Bird Hit case. Same thing may happen in Navi Mumbai airport if Palm Beach Wetlands are destroyed to make golf course and residential towers by CIDCO.
Extract from BNHS final report on baseline survey :
Specific Issues of concern
1. Proposed Golf Course
A golf course has been proposed by CIDCO in about 80 ha land at Sector 60 which essentially consists of wetlands behind NRI and TSC (see Figure 51). It is our considered opinion that this is a wetland having all the essential wetland characteristics. This is an extraordinarywetland that is used by a large number of migratory and resident water birds. On average, around 40,000 to 50,000 birds including 10,000–15,000 Near Threatened Lesser Flamingos can be observed roosting at this site at high tides during winter season.
We have recommended this site to be declared as protected area in the studies carried out for
proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) and Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL). Conversion of this land to a different purpose (in this case, a golf course) will seriously jeopardise the air safety of the proposed airport as birds may start using the NMIA and its influence zone for roosting purposes in the absence of the above mentioned wetland.
Under no circumstances should this land be diverted to any other land use.
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