{
  "id": 15288344,
  "title": "Mumbai Infra Update: BMC Proposes Diverting 3.323 Hectares Of Mangrove Land For GMLR–EEH Interchange, Invites Objections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/mumbai-infra-update-bmc-proposes-diverting-3-323-hectares-of-mangrove",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T21:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-infra-update-bmc-proposes-diverting-3323-hectares-of-mangrove-land-for-gmlreeh-interchange-invites-objections"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed the diversion of 3.323 hectares of mangrove land in Mulund East and Nahur for the construction of a cloverleaf interchange connecting the Goregaon–Mulund Link Road (GMLR) with the Eastern Express Highway (EEH). This 12.2-km project, which includes a 5.3-km twin tunnel beneath Sanjay Gandhi National Park, is expected to affect 187 mangroves and 217 trees. The civic body has invited claims and objections under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, until November 1. Environmental activist D Stalin of Vanashakti has raised concerns over the loss of mangrove land, stating that authorities appear unconcerned about protecting them and questioning the genuineness of the public consultation process.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}