A plot on Vihar Lake
ByYogesh NaikYogesh Naik / Updated: Mar 14, 2021, 06:00 IST
SGNP director seeks explanation from
BMC which claims it fenced the area for security reasons
The
Vihar Lake, which lies in the
Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), the only forest in the metropolis.
Vihar Lake is one of the seven
lakes that supply water to
Mumbai. It supplies 16 million gallons of water to the city, and was the second lake to have been constructed by the British in Mumbai.
A few days ago, when this correspondent was travelling in a helicopter, he saw a plot being carved out with small internal roads, and shot a video. The video was sent to the SGNP director G Mallikarjun who said that the matter would be investigated. Later, the video was also sent to the municipal commissioner I S Chahal, chief wildlife warden Nitin Kakodkar, additional principal chief conservator of