India, May 9 -- The Bombay high court on Thursday expressed the need for constituting a committee to monitor conservation activities in the Thane Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, a habitat for flamingos and one of three sites designated as "wetlands of international importance" in Maharashtra under the Ramsar Convention, 1971.

The division bench of chief justice Alok Aradhe and justice Makarand Karnik expressed the need for such a committee after senior advocate and amicus curiae Janak Dwarkadas called for targeted action on a host of issues to ensure the long-term ecological health of the sanctuary. The senior lawyer is assisting the court in suo motu proceeding to monitor the conservation and preservation of three Ramsar sites in Maharashtra ...