In Bandra, NGO to clean up Carter Road mangroves

MUMBAI: Mangroves at Carter Road, Bandra, will be cleared of garbage daily for six months.
On Wednesday, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Mangrove Foundation and NGO United Way Mumbai to reduce solid waste in mangroves, trapped during high tide.
“Earlier, we had signed a similar MoU for cleaning up mangroves at Bhandup. The NGO will deploy four labourers and a supervisor to clean the mangroves daily.They will recycle waste removed from mangroves. We have provided them a 100 sq m clear area in the mangroves to dry the waste,” said Virendra Tiwari, additional principal chief conservator of forests, Mangrove Conservation Cell.
Tiwari said nearly 90% of the waste in mangroves was non-degradable and comprises plastic and thermocol. “The waste collected will be cleaned, segregated and transported to a material recovery centre, where it will be segregated, compressed, compacted and transported for recycling or repurposing,” he said.
In July 2020, Bandra West Residents’ Association, that had saved, revived and was maintaining the Carter Road promenade since 2002, had called it quits owing to the high cost and no help from authorities.