Freight corridor work runs into land issues in last leg
Work on the last stretch of the Dedicated Freight Corridor’s Western arm has come to a halt over land-related issues in Maharashtra, a senior official said.
Encroachers — or “non-title-holders”, as they are officially termed — are not moving from tracts of land at several places along the 100-odd km stretch between Vaitarna near Palghar and New Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust of the Western corridor.
The National Green Tribunal had recently given a ruling to the effect that any kind of earthwork would require a green clearance. The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC) is looking for a workaround on that because linear projects such as the corridor do not require a green clearance.
