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Environmentalists criticise BMC’s draft master plan for Sanjay Gandhi National Park ESZ

Environmentalists slam BMC’s draft Zonal Master Plan for excluding key natural areas like Aarey, Yeoor and Chena, warning it opens Mumbai’s last wild spaces to real estate development at expense of its biodiversity

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Experts argue that open spaces and untouched forests — vital for Mumbai’s biodiversity — have been left exposed. File pic/Satej Shinde

Experts argue that open spaces and untouched forests — vital for Mumbai’s biodiversity — have been left exposed. File pic/Satej Shinde

Even as the BMC has invited suggestions and objections to the Draft Zonal Master Plan (ZMP) for the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), city-based environmentalists have strongly criticised the plan, saying it ignores key forest areas that lie within Mumbai.

Environmentalist Stalin D, who has been fighting for the protection of SGNP and its surrounding green zones, has submitted detailed objections to the civic body, pointing out major exclusions and ecological oversights.

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