The corporation has moved the HC for permission to cut 21,997 mangroves in Thane, Mumbai, and Palghar districts to make way for the project.
Its lawyers said the number of trees to be removed was reduced by more than half from the original target of 53,467.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni was hearing plea by the NHSRCL when the NGO, on Monday, raised objections and said the corporation cannot use explosives for construction in the prohibited area.
It said any relaxation ought not to be granted and questioned the lack of any study on survival rate of saplings to be planted as a compensatory measure.
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L&T Begins Pier Concreting Work Of Mumbai - Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project
A bullet train (Photo via NHRSCL Website)
In a significant milestone, on Wednesday (10 February), Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has started the construction work to build the Mumbai - Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Line popular as the bullet train project which passes through the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat, reports
The Metro Rail Guy.
In an event attended by the top officials of L&T and National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL), workers have started pouring concrete for the first pierâs open foundation (pile cap) and started the test piling work on the Package C4 of the project that extends up to 237.1 km.
Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train to miss 2023 deadline on land delay in Maharashtra: Piyush Goyal
Goyal added that once there is clarity on the land acquisition for the bullet train project in Maharashtra, the central government will be able to confirm the end date of the project
Ashutosh Kumar | February 4, 2021 | Updated 23:42 IST
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today said that a new completion schedule for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train will be worked out as the original completion deadline of 2023 may not be met due to delay in land acquisition for the project in Maharashtra.
Addressing media persons virtually, Goyal said, Indian railway was committed to launch the bullet train in 2023. But there have been massive delays in land acquisition in Maharashtra for the bullet train. I have held talks with Maharashtra Chief Minister. The Railway Ministry is also in constant touch with Maharashtra government officials.