Thanks to an alert from a nature lover, I had a closer look at a new bus stop that was built right next to the mangroves.
A layer of brown sacking had been placed around the bus stop.
The vegetation at the edge of the mangrove area was very poorly hacked.
I couldn't really see deeper into the mangroves. But it looks like the damage was limited to the area near the road. However, it appears the mangroves are still coated with orange clay.
This is what the area looked like in Jan 2016.
This is when I noticed a layer of bright orange clay coated the area from a nearby construction site.
The mangroves grow along the waterway marked with the yellow line. I noticed a bright orange clay trail in the drain to the west (red line) of Punggol Road. While the water in the drain to the east (blue line) was normal, no bright orange clay trail.
Graphic from the Straits Times 24 Aug 2015 |