Reply from Shigeyuki Baba, executive secretary, INTERATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM :
--- On Thu, 15/7/10, ISME <[email protected]> wrote: From: ISME <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Fw: Re: MANGROVES CUT DUE TO UNTAVALE's FAKE REPORT To: "rajendra kakodkar" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, 15 July, 2010, 7:20 AM Dear Mr. Kakodkar Thank you for your kind e-mail. I hope Mangrove Society of India will take necessary action. Best regards, Shigeyuki Baba At 19:46 10/07/14, rajendra kakodkar wrote: Dear Prof. S Baba, Executive Secretary, International Society for Mangrove Ecosystem Today morning I got a call from a friend of mine that local people caught Vedanta goons while cutting mangroves in Panchwadi for Riverside Terminal. I went there as a concerned member of Mangrove Society of India. When I told them I am from the Society, they objected to my presence, stating that Mr A G Untavale, Executive Secretary of Mangrove Society of India is responsible for the destruction of Mangroves. They showed me a report prepared by Mr Untavale saying that there are no mangroves whereas the area id full of mangroves. The link given below tells more about the case. Few days back I was shown a large Mangrove area Panaji-Kadamba road being over-dumped with roubles to kill mangoves, which I had reported to Untavale. Similarly Regional Plan on the basis of which real estate development approvals are given shows that there are almost no mangroves in Goa. An urgent meeting of Mangrove Society be held to discuss the matter. http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/2010/07/vedanta-deploys-goons-to-cut-mangrove.html Rajendra Kakodkar adivasi-rights research and resource centre, An initiative of Gawda, Kunbi, Velip, and Dhangar Federa381, Dhulapi, Corlim, Ilhas, Goa. Pincode: 403 110
