A three-member committee constituted to recommend mitigation measures for the elevated carriageway along the Thane-Ghodbunder Road has suggested a change in the design, increasing the forest area needed from the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).
The 4.5-km elevated road was proposed by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC). It has also proposed the expansion of the existing road from Gaimukh to Thane. According to the proposal, 2,009 trees from SGNP will have to be felled for the construction and expansion of roads, which requires 8.8 hectares of forest land from the SGNP. But the committee has suggested a correction in the design, increasing the forest area required for the road from 8.8 hectares to 9.1 hectares.
