Updated On: 09 December, 2012 07:45 AM IST | | Saurabh Katkurwar
The 615 hectares of mangroves, replacing the 110 hectares destroyed to develop the Navi Mumbai airport, is to be used for research and study purposes
To compensate the loss of 110 hectares of mangroves due to the construction of the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), CIDCO plans to develop 615 hectares of mangroves at three to four different sites. Gurunath Anarse, general manager (environment), CIDCO, said, “We have chosen a few sites around the airport where mangroves will be planted. We will take the help of an NGO, and begin plantation soon.”
