Bombay HC Gave Allowance To Cut 22,000 Mangroves For Bullet Train Project
In its petition filed in 2020, the NHSRCL had assured the court it would plant five times the total mangrove trees and that the original number of trees will not be reduced.
For the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, the National High Speed Rail Corporation has received permission from the Bombay High Court on Friday to cut around 20,000 mangrove trees in the city and in districts of Thane and Palghar.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Abhay Ahuja permitted the plea filed by the NHSRCL seeking permission to cut the mangrove trees, owing to the project’s public importance, subject to seven conditions.
In its petition filed in 2020, the NHSRCL had assured the court it would plant five times the total mangrove trees and that the original number of trees will not be reduced.
The bench while giving permission to cut mangrove said when the work begins NHSRCL will have to abide by terms and conditions set out by the Ministry of Environment,the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority and Forest and Climate Change.
