Nearly 300 residents of over 10 societies near Charkop lake, a 50-year-old water body, fear that construction on the lake is going to adversely affect them in the coming monsoon. In February, the residents had raised a red flag over partial filling of the six-acre lake for a housing project. Consequently, on February 20, the Mumbai Suburban Collector's office issued a notice to stop the land-filling till further notice and ordered a high-level inquiry into the issue.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/charkop-residents-protest-residential-complex-wetland
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-mumbai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wetlands
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lakes
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/birds
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/migratory-species
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wetland-conservation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ngo
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra