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Senior political reporter from Mumbai, presently working with the Asian Age. She has been covering socio-economic political issues in Maharashtra. She has extensively covered rural Maharashtra, major political happenings in the state and the state government's policy making issues. She is a founding member if SAWM. She runs a blog shrutisgblog.wordpress.com and her Twitter handle @shrutisg

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State flunks potholes test, receives rap from Supreme Court panel

Shruti Ganapatye Feb 26, 2019 0

State yet to come up with policy on compensation for deaths due to potholes; Bombay HC guidelines on road repairs also not followed More than two months after being directed by the Centre to prepare a policy on compensation for…

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Outcry over plan to cut 8 trees on Metro line

Shruti Ganapatye Feb 22, 2019 0

MMRCL says temporary tunnel needed near Eros Cinema, Churchgate, to complete work on time. The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation’s (MMRCL) decision to axe eight old trees — one of them a banyan at least 150 years old —near Eros Cinema…

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This golden light you see is all dust

Shruti Ganapatye Feb 12, 2019 0

Choking dust, bumpy and dug up roads, broken drainage lines, shoddy infrastructure – for Mumbaikars, this is the daily-lived reality. But in one particular area, the situation seems even grimmer, with potential health ramifications. The…

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Raking Up Past To Change Future

Shruti Ganapatye Jan 14, 2018 0

Beginning of the year 2018 remained quite tensed for Maharashtra. The first day of the new year came with a news of attack on dalits who were coming back after celebrating 200th years of Bhima Koregaon victory, near Pune against ruler…