Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray along with a group of environmentalists has raised a red flag over the creation of the New Mahabaleshwar project in Maharashtra.

The project, aimed at easing pressure on Maharashtra's tourism destination–Mahabaleshwar, located 285 km from Mumbai, is said to be a pet project of erstwhile Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.