Goa: 50K trees might be cut for proposed infra projects
At least 50,000 trees might have to be felled if the Goa government chooses to go ahead with three proposed infrastructure projects, a senior official said on Tuesday.
The State Wildlife Board met under Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday evening on the issue, but no policy decision was taken, the official told PTI.
The proposed projects are expected to infringe on wildlife sanctuary areas, he added.
The projects include doubling of South Western Railway track on Castlerock- Collem -Margao stretch in South Goa; four-lanningof national highways over a distance of 13 km in Anmod-Mollem border area, and laying new transmission lines through Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary in Mollem, the official said.
