Mumbai officials demolish 39K shanties; 200K homeless

December 25, 2004 Officials in Mumbai, India, demolished over 6,000 shanties today in a push to eradicate the capital city’s slums. In total, 39,000 shanties have been flattened, displacing over 200,000 people, in the city’s biggest-ever demolition drive, which began in early December. When complete, over 2 million people are expected to be displaced. After wiping out the least desirable shanties, next in line for demolition are the illegal ‘well-off’ shanties and neighborhoods, according to the legal and bureaucratic motions that have been executed toward cleaning up Mumbai’s appearance by…

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The Safety Of Using Recycled Wooden Pallets

Click Here For More Specific Information On: Bird Control Australia byadmin It seems like every business is looking to go a little green in order to help the environment and attract customers who only patronize businesses that are proactive at protecting natural resources. With wooden pallet production using a vast amount of wood each year, it makes sense that suppliers of wooden pallets in Atlanta would offer recycling options. But how safe is a recycled pallet? Can it perform the same job functions as a newly manufactured pallet? Are there…