Articles by Tanvi Deshpande

Tanvi Deshpande is a Mumbai-based journalist. She has previously worked for publications including The Hindu, Mumbai Mirror, Mid Day, Free Press Journal.

Navi Mumbai couple fights to save a bird haven from becoming a golf course

by Tanvi Deshpande 23 November 2020

What started as a police complaint about the destruction of mangroves in 2016 turned into a passion for conserving wetlands for the Agarwals. This Navi Mumbai couple, both in their…

Biomedical waste dumped in Dombivali’s Milap Nagar during ongoing the COVID pandemic. Photo by Kishor Sohoni.

Mumbai’s COVID waste peaks, second waste treatment plant not in sight

by Tanvi Deshpande 1 September 2020

As Mumbai copes with COVID-19, a related outcome of the pandemic is the mounting waste. Mumbai city generated three times the daily average COVID-19 waste in July as compared to…

Mumbai flood breaches new frontiers

by Tanvi Deshpande 12 August 2020

With 'unprecedented' being the mantra for 2020 events, the monsoon floods in India’s commercial capital, Mumbai, too, followed suit and reached areas that were never flooded before. South Mumbai was…