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‘Who is responsible for Navi Mumbai’s mangroves?’
Updated On: 07 September, 2022 08:24 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Environmentalists allege cops refused to take complaint about dumping of debris and asked that they speak to the revenue officials, who in turn pointed them to CIDCO
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The debris that has been dumped on the mangroves at Kharghar
A Navi Mumbai-based green activist has alleged that the police refused to entertain a complaint from Forest Department officials against the dumping of debris on mangroves in Kharghar. They asked them to take up the issue with revenue officials. B N Kumar, who is the director of NGO NatConnect Foundation, citing a WhatsApp message exchange with sub-divisional officer Rahul Mundake, said the revenue officials, on their part, pointed the finger at CIDCO, since the mangrove zone falls under the city planner. This passing-the-buck game, environmentalists say, is only making nature suffer.
“The net result is that mangrove protection and conservation continue to be neglected despite the Bombay High Court ruling and subsequent orders by the court-appointed Mangrove Committee and the state government,” Kumar said. Under the Environment Protection Act, powers to file cases are vested with only the environment secretary, district collector, state Pollution Control Board and the Revenue Department’s sub-divisional officer.
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