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‘Panels not lifting a finger to save wetlands, mangroves’
Updated On: 22 February, 2023 07:57 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
HC-mandated committees have been skipping meetings without reason and have failed to take action on complaints, green activists tell govt
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The Bhendkhal wetland in Uran has been buried under debris, which CIDCO was told to remove three years ago. The wetland committee does not seem to have followed-up since. Pic/NatConnect Foundation
The wetland and mangrove committees, mandated by the Bombay High Court, have been skipping meetings where they are supposed to address complaints about destruction of the swamps, environmentalists have told the government.
The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) has asked Bhushan Gagrani, principal secretary, the Urban Development department and Anand Limaye, additional chief secretary, Home, to look into the complaints.
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