Manori Creek (also Malad Creek) is a
creek (tidal channel) on Salsette Island, northern
Mumbai
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(Bombay),
India
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. It is also known as the
Gorai Creek further north. The
Dahisar River drains into this creek.
In May 2017, a two year long research by the National Environment Engineering Research Institute found that creeks including Manori, Thane and Malad creeks were being choked due to the unchecked growth of mangroves caused by the discharge of untreated sewage and urban waste. In June 2024, a controversy erupted in Manori over creek reclamation for roll-on roll-off (RORO) jetty construction by the Mumbai Maritime Board after truck loads of boulders and mud were dumped on the mangroves. Later in July, the central ministry of environment wrote to the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority to look into the illegal reclamation in the Manori Creek. A study in 2007 by a group of scholars also revealed that the water quality has deteriorated.
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Image:Geographybombay.png, Location
Image:Marve-pylons.jpg, Power pylons
Image:Marve-creek.jpg, Boat on creek
Image:Gorai-creek.jpg, Creek
File:BEST-ferry.jpg, BEST ferry
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on Manori Creek
References
Estuaries of Mumbai
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