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Green row erupts as CM okwith SGNP tunnel night work
Mumbai: In a controversial move, work on the 11.8 km underground twin tunnels between Borivli and Thane is likely to be allowed at night. At a review meeting on the progress of the construction work on Thursday at Vidhan Bhavan, CM
Devendra Fadnavis
, saying that all infrastructure projects in the state must be completed within three years, directed that permission be taken from the forest dept to carry out work at night on the underground tunnels.
Sources said a decision on allowing work at night in the national park will be taken by the chief wildlife warden within a fortnight. Additional land has also been sought on the Borivli end of the tunnel, said sources.
Sumaira Abdulali, founder of NGO Awaaz Foundation, said that while noise pollution has become a problem in the city, so far the forest has been inviolate. "The CM calling for work to be allowed at night in the forest compounds the issue as it lays open the door to do such things in other national parks and sanctuaries.
The underground is connected to the overground. The underground metro caused a lot of damage overground.
The earthworm, which is found underground, is invaluable to the forest. My father-in-law, Humayun Abdulali, demarcated the boundaries of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, and taking away bits of the park nullifies these efforts. It is disrespectful to the legacy of the people who worked to preserve the forest, which gives so much benefit to the city.
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These are among the few things left in the city, and this is totally unacceptable," she said.
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Environmentalist Debi Goenka said, "It is unfortunate that our CM, who also chairs the state wildlife board, is determined to destroy SGNP rather than protect it. Whilst there seems to be no funds to subsidise BEST or green the coastal road, this govt has no shortage of funds to subsidise affluent car owners. There is no need at all for these tunnels through SGNP, let alone allow construction activities at night when entry into the national park is prohibited by law.
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Fadnavis also instructed that additional land be made available from SGNP to maintain proper air circulation within the tunnel. Already, 88.75 acres have been diverted from the park for the tunnel, said sources.
