite images from 2003 to 2020, it has been revealed that a massive area of 2.87 hectare has vanished over the years. The very location is now seeing the Waterfront Development Project (WDP) coming up, said Nishant Bangera, founder of Muse foundation, Thane.
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Thane: To protest against garbage dumping, cutting of mangroves, NGO volunteers, locals collect a tempo full of waste
ByPratik MukanePratik Mukane / Updated: Dec 21, 2020, 11:48 IST
The volunteers of an
garbage from Kolshet creek in
Thane in order to lodge their protest against dumping of garbage, cutting mangroves for waterfront development, and protecting the fragile eco-systems. Clean the Creek initiative has been launched by the Muse Foundation, Kolshet Gaav Utkarsh Samajik Sanstha, and Thane City Gaavthaan Koliwade Paade Sanvardhan Samiti to protest against the inaction of
Thane Municipal Corporation (
waste management, and to engage with the creek and those living in the surroundings.