A Navi Mumbai-based activist has raised an alarm over attempts to kill mangroves in the city by blocking tidal water with debris in Kamothe. Environmentalist Sunil Agarwal has complained about the same to the state’s Mangroves Cell and other departments concerned. He has also shared pictures of mangroves along with GPS coordinates. 

Agarwal said, “This is fragmenting of the mangroves. In general, there is heavy fragmentation of mangroves between Sector 10 in Kharghar and Sector 36 in Kamothe. I am also attaching pictures of debris and waste destroying mangroves. I appeal to the authorities to save the mangroves from further fragmentation and destruction in Navi Mumbai and Raigad.”