Tag: panje wetlands

Uran & Seawoods’ so-called wetlands were salt pans: CIDCO
10 SEP

Uran & Seawoods’ so-called wetlands were salt pans: CIDCO

Putting an abrupt end to all the ‘save the wetlands’ campaign that Navi Mumbai citizens and environmentalists have been rallying since years, CIDCO has simply refused to accept those sites as wetlands, saying they were once salt pans and farm lands Navi Mumbai: The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO) recently wrote […]

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray puts forest department on Panje wetland mangroves hacking case
31 AUG

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray puts forest department on Panje wetland mangroves hacking case

Navi Mumbai / Uran: Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has asked the Maharashtra state forest department to look into the illegal hacking of mangroves at the Panje wetland in Uran. The directive comes after numerous complaints by environmental activists and local residents, about the illegal act of destroying the mangroves in Uran. Apparently, the revenue department […]