A large-scale illegal sand mining operation has been uncovered in the Versova sea near Andheri West. In connection with the ...

Versova Beach, Mumbai, is a transformed shoreline. Once heavily polluted, it's now a testament to citizen-led cleanups. You'll spot fishing boats on the water, and there are vibrant local markets ...

Plastic and trash used to pile five feet high in some spots on Versova Beach in Mumbai, India, but in 2015, local lawyer Afroz Shah launched what the United Nations described as the “world’s ...

The clean-up effort focuses on Versova beach, a one-and-a-half-mile strip of coastline in western Mumbai facing the Arabian Sea. Historically noted for its prevalent fishing culture, the area has ...

“It took 96 weeks and thousands of volunteers to clean up Versova Beach in Mumbai, India,” reads an Oct. 11 Facebook post that accumulated more than 4,600 reactions within less than a week.

Last summer, conservationists watched as over 80 baby turtles made their way across Mumbai’s Versova Beach, which was previously home to a massive garbage heap. Continue reading below.

An interesting feature is a beach boardwalk, a first-of-its-kind concept in India, to connect 8-10 km of Juhu beach with Versova beach. The project cost for the proposed boardwalk is Rs 25 crore ...

At Mumbai's Versova Beach, dozens of volunteers show up several times a week to rake up trash. (Lauren Frayer | NPR) "Yesterday we picked up maybe 5,000 plastic straws in a patch of half a ...

As many as 80 Olive Ridley turtle hatchings were seen on Mumbai's Versova beach. Forest officials said this is the first time in years that they have seen nesting sites for Olive Ridleys in Mumbai.

Olive ridley sea turtle hatchlings make their way to the Arabian Sea on Versova beach in Mumbai, as the species returns to India's financial capital for the first time in two decades after a major ...