The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation`s (BMC`s) Biodiversity Management Committee is, in a bid to conserve water bodies in the city, planning to declare areas around them eco-sensitive zones (ESZs). In its first meeting on Monday, the committee held a discussion on conservation of water bodies, preventing pollution in coastal water and increasing biodiversity around the city`s gardens and parks. The 23-member committee, headed by Deputy Municipal Commissioner, (Gardens) Ramakant Biradar, has several experts from the fields of marine life, wildlife and environment, apart from civic officials, corporators and elected legislators. Earlier, on December 1, Mayor Kishori Pednekar had given formal...
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