Environment ministry nominated Prof Sanjay Deshmukh, Department of Life Sciences, University of Mumbai, for the joint committee as mandated by the NGT’s Western Zonal bench in February this year.
Due to the strong tidal effects of supermoon, the seawater at Panje has managed to cross over the man-made bunds that were blocking the water movement
NAVI MUMBAI: The Supermoon phenomenon that occurred early this week has managed to do a tiny super-miracle at the parched Panje wetland, which the environmentalists were quite literally begging the government officials to restore.
Due to the strong tidal effects of supermoon, the seawater at Panje has managed to cross over the man-made bunds that were blocking the water movement. As the tidal water gushed through, several migratory birds also immediately started coming into Panje in the last two days.
Panje wetland is under attack with vested interests totally blocking tidal water inlets.
NAVI MUMBAI: Environmentalists are upset that the Panje wetland is under attack once again with vested interests totally blocking tidal water inlets. Coming as it does before the much-delayed inspection of the area by a subcommittee appointed at the behest of the Mangrove Committee, the blocking of all inlets has come as a severe shocker, said Nandakumar Pawar, head of Shri Ekvira Aai Pratishtan.
Four entry points for the tidal water have been blocked earlier and now the last and fifth is also packed with cement in an apparent attempt to render the area dry and showcase that it is not a wetland, Pawar said.