Three experts who have been closely associated with rivers and Mumbai's coastline collectively delve into the issues with river conservation in India
Cleaning work is on at Mithi river near Bandra. File pic
When Mumbaikar Aslam Saiyad hosts the Dahisar River Walk, an interactive session with people, he takes them along the river to show them the culture surrounding it. At the same time, Saiyad, who has been hosting them since 2019 is quite honest with them because it's the best way. He says, “I tell them you all are migrants and you don’t belong to Mumbai.” This is not a way of telling them they are not welcome but for them to understand that the city is older than we know it with people that have been there much before its inner lanes were occupied.