Navi Mumbai: Greens oppose changes in wetland classification The Times of India
Greens have expressed dismay over the move of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) dividing the wetland in sector 60, Nerul, in two parts (TS Chanakya wetland as Pocket-A and NRI wetland as Pocket-B) in the Development Plan published in the government gazette on February 23 this year. However, the draft Development Plan of Navi Mumbai published in August 2022 had shown the area collectively as a wetland.
Expressing anguish, the environmental activists claimed that the changes proposed by the civic body, if allowed, will result in diversion of over 37 hectares of existing water bodies and mangroves through reclamation for residential and other uses. Even IAS officers’ CHS has opposed the NMMC move.
