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

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

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 […]

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray asks the environment department to look into the destruction of Uran wetlands

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray asks the environment department to look into the destruction of Uran wetlands

Navi Mumbai / Uran: Maharashtra Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray, has asked the environment department to look into the alleged destruction of Uran wetlands, responding to the the hue and cry of environmentalists in the area. Responding promptly to the situation, Thackeray has asked the authority to look into the destruction of mangroves and wetlands in […]

CIDCO fails to restore Bhendkal, Pagote wetlands in Uran before deadline

CIDCO fails to restore Bhendkal, Pagote wetlands in Uran before deadline

Navi Mumbai / Uran: The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd. (CIDCO) has failed to restore the wetlands in Uran, namely Bhendkhal and Pagote by the deadline set by the high court-appointed Mangrove Protection and Conservation Committee. In December, the committee, acting on complaints against destruction of 150 acres of the 160-acre Bhendkhal […]