Mumbai Coastal Road Faces Backlash Over Mangrove Threats
June 21, 2025: Dr Girish Salgaonkar, a fisher from Charkop, recalls a time when Kandivali had kitchen gardens and families cultivated vegetables. That traditional way of life, he says, has steadily eroded—first due to land reclamation and now through the large-scale destruction of mangroves. With the proposed extension of the Mumbai Coastal Road, that threat […]