The Bombay HC’s order restraining the state from resettling slum dwellers or project-affected people [PAPs] in Mahul is likely to affect infrastructure projects, said South Central MP Rahul Shewale.

Saving the mangroves that have been affected by the oil sludge at Mahul village is going to be an uphill task, as the waste may have already penetrated the plants’ roots, Nikhil M Ghanekar reports.

Earlier, however, the family used to sell Mahul leaf plates when the use of plastic was minimal in remote villages. "When rain falls on my leaf hat, it stays fresh, or else sunshine dries up the ...