‘HC-apppointed panels have failed to protect wetlands & mangroves'

State Dept's Lax Approach Key Reason: Member

- Vijay Singh

Environmentalist D Stalin, member of the Bombay high court-appointed wetlands grievance redressal committee, has written a stinging letter to the panel head, Konkan division commissioner Vilas Patil, stating that both wetlands and mangroves protection committees have failed to resolve cases of eco damages due to non-compliance of various state departments.

Stalin, who is also the director of Vanashakti NGO, has stated in his letter that the wetlands and mangroves panels should stop trying to resolve complaints and fully update the high court that various state authorities are not cooperating to get closure reports for various environmental issues regarding wetlands and mangroves.