PANAJI: Blaming the state government for neglecting mangroves and Goa's ecology and environment, TMC Goa on Sunday wrote to governor P S Sreedharan Pillai asking for restoration of forests and mangroves.
TMC said that it is crucial that efforts to protect the environment are accelerated so that global warming and climate change can be slowed down.
"Being on the cusp of multiple tipping points, it becomes crucial that we accelerate efforts to safeguard the environment," TMC Goa said in the letter.
TMC has submitted pictures of destroyed mangroves to back their allegations that there is an increase in the number of cases of cutting and clearing of mangroves along the coastal belt of Goa. TMC's state incharge Kirti Azad said that fragile mangrove ecosystems are illegally converted into resorts and real estate projects.
Pictures of damaged mangroves at Morombi o Grande and Morombi o Pequeno were attached. The party said that the BJP-led government's insistence on major projects devastated Goa's ecology.
