Illegal construction causing damage to ecosystem
The state forest department has told the Bombay High Court that because of illegal construction in Thane district the ecosystem in and around the area is getting damaged.
The report on violations in the narrow belt of the mangroves on the west of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway which is submitted by the N Vasudevan who is the chief conservator of forests of mangrove cell consists of the fact that illegal development on wetlands on the western side of the highway is responsible for damaging the ecosystem.
A division bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice A K Menon was hearing a petition by several NGOs for the protection of wetlands near Mumbai. The state government asked the Bombay High Court to submit a report about the sites. As per the report, a 500-metre long, foot-high rubble wall “of recent origin” cuts off the flow of tidal water into the wetland. Except this, parking of trucks and small buildings has been developed in about 5-6 hectares of wetland at Sasun Navghar village of Vasai.
This report also concluded that during the time of visit, a truck was busy in scraping soil and in leveling the wet land.
The team consisting of Vasudevan and others noticed dumping in some other wetland behind Welton Hotel. The report also concluded that the height of filling is nearly about 15-20 ft, advising the synchronized process of on wetland.
As per the report a workshop of Ashok Leyland has come up for the development in the northern part of site.
Justice Kanade says that these reports including the previous report reflect the sorry state of affairs. The upcoming hearing is on March 19.
Source: The Indian Express
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