Mumbai: BJP MLA 'killed' 3.5 acres of mangroves to raise posh club

Mumbai | Thursday | 18th July, 2019

Summary:

When the sprawling lavish Seven Eleven Club came up in Mira Road, it altered the area's landscape. Activists allege that the property, which realty experts value at about Rs 500 crore, has been raised after butchering a sizeable mangrove patch in Mira Road. Mira Road was marooned last monsoon, with roads and rail tracks submerged under water like never before, cutting off the distant suburb from Mumbai.) They also demanded imprisonment for MLA Narendra Mehta and brother Vinod Mehta for killing mangroves. Pradeep Jangam, another activist, said, "MLA Mehta misused his power to construct this club and helped his brother..