Fears for future of Mexico City's 'green lung'
Tue 06th July 2021 | 09:00 AM
Mexico City, July 6 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th Jul, 2021 ) :A major construction project in wetlands seen as one of the "green lungs" of smog-choked Mexico City has raised concerns for the future of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A more than 1.7-kilometer (one mile) long reinforced concrete bridge is being built on a freshwater lake system that helps to regulate the temperature and prevent flooding in the city of nine million people.
Hundreds of trees have been cut down in the Xochimilco reserve, which is home to endemic species including the critically endangered axolotl, a salamander-like amphibian.