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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Chittaranjan Tembhekar | TNN

Mumbai: Plan to reclaim mangrove belt lost to debris dumping

MUMBAI: In perhaps the first such move to reclaim mangrove belts that have been lost to debris dumping over the last three decades, the Mangrove Foundation, Mahapreit, a state-owned renewable energy company, and the BMC will undertake an experimental project to re-establish the lost mangrove zone in P North ward (Malad-Malvani).

This belt, officials said, has vanished after being buried under debris dumped by encroachers in the late 1990s.

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