New Expressway to Vadodara to affect over 80,000 trees

Of the 51 villages the 78-km Vasai-Talasari stretch of the Vadodara Mumbai Expressway (Phase-II) stands to affect, 30 villages consist of forests. The proposed right of way (ROW) in forests has 27,269 trees and in non-forest land it has at least 61,080 trees, bringing the total to 88,349.

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