Mumbai: Worried that garbage was disposed of and burned in mangroves in Uran in Navi Mumbai, the Bombay High Court on Monday tapped the authorities, including CidCdo, for the delay in identifying the place where the URAN city holder was.
“We can see from photos that are burned by garbage in mangroves.
On the one hand, we talk about the preservation of mangrove forests, and we destroy them by burning them,” said Judge Shahrukh Kathawalla and Millind Jadhav.
TimesView why it requires a court to push and push The authority of the citizenship to carry out their legal tasks? Mangrove not only protects the coastline of storms and floods, but is also a valuable nursery area for fish.
Throwing and burning garbage in such an environmentally sensitive area must be stopped and local administration must quickly complete a dumping ground new.
The judges hear the petition submitted in December 2018 by the body of Fisherfolk, Hanuman Koliwada Macchimar Vikas Sanshtha Maryadit, that dumping from solid waste in mangroves has an impact on the basis of fish breeding and influencing their livelihoods.
The judge praised the City Council of Uran and Collectors, Raigad, has made a statement during L More than two years and move responsibility from one authority to another.
“This blame game must stop.
It’s more than two years.
This will last for 20 years.
The ping-pong match is ongoing,” Kathawalla justice said.
Last month, Cidco was added as a party after the court was told that it was developing open land in the area concerned.
His advocate, G s Hegde, told that it was “the task of climbing to find land” because most of the land was developed or borne by the zone of coastal regulations (CRZ).
Judge Jadhav said, “The problem will get worse.
This will affect your own areas.
Where will they dispose of trash? As a planning authority, you (CidCo) need to have a vision.
Something must be done.
The cause is very serious.” Advocates Applicant , Meenaz Kakalia, said, “Two tons of solid waste metrics that unthinkable every day are disposed of in mangroves.” Judges, in their order, noted that in 2018, the Civic Boy Uran said he had identified a plot.
Collectors, in 2019, land said were not identified.
Also, their statement to the High Court did not meet for more than two years and they transferred responsibility from one authority to others.
“Such behavior in the Board section and / or collector cannot be tolerated.
It is their duty to comply with the statements made before the court and also to comply with court directives,” he added.
The judges directed collectors, executive engineers of Cicdo (Civil) and member secretary, the state of the state pollution emerged at the online session Tuesday to help the court complete the “old edition of garbage disposal in mangroves”.