Expressway Task to Expense Maharashtra, Gujarat Forest Land
Mumbai: The Surat-Chennai Expressway task has received environmental clearance, impacting forest land in Maharashtra and Gujarat. The Union Ministry’s professional advising board authorized the diversion at a meeting on March 5 th.
- Maharashtra will lose 82 hectares of woodland land for the Nashik-Ahilyanagar stretch.
- Gujarat’s stretch will certainly impact 340 hectares of forest land.
- The NHAI job will cost 9, 494 crore in Maharashtra and 16, 198 crore in Gujarat.
- Gujarat’s stretch requires more influence analyses as a result of its Western Ghats area.
Environmentalists are elevating worries concerning the continued diversion of forest land.