A corner of MMR is heating up, fuelled by construction boom and deforestation -
In a warning against untrammeled urbanisation, a study by a civic body in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region has shown a three-degree rise in land surface temperature (LST) locally. The study, based on satellite data, says the causes include increasing concretization, reduction in waterbodies, and destruction of hills. The report of the Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is part of its first environmental status report (ESR). http://toi.in/jBLNdZ/a31