Expressway Project to Price Maharashtra, Gujarat Forest Land
Mumbai: The Surat-Chennai Expressway job has actually obtained environmental clearance, influencing forest land in Maharashtra and Gujarat. The Union Ministry’s professional advisory committee approved the diversion at a conference on March 5 th.
- Maharashtra will certainly lose 82 hectares of forest land for the Nashik-Ahilyanagar stretch.
- Gujarat’s stretch will impact 340 hectares of forest land.
- The NHAI task will cost 9, 494 crore in Maharashtra and 16, 198 crore in Gujarat.
- Gujarat’s stretch needs further influence evaluations due to its Western Ghats location.
Environmentalists are increasing issues regarding the ongoing diversion of woodland land.

