NAVI MUMBAI: The NMMC has submitted a report by IIT-Bombay and Salim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), to the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) seeking approval to carry out cleaning of all 11 holding ponds across the city, without damaging the marine green cover.
Holding ponds protect the city from flooding during monsoon. The NMMC has sought permission to clean the holding ponds at sector 12 in CBD Belapur and sector 8 in Vashi on priority. Post this it will prepare a case study on the same, and will replicate the method to clean other holding ponds as well.
