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High Court bans any construction on wetlands after our PIL

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New Link Road Forum with Vanashakti and other NGO’s filed a PIL with the High Court, and this is the verdict we got yesterday:

Ban construction on wetlands in Maharashtra, HC tells state

 

Rosy Sequeira Times News Network 15th October 2013 


Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Monday directed the state government to issue a circular to all civic bodies to ensure that no construction or reclamation is permitted on wetlands in Maharashtra. 

 



    Adivision bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice S C Gupte also directed the government to state if it will adopt the Centre’s wetland atlas as its “brief document”. 
    The court heard a PIL by NGO Vanshakti and other NGO’s regarding the non-implementation of the Wetlands Rules 2010 in Maharashtra. Any land adjoining a water body, whichgives a distinct eco-system, is a wetland—it could be both coastal and inland and include 

2 responses to “High Court bans any construction on wetlands after our PIL”

  1. Gurunathan Pillai Avatar
    Gurunathan Pillai

    Hat’s off to you. Keep up the good work

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  2. Patel Avatar
    Patel

    Excellent Work Team !

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