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salt pan news

Silent saboteur: Too much salt is worsening your diabetes; 6 tips to combat it

Eating too much salt could worsen your diabetes
Published on Nov 28, 2024 10:30 pm IST

Goa battles to save its low-lying lands from redesignation by the MoEF

Goa’s khazans are a source of food for its villagers who reside in the coastal regions. These khazans can also be used for multiple uses like farming and aquaculture.
Updated on Oct 02, 2019 03:32 pm IST

How much of Mumbai’s salt pans can be developed? Master plan in the works

Debi Goenka, from Conservation Action Trust, an NGO working for environmental causes, said the move will be disastrous for the city.
Updated on Sept 12, 2019 05:02 am IST

Mumbai will drown if development is allowed on salt pans

Debi Goenka from Conservation Action Trust, another NGO working for environmental causes, said the move will be disastrous for the city.
Updated on Aug 21, 2019 05:41 am IST

1,781 acres of salt pans spread across Mumbai to be opened up for real estate

The state will move ahead only after the Centre makes the amendment, state officials involved in the process said on Monday.
Updated on Aug 20, 2019 08:37 am IST

Goa to push Centre for designation of low-lying lands as eco-sensitive zones

Environmentalists have expressed the fear that the High Tide Line is being deviously shown further seawards in order to protect structures that would otherwise be marked illegal.
Updated on Aug 02, 2019 01:16 am IST

Mumbai’s 2nd-largest natural area Thane Creek needs to be saved

The wetland and the adjacent Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary are globally significant, serving as a stop for migratory birds using the Central Asian Flyway.
Published on Jun 03, 2019 12:05 pm IST

Mumbai draws the line around flamingo haven

In December 2018, the Supreme Court (SC) had issued a directive that the Union environment ministry should declare ESZs around 21 national park and wildlife sanctuaries which do not have buffer zones.
Updated on May 16, 2019 07:45 am IST

Maharashtra govt not demarcating coastal wetlands deliberately: Environmentalists

Wetland demarcation for inland areas has been completed for Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts.
Published on Jan 06, 2019 12:28 am IST

MMRDA restarts survey of salt pan land in Mumbai, ignores its own warning

In Mumbai, salt pan land is distributed across Mulund, Bhandup, Trombay, Wadala, Mankhurd-Chembur, Dahisar and Goregaon
Updated on Apr 10, 2018 12:03 am IST