What happened at the Kharghar pond?

•HT had reported on May 15 that dumping of construction debris has destroyed three-fourth of a six hectare pond called Murbi Talav located in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) between sector 18 and 19 in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, over the past three years.

•The Bombay High Court (HC) appointed wetland grievance committee has initiated an enquiry into matter after citizens’ submitted satellite images that show 75% of the water body had been reclaimed

•Debris dumping continued at the site even after the City Industrial Development Corporation Limited (CIDCO) set up a board stating no dumping.

•Citizens filed complaints and even staged protests to stop the destruction citing the area was a natural wetland but complaints fell on deaf ears.

•The HC committee member Stalin D issued directions but no action was taken to stop the violations.

•Irked by the continued violations, citizens moved the Bombay HC that granted a stay on debris dumping at the site last week. There has been no work carried out the pond since, said residents.

•The state submits documents stating the area in question is not a wetland but Maharashtra Remote Sensing Application Centre (MRSAC) MRSAC’s own website identifies the water body as a lake or pond.

So here is a contradiction in the own data point and conveniently used for there purpose.

Such a waste of time .... entire year this hazardous debris dumped in water has polluted underground water an irreversible way( common sense ) and we are dealing with the portable water crisis. Can't we use these and other waterbodies for water safety of community and protect them.

Who takes responsibility for the poisoning of underground water reserve as it is community water not owned by any Govt authority.

Its high time we wake up to these raw facts and do the right thing by protecting all Kharghar based water bodies.