Environmental Audits in Turbhe, Navi Mumbai.

Industrial plots in Turbhe have often passed through several owners and processes over the decades. When one is sold, leased or put to a new use, the incoming owner should learn what was manufactured and kept there and what may be left in the soil, drains or groundwater. We read the consent files and waste records, inspect every building, take samples wherever the past use suggests trouble, and report plainly on the plot's condition and what clearing it would involve.

Turbhe marks the southern tail of the TTC belt, where chemical works, engineering shops and warehouses fill the ground from the highway back to where the Parsik range rises. The name also covers a busy transport hub: a truck terminal, a station on the Trans-Harbour line, and dense settlements that have grown up on the hill slopes and around old quarries. The municipal landfill lies nearby. Vashi's and Sanpada's housing sectors begin just across the road. Few parts of Navi Mumbai are more industrial, or more crowded, and lorries fill its roads at most hours.