Expressway Project to Price Maharashtra, Gujarat Forest Land
Mumbai: The Surat-Chennai Expressway project has gotten environmental clearance, affecting forest land in Maharashtra and Gujarat. The Union Ministry’s professional consultatory board approved the diversion at a conference on March 5 th.
- Maharashtra will certainly shed 82 hectares of forest land for the Nashik-Ahilyanagar stretch.
- Gujarat’s stretch will affect 340 hectares of forest land.
- The NHAI project will certainly set you back 9, 494 crore in Maharashtra and 16, 198 crore in Gujarat.
- Gujarat’s stretch needs further impact analyses as a result of its Western Ghats area.
Ecologists are elevating problems regarding the continued diversion of woodland land.
