Konkan coast wetlands to be eco-tourism spots

Badri Chatterjee HT Mumbai 08/01/2018 -- For better protection of Maharashtra's wetlands, the state government has begun the process to declare at least one wetland in each district along the Konkan coastline as eco-tourism destinations. Konkan commissioner Jagdish Patil directed collectors from Mumbai suburban Palghar, Thane and Raigad to survey and select one wetland site each earlier this month. The collectors need to submit the location during the next meeting of the wetland grievance redressal committee (constituted by the Bombay high court (HC) in August 2016) later this month. After preliminary discussions, proposals for each location will be submitted and identified as eco-tourism zones. Natural wetlands comprise creeks, estuaries, marsh es, riverbanks,...