he state forest department has taken over additional 961 hectares ofmangrovesto be protected as reserved forest under Section 4 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927.
State Environment MinisterAaditya Thackerayhad tweeted that earlier 1,433 ha MANGROVES were declared as reserved forest under Section 20 of the Act. With this, the total mangrove area under protection in Ratnagiri is now more than 2,394 ha.
Cidco itself has said that it has over 1,000 hectares to be transferred, and a recent declaration by JNPT said it has more than 900 hectares, Kumar tweeted in respnose to Thackerays tweet. He pointed out that vast sea forests under Navi Mumbai SEZ are yet to be accounted for.