Juhu beach mess

Cleaning Juhu BeachHansel D’Souza, Juhu Citizens Welfare Group

Juhu Beach in the Monsoons1020 Truckloads of plastic bagswere lifted off the beach in 2007

Created by Hansel D’Souza – hanselds@gmail.com10/11/2010

Journey tothe Dump

(via the Beach!)

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Created by Hansel D’Souza – hanselds@gmail.com10/11/2010

Slum dwellers tie their wastein plastic shopping bags and tossit into the nullah

Created by Hansel D’Souza – hanselds@gmail.com10/11/2010

Bags find their way into the sea via Bags find their way into the sea via draindrain

and sewage pipesand sewage pipes

Created by Hansel D’Souza – hanselds@gmail.com10/11/2010

Guzdar Bund Slum

Nehru Nagar Slum

Mora Gaon

Prem Nagar

KapasWadi

Juhu Koliwada

Guzdar Bund Slum

Juhu Koliwada

KharDanda

Population:

Khar Danda 10k

Guzdar Bund15k

Juhu Koliwada5k

Nehru Nagar

Prem Nagar Population:

Prem Nagar5k

Nehru Nagar15k

Kapas Wadi

Mora Gaon

Population:

Kapas Wadi5k

Mora Gaon5k

Our immediate gain ?

Freedom from Garbage and a

Created by Hansel D’Souza – hanselds@gmail.com10/11/2010

Clean Juhu Beach

Possible Solutions

Short Term•Gated Outfalls•Cover nullah with vertical mesh at slum points•Dredge nullahpre-monsoon

Long Term•Ban plastic shopping bags•Redevelop slums•Develop nullahas a waterfront