Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai (Bombay)
About Maharashtra Nature Park
The flora and fauna in the Maharashtra Nature Park
Said to be the Green Lung of Mumbai, the Maharashtra Nature Park provides everyone a very pleasant escape from the pollution-ridden life of the city. Being fine abode to several species of flora and fauna, the park is visited mostly by nature lovers.
As you enter the threshold of the park, you begin wondering how so much greenery can originate close to the place, which is the biggest slum of Asia. More to wonder, the rich greenery of the nature park maintains proudly to boasts of its 200 species of trees. The mangrove evergreen forest causes plenty of species of birds, butterflies, insects and fungi to thrive in the park.
Beyond counting approx 200 species of trees, the park has 38 species of butterflies and 80 species of birds. Between October and March, the park becomes a very favourite spot for bird watchers, as one can see thousands of birds hovering over the Mithi river and in the park.
The area on which the Park has been created was previously a garbage dumping ground.