Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: 54k mangroves to be affected

Maharashtra state transport minister Diwakar Raote on Monday said that as many as 54000 mangroves spread over 1336 hectares will be affected because of the MumbaiAhmedabad highspeed rail corridor commonly called the bullet train project Raote replied to a question raised by Shiv Sena legislator Maneesha Kayande in the state Legislative CouncilDiwakar Raote said that there will be no chopping of trees and there will no threat of flooding to some parts of Navi Mumbai He added that the pillars of the project will be high and hence will not damage the environment muchRaote said the Maharashtra state government will plant five plants for each one that will be cut for the multibillion dollar project As per my information farmers are keen on handing over their land for appropriate remuneration Raote informed in his written reply The project which is expected to cost over Rs 1 lakh crore is funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency JICADiwakar Raote in reply to another question raised by Congress MLC Sharad Ranpise said The proposed land acquisition for the bullet train project is 1379 hectares of which private land in Gujarat is 72413 hectares is while 27065 hectares is in Maharashtra As many as 188 hectares of private land in Palghar district is going to be acquired of which 295 hectares have been purchased as per the private negotiation policy of the Maharashtra state government Around 3498 people from Palghar will be affected due to the bullet train project In Thane 8481 hectares belonging to 6589 farmers have been acquired of which 295 hectares have been bought as per the private negotiation policyPrivate negotiation is a policy introduced by the Maharashtra state government some years back where it buys out land directly from the owner instead of following the land acquisition procedure which normally takes more timeTop news stories of the daySex toys worth Rs 8 crore confiscated in two years in MumbaiIn the worlds second populous nation the obsession with sex toys shouldnt come as a surprise What however does is the massive quantity of it being illegally brought into the country The toys are regularly detained by the Customs Department A Right To Information query filed by activist Prithviraj Maske revealed that from 2017 to January 2019 the Airport Special Courier Cell of the Mumbai Customs Department had seized sex toys worth Rs 8 crore Read full storyMurder Mystery Solved 3D face helps cops crack caseThe forensic department of the KEM Hospital has helped the Navghar police crack a twomonthold murder case with the help of facial reconstruction and 3D superimposition technology which they used to put a face on the victims severely fractured skull Yogesh Rane a worker at a tea stall in Mulund had in March smashed the face of his colleague Vijay Kishor and burnt his upper body for laughing at him at the gym He was caught after he attempted to kill another coworker when the latter started asking him questions about Kishors sudden disappearance Read full storyMumbai Corporators oppose parking fines say additionl infra requiredThe Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations BMC decision to tackle the citys illegal parking menace has fallen flat with corporators opposing the move of charging hefty fines without providing the required infrastructure or additional parking space to citizens Not only members of the ruling coalition even the Opposition opposed the move at the civic bodys general body meeting on Monday Read full storyMumbais top cop pedals to 1500 km cycling historyIndian Police Service IPS Krishna Prakash special inspector general of police IGP administration Maharashtra is back home in Mumbai after creating cycling history The tough cop has finished a stupendous fourth in the mens open category of the Race Across West RAW in USA The race which requires cycling for approximately 1500 km across four American states started on June 11 and ended on June 14 Read full storyBandra court asks police to probe case of school that blamed child for bad touchThe Bandra Court has directed the Santacruz police to register an offence against a reputed school in Vile Parle after a petitioner parent alleged mental harassment of her child by it Last year the eightyearold child was reprimanded for inappropriately touching his classmates by the school The parents later complained that the way the school treated the child thereon was harassment Read full storyCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates