The State Board for Wildlife (SBWL) in Maharashtra on Tuesday set up a three-member committee to suggest mitigation measures for the 4.5-km elevated carriageway along the Thane-Ghodbunder Road, which requires 8.8 hectares of forest land from the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).
Ghodbunder Road is one of the major thoroughfares leading out of Thane city and connecting the Eastern Express Highway on one end and the Western Express Highway on the other. The 4.5 km elevated road has been proposed by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC).
The road development corporation has also proposed expansion of the existing road from Gaimukh to Thane. As per the proposal, 2009 trees from SGNP will have to be felled for the construction and expansion of the roads.
