The new international airport at Navi Mumbai has been given a go-ahead after a compromise between the Environment and Civil Aviation ministries and City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd (CIDCO).
Announcing the clearance for the airport, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said that River Gadhi would not be diverted to make way for the airport and added that 161 hectares of mangroves would fall under Navi Mumbai airport.
"Environmental clearance for international airport at Navi Mumbai has been given. River Gadhi will not be diverted," said Ramesh while addressing a press conference in Mumbai.
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[quote]Announcing the clearance for the airport, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said that River Gadhi would not be diverted to make way for the airport and added that 161 hectares of mangroves would fall under Navi Mumbai airport.
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Already the coast line of Mumbai and elsewhere in Indis are facing several serious environment repercussions due to decline in the mangrove forests, now with destruction of a whopping 161 hectares of mangroves is going to cause further large-scale havoc. As it is coastal ecological systems are too fragile! Now with the international airport, we can only witness destructions and nothing else!
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Already the coast line of Mumbai and elsewhere in Indis are facing several serious environment repercussions due to decline in the mangrove forests, now with destruction of a whopping 161 hectares of mangroves is going to cause further large-scale havoc. As it is coastal ecological systems are too fragile! Now with the international airport, we can only witness destructions and nothing else!
[quote]Yes very true kalyani....
Mumbai is facing a severe climatic change every year and with so much destruction of forest land the situation will be still worse.... [/quote]
That's right Kavita! Already in Mumbai there have been recent spurts of incidents in Mumbai where the roads simply break and sink into the ground causing accident.
This is because most of the land now is being reclaimed from the sea over mountains of landfills to provide living space for ever-increasing crowds surging into Mumbai!
Mumbai is facing a severe climatic change every year and with so much destruction of forest land the situation will be still worse.... [/quote]
That's right Kavita! Already in Mumbai there have been recent spurts of incidents in Mumbai where the roads simply break and sink into the ground causing accident.
This is because most of the land now is being reclaimed from the sea over mountains of landfills to provide living space for ever-increasing crowds surging into Mumbai!
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