Updated On: 22 November, 2017 07:00 PM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
<p>They have begun setting fire to the patch; Mangroves Cell says the area is not yet under their jurisdiction</p>

Just weeks after mid-day reported on the local mafia destroying mangroves in Versova, land mafia has begun destroying one of the last remaining mangrove patches near Atharva College in Kandivli. The Forest Department needs to document and safeguard all remaining patches in the larger interest of the city, say environmentalists.

On the destruction of mangroves at Versova