HC asks state to spell out stand on mangroves

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to spell out its stand on the issue of notifying around 25,000 hectares of mangrove land on Maharashtra's coastline as "forests", The Times of India reported.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to spell out its stand on the issue of notifying around 25,000 hectares of mangrove land on Maharashtra's coastline as "forests",u00a0The Times of India reported.
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A division bench of Justices J N Patel and Rajendra Savant directed the additional chief secretary (forests) and secretary (environment) to file an affidavit in the matter within two weeks.
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The court was hearing a PIL filed by the NGO Bombay Environmental Action Group (BEAG), seeking the conservation of mangrove plots in the state. The court in October 2005 had ordered the state to ban dumping in mangrove plots and cutting of mangrove trees.

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