Greens blow Earth Day bugle to conserve wetlands, mangroves, hills

In Earth Day bugle, city-based environmentalists have cautioned the government and urban planners against the disastrous effects of playing with the nature with projects such as the Navi Mumbai SEZ and Bullet Train and called for stepping up citizen vigil to protect mangroves, wetlands and hills in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

Aligning with the UN-driven Earth Day (https://www.earthday.org/  being observed digitally in view of the prevailing corona crisis, the green groups such as NatConnect Foundation have decided to launch a social media communication on Wednesday. The event figures in the Earth Day calendar under Conservation.

Watch this space tomorrow.