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Install CCTVs, save Navi Mumbai mangroves: NGO
Updated On: 30 November, 2022 07:11 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
NatConnect Foundation urges forest department act quickly after land-grab racket uncovered in Vashi, Turbhe
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The Vashi location had dense to sparse mangroves
With the uncovering of a massive land-grab racket in Navi Mumbai’s mangrove zones, environmentalists have urged the forest department to expedite its plan to install 111 CCTV cameras at nearly 20 locations in the area. The department’s mangrove cell has said that it has uncovered a racket involving the killing of over 17,240 mangrove plants and usurping of about 3.88 hectares at Vashi and Turbhe.
It is said that the mangrove damage has caused a loss of at least Rs 1.26 crore. On November 23, Division Forest Officer Adarsh Reddy from the mangrove cell had tweeted about action against land-grabbers, “Today encroachment in mangrove area in Vashi CTS No 17 was cleared by evicting 103 hutments in a joint operation involving teams from forest dept, police dept, revenue dept and NMMC staff.”
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