3,500 Trees To Be Axed To Make Way For Eight-Lane Delhi-Panipat Highway, Reveals RTI

Just last week, the government told that a total of 53,467 mangrove trees in the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat must be cut down to make way for the upcoming Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project or simply the bullet train project.

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The project involves of 131.302-hectare (ha) forest land in the state of Maharashtra and 5.847 ha forest land in state of Gujarat (Total forest area of 137.149 ha. including 24.137 ha mangrove forest area). A total of 53,467 trees of Mangrove species are to be removed as part of the project.

The government has promised that the first bullet train will run by 2022.

Taking yet another toll on the green cover in the country, a total of 3,490 trees will be cut down to make way for the 8-lane Delhi-Panipat Highway, revealed a RTI response by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).