Locals urge panel to protect site ‘diverted’ for housing
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Fisherfolk and environmental activists led by former TDP MLA Vanamadi Kondababu on Thursday appealed to the Joint Committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to protect the 100-acre mangrove ecosystem from being diverted for housing objective.
The NGT committee, headed by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change consultant C. Palpandi, visited the site in Dummulapeta space on Thursday.
East Godavari Joint Collector G. Lakshmisha and different officers submitted particulars of the housing mission on the site, an ecologically essential space with a backwater channel, and the mangrove cowl that was levelled for the housing mission.
“The nearly 100-acre site comprised a backwater channel and mangrove cover, serving as a navigational channel for fishing boats and fishing for local folk. The levelling is a major threat for the Kakinada city,” Mr. Kondababu instructed the committee.
The petitioner, Bolisetti Satyanarayana, had to depart the site earlier than the arrival of the committee as a piece of individuals didn’t permit him to keep there to work together with the committee members.
The native communities led by fisherfolk alleged that the district authorities had levelled the site by depositing an enormous amount of soil in the course of the lockdown interval.
Tension prevailed for a while on the site as native folks break up into teams taking completely different positions over the difficulty.
However, the committee accomplished the sphere research and is anticipated to submit a report to the National Green Tribunal inside a number of weeks.
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