The wetland and mangrove committees, mandated by the Bombay High Court, have been skipping meetings where they are supposed to address complaints about destruction of the swamps, environmentalists have told the government, a report said.

The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) has asked Bhushan Gagrani, principal secretary, the Urban Development department, and Anand Limaye, additional chief secretary, Home, to look into the complaints. The panels met only twice last year, once in January and again in June. Since then, there have been no meetings, the environmental activists have alleged. The scheduled meetings of the two committees on February 8 were cancelled without any justification, they said.