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Maharashtra wants 8.8 hectares of forest area from Sanjay Gandhi National Park for road project
Updated On: 29 May, 2021 11:35 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
Activists say diversion of land will further shrink forest which is constantly under threat due to urbanisation around it
Ghodbunder Road leads out of Thane connecting the Eastern Express Highway on one end and the Western Express Highway on the other
Mumbai's already-stressed green cover could shrink further, with the state road body seeking clearance to utilise 8.8 hectares of forest from the Sanjay Gandhi National Park for an elevated carriageway along the Thane-Ghodbunder highway.
Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), which is implementing the Rs 510-crore project, has approached the Union environment ministry to divert a part of SGNP, as big as the Oval Maidan, said sources.
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