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On central govt website, Navi Mumbai playground is a wetland
Updated On: 02 May, 2023 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Activists slam Union environment ministry for half-hearted attempt at saving important swamps
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An environmentalist said five wetlands of Navi Mumbai form part of the Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary. However, not a single wetland from Navi Mumbai has been listed on the official website. Representation pic
Activists have come down heavily on the central government for its half-hearted attempt at saving the country’s wetlands, crucial water bodies. The Union environment ministry’s official website has so far listed less than 0.02 per cent of over 7.57 lakh wetlands mentioned on its own atlas and on top of that, a playground and a portion of the sea have been listed as wetlands.
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On the official website, Wetlands of India Portal (https://indianwetlands.in/#), the government has officially listed merely 1,243 wetlands, including 75 as Ramsar sites, 115 as significant wetlands and 1,053 as other wetlands. A Ramsar site is a wetland of international importance. B N Kumar, director of NGO NatConnect Foundation, pointed out that a playground at Sanpada in Navi Mumbai has been listed on the site under ‘other wetlands’, and a part of the Arabian Sea off Sewri is shown as a ‘significant wetland’. A lake in Bandra West figures as a Ramsar site along with the Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary (TCFS). Ironically, not a single wetland from Navi Mumbai has been listed on the official website, he pointed out. Kumar said five wetlands of Navi Mumbai, along with the one at Bhandup, form part of the TCFS.
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