We’re forking over taxes to protect our wetlands as vital “green lungs” for flamingos and clean water—but lab tests scream alarm: DPS Flamingo Lake, NRI wetland, and T.S. Chanakya lake are choking on sewage, chemicals, and stagnation. These spots feed into the Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary, drawing migratory birds we all cherish. Now, activists warn they’re dying from blocked tides and filth.
NatConnect Foundation,Nandkumar Pawar and team grabbed water samples, tested in Thane labs, and the results are shocking—way beyond safe limits for any ecosystem:
- Total Dissolved Solids (TDS): 17,360–22,920 mg/L (safe max: 5,000 mg/L)—brackish poison!
- pH over 9: Alkaline stress killing life.
- Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD): 14.8–23.6 mg/L; Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD): 47.5–73.5 mg/L—heavy organic rot sucking out oxygen.
Rekha Sankhala of Save Flamingos and Mangroves Forum blasts it: “These waters are in distress—pollution levels no wetland can handle.” B.N. Kumar of NatConnect adds tidal flow is crippled, trapping contaminants instead of flushing them. Fewer flamingos this season? No surprise.
Blame game: Upstream sewage from Belapur-Vashi dumps into Panvel creek, flowing straight here. Locals eat fish from this mess—hello, public health crisis!
Experts like C.S. Jacob spot untreated sewage and industrial waste; Jyoti Nadkarni calls it a ticking health bomb. Raj Pugalia warns blocked tides turn these into stagnant ponds; Pamela Cheema says groundwater’s next.
NMMC promises: They’ve sampled too and “will act” post-analysis. But we taxpayers demand more than words—fix the sewage, restore tides, save our birds and water now!
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