Let India Breathe is a collective of Indians who are fed up but haven’t given up yet.
Let India Breathe is a collective of Indians who are fed up but haven’t given up yet.
We believe we have a robust system, enough resources and multiple issues to solve. But we also believe, it’s we who can make things work. We know our problems, because we deal with them everyday. And a city so great, remains great till the citizens are happy. A thin land strip reclaimed on sea, crowded with people, offices and factories can’t run solely on spirit.
With the advent of technology, we can now speak to the authorities about our problems. Even collectively. Although some people might claim so, the site and the idea is not an initiative of any political party, we will fight any party that comes to power and does not listen to its citizens.
4/27/2020
The Quint
Many activists are planning to reach Shivaji Park for the 6:40 pm oath ceremony to remind Uddhav about the promise he had made ahead of the state polls. Let India Breathe founder Yash Marwah, who also superheaded the young army of Save Aarey movement sounds hopeful about the new regime.
11/5/2019
Indian Express
The many coastal projects in Mumbai threatens the city to be submerged by 2050. LIB Founder Yash Marwah along with Save Our Coast activists wrote a letter to the CM and the PM to rethink these projects as they will have a long term impact on Mumbai. Currently, the coastal Road project is stayed by Bombay HC as environment clearance is not yet provided.
10/8/2019
Youth Ki Awaaz
The decision around saving aarey colony from disasterous projects is hanging on the wall as around 2141 trees were chopped by the BMC and MMRC in 2019. Save Aarey Movement is the biggest citizen movement in Mumbai, and a lot of it happened because of, as Yash Marwah - Founder, LIB, puts it - decentralized leadership and a lot of younsters connecting with the movement.
11/30/2019
Mumbai Mirror
City's biggest citizen's movement shows first sign if success as Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray halts metro-3 car shed work. The movement largely owes to the young crowd that joined the movement between 2017-2018, most of whom were led into the movement by Yash Marwah - Founder, LIB.
This Children's day the children are struggling to breathe. Lakhs of children across India are suffering due to the rapidly degrading and detoriating condition of our environment. Over 1 lakh children under the age of 5 die every year due to pollution in India, and 5000 children lose their life every day to contaminated and polluted water.
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Mumbai will be drowning by 2050, and the current Prime Minister of India and Chief Minister of Maharashtra should know about it. Have they read the news?
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I stand for animals & I OBJECT the construction of ZOO in Aarey Forest, Mumbai September 24, 2019 The battle to Save Aarey Forest from the The Mumbai Metro 3 Car shed is all too familiar. But what is not known by many is that Aarey has been continuously sought to be exploited since many decades now. This unique biotope is under threat, not just from the Mumbai Metro 3 car shed, but also from a number of other projects that are vying to find space within the Aarey Forest.
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The government has decided to fill up the Sardar Sarovar Dam up to its full height of 138.68 m. But it has not given rehabilitation and compensation to more than 32,000 families who live in the valley. The people have launched a Satyagrah under the banner of Narmada Bachao Andolan. Stand with them and tell the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) not to go ahead with this destructive move.
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Private firms are taking benefit of the Wetlands and are on a spree to destroy the wetlands before they get notified.
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The EIA notification is important for environmental protection, public health and workers safety. It is appalling that the Ministry has proposed to dilute the notification and seek public comments in the midst of the COVID 19 emergency.
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The Dibang Multipurpose Project has already been approved on the same Dibang river. It would be a tragedy if the Etalin Project is approved too. Once lost, such complex ecosystems are irreplaceable.
Read MoreWe make cities liveable. We help you shed your guilt.
We reach the root by dirtying our hands and cleaning your hearts.
With our resources from across the world and of course the country, we try and read to replicate the best practices for ecologies across our movements.
We talk after taking long pauses. We enter conversations, to elevate them. It’s the need of the hour and thus the generation to talk about issues that matter. We make that easier through our social media handles.
When you love a city, you want it to live well too. Our constant conversations with authorities are the reason we exist. And we promise to keep continuing the conversations.
We grow trees. We grow our roots. We grow movements. We grow goodness.
We help corporates execute their projects where the do gooder needs a liaison with the doer. Tree plantations, Plastic recycling, waste management workshops, zero budget natural farming workshops, eco talks. All under one umbrella.
Digital activism is cool but have you ever hugged a tree or immersed yourself in swamps or swam in rivers or seen a chilli turn red? Roam with us and our partners.
Let India Breathe is a much needed site to speak about ecological issues in the city – and as the title suggests, it is about letting us as a city have the consciousness and conscience to take care of our fragile ecology. I wish the website all the best and trust that it will become one of the focal points.
For each campaign on this site, I will donate 5 saplings!
The site allows you to interact directly with the officers in charge.
This is a much needed initiative to let citizens make direct contact with these officers.
Three thumbs up!
The Mumbai of the future will bless the Mumbai of today if we all stand up for what is right.
And this is the right step towards it!