Mangroves act as the sponge of coastal cities and towns, breaking the flow of flash floods and absorbing the impact of sea-level rise.
12/ Bring back the mangroves. Mangroves act as the sponge of the city, breaking the flow of flash floods and absorbing the impact. Mumbai lost a lot of its mangrove cover and freshwater drainages, and we need to recover them. BKC was built over hectares of mangroves.