A pristine forest, wildlife, over 32,000 trees at risk: Anger grows over Torrent project in Maharashtra
Anger is growing in Maharashtra’s Raigad district against a 3,000 MW pumped-storage project being built by the Torrent Group in Karjat, days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit the area on November 3 to inaugurate it.
Videos and photographs of tree felling in Saidongar, Karjat tehsil, have circulated widely on social media, prompting objections from environmental activists, local residents, civil society groups and opposition parties. On October 14, the Maharashtra Forest Department approved the felling of 32,490 trees for the project. This came months after the Ministry of…
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