powai lake

Body of an unidentified man (aged around 65-70 years) was found in powai lake on Thursday morning. Few locals alerted the police when they saw the body floating in the lake.

Environmental activists have called for renewed efforts to preserve powai lake in the wake of the BMC’s first-ever crocodile census showing the presence of 18 of the reptiles in the shrinking waterbody.

A group of Powai residents have now written to the chief minister Uddhav Thackeray that they are shocked to learn about the construction of the cycle track inside powai lake, as it is very harmful for the environment and will also cause flooding. They have also appealed to the environment minister Aditya Thackeray to scrap the cycle track.

Around 300 volunteers from IIT-Bombay cleared approximately 1.5 tonnes of garbage on a 1.5km stretch along the powai lake on Sunday.

Facing flak over its plans to construct a cycle track around powai lake, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday said that it has formed a committee of state environmental experts to discuss the lake’s development and carry out any mitigation measures to ensure that no damage is done to the ecology.

Frustrated by the persistent neglect of powai lake, Mumbai residents and environmentalists have initiated the #SavePowaiLake campaign, gathering over 1,000 signatures. They are urging Chief Minister Fadnavis to intervene and direct civic authorities to remove the invasive hyacinth plants that threaten the lake's biodiversity. Activists highlight the urgent need to address sewer lines and preserve the once-thriving wetland.

Nature lovers and local Powai residents again protested near powai lake on Sunday as the construction work of the cycle track around the waterbody has restarted.

Activists staged a demonstration at powai lake on Sunday, pressing on with their demand that BMC stop all work on the cycle track around the water body.

Navsrujan Ganesh Mahotsav is a unique event organized by the Save powai lake Team to promote eco-friendly celebrations of the Ganesh festival.

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has now written to the S ward of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to stop spraying any chemicals into powai lake to kill floating plants like water hyacinths, as this will also affect the several crocodiles and fish that are there in the waterbody

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has written to the S ward of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to stop spraying any chemicals, such as glyphosate (a herbicide), in powai lake as that is likely to disturb or affect crocodiles in it.

A 40-year-old tribal man, Vijay Kakve, had a lucky escape after he was attacked by a crocodile. Kakve was seriously injured as the crocodile bit his foot while he was fishing at powai lake on Saturday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday opposed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) plan to construct a cycle track around powai lake.

The participants will be meeting at the Deer Park in Powai at 11 am on Sunday.

Bombay high court bench headed by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta on Tuesday continued a November 1 stay on activity of putting up proposed cycling, jogging tracks at powai lake next to IIT-B in Mumbai till January 31.

Nature lovers and local Powai residents protested near the powai lake on Sunday as the construction work of the cycle track around the waterbody has restarted.

Amidst slogans like `BMC hosh mein aao!' (BMC, come to your senses), the nature lovers and activists demonstrated at the Ganesh Ghat of powai lake on Sunday in order to demand that the municipal corporation stops the cycle track work for the sake of the lake's biodiversity.

Two men were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly stabbing a security supervisor to death and throwing him into powai lake on Monday night.