Mumbai: The famous versova beach on the outskirts of Mumbai which was once the nesting site for Olive Ridley Turtles, was completely destroyed by countless new retaining walls and tetrapods fell on sandy beaches.
Surprising health wants this concrete blockage to be removed to save Versova beach.
“I just returned from Versova beach, and I hanged to see this beautiful beach destruction The eggs are here.
We demanded that the second retaining wall be removed with Tetrapod, because they illegally put there and further damage the ecology, ” said Green activist Zoru Bathena.
In January 2020, when the two walls were being built, Bathena complained to The State Authority, including the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority, and has received a ‘Stop Work’ notification problem for this wall.
“However, during locking, the contractor has begun to rebuild the wall and throw Tetrapoda.
Sad to see how this beach has been destroyed, “said Bathena.
Versova Member Animal activist based in the Mumbai Congress, Dr.
Nandini Kulkarni, said, “Recently, our delegation included a spokesman for the Maharashtra Youth Congress, Latoya Ferns-Advani, the President who worked Charan Singh Sapra, and the others submitted a claim We told MLC Bhai Jagtap which clearly stated that we wanted to restore Versova Beach to its original form.
The delegation will also meet Kirticar’s Parliamentarians and the Minister of PWD Ashok Chavan, to save Versova Beach.
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Kulkarni added it in 2018, Olive Ridley Kura -Kura has eggs on this beach, which then managed to hatch, because of the effort that was consistent by citizen activists Afroz Shah and others to keep this beach clean.
‘`It was very surprising to see that there was no application of the mind while building a new retaining wall which literally cut on The beach, ” he said.
Meanwhile, Bathena said that she and the neighborhood D Stalin could move by Dellan if the beach doesn’t recover.
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‘Versova beach is destroyed by a new wall, Tetrapods’
