PANJIM: The villagers of Santo Estevam have written to Environment Minister Alina Saldanha complaining that there has been illegal cutting of mangroves in the village and that no action has been taken by the ‘statutory authorities’.

In their letter to the environment minister they have sought that the issue not be neglected by her department. “I had made a complaint to authorities the concerned regarding illegal felling of mangrove trees of Zuia, Santo Estevam on July 22... Despite the said complaint, no action has been taken in that regard by the authorities concerned...