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Hutments, mangroves eat into 70% of Bhandup bird habitat: BNHS study

According to the report, of which HT has a copy, this has resulted in a 70% drop in the wetland area (mudflats) from 344ha in 1973 to 100.3 hectare in 2018.

Expanding mangrove cover and a sharp rise in encroachments has shrunk almost 70% of prime bird habitat near the Bhandup pumping station(Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)
Published on May 30, 2019 02:59 AM IST
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