Navi Mumbaikars demand to Save Wetlands locally: email CIDCO MD & Ministryofficials to express anger and concern @adityathackeray Out of an area of 35.55 hectares allotted for golfcourse & residential towers nearly 33.45 hectares i.e 94% of the area falls under ‘wetland’and is part of the National Wetland Inventory.
As per the directions of Hon'ble Supreme Court of October 2017 in the matter ofBalakrishnan vs Union of India & ors, in accordance with Rule 4 of Wetland (Conservation andManagement), 2010. the wetlands need to be protected.
Shri Aaditya Thackeray , honorable Environment minister in a meeting held on 27th January2020 has asked Urban development department & CIDCO to abandon the plan for GolfCourse & Residential Towers in Sector 60 of Nerul & instead work on proposal forFlamingos sanctuary in its place. However due to the absence of any communication fromCIDCO MD after the meeting, citizens of Navi Mumbai have become suspicious of his intenttowards scrapping of the golf course project and have taken to email and social media,seeking answers from him.
More than 1K mails have been sent to MD-CIDCO, the Chief Minister of Maharashtraalong with Environment Minister and even Chief Secretary, along with Environment,Forest, Home, Revenue, Water Conservation, Agriculture Energy, Social Justicesecretaries and undersecretaries and Urban development department's principalsecretary Nitin Kareer via https://letindiabreathe.in/saveNaviMumbaiwetl “Wetlands are an important part of Mumbai’s ecology. What makes us think that being so close to the sea, Mumbai never flooded in the past? Recent history is pointing to evidence that we need to stop abusing our ecological treasures. Hope our campaign helps Mumbai retain its green spaces and critical carbon sinks” says Yash Marwah, Founder- Let IndiaBreathe.
Technology and open source platforms are at the heart of people driven campaigns like Save Wetlands. “It is really exciting to see how people from Navi Mumbai have taken to our platform and are creating a conversation. This is participatory democracy at its best, and I am happy technology has been able to equip it".
#keepWetlands . For sending E mail click on Link . https://letindiabreathe.in/saveNaviMumbaiwetl