State seeks ways to protect Lokhandwala biodiversity hotspot

On the occasion of World Environment Day earlier this month, Lokhandwala resident and veteran ornithologist Sunjoy Monga, had written to                Aaditya Thackeray

Mumbai The state government, through the office of environment minister Aaditya Thackeray, has directed the forest department’s mangrove cell to assess the ownership history of Lokhandwala Lake in K-West ward, so that the water body can be brought under the purview of the Indian Forest Act (1927) and protected as a ‘reserved forest’ area.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/state-seeks-ways-to-protect-lokhandwala-biodiversity-hotspot-101655134621822.html

Source – Hindustan Times

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