A year on, state-appointed committee’s findings on wetlands awaited
Hindustan TimesNavi Mumbai HT Image More than 365 days have passed, the State-constituted committee is yet to file its findings on complaints raised about the damage caused to the city’s wetlands. In response to multiple complaints raised by activists from Navi Mumbai about destruction of wetlands and mangroves, Maharashtra government had formed a special committee last year to look into the issue and make recommendations to curb the environmental damage. Complaints were about the alleged destruction of wetlands by City and Industrial Development Corporation for developing a Golf Course in Nerul raised by Sunil Agarwal, Protection of coastal wetlands in sector 16, 17, 25 and 28 of Kharghar sought by Naresh Singh Chandra, damages caused to the mangroves adjacent to N.R.I complex in Seawoods highlighted by B.N Kumar and conserving the mangroves coming under the Mankoli flyover in Dombivli. The committee comprised members representing the wetlands authority, state coastal zone management authority, Navi Mumbai Municipal corporation, District authorities, CIDCO, MIDC, Wetland experts and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board.
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