In a major step toward restoring the city’s lost greenery, the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) has announced an ambitious plan to plant 1.25 lakh trees along the Sion–Panvel Highway, transforming the busy route into a lush green corridor.

Over the years, rapid urbanisation and infrastructure projects in Panvel have led to widespread tree loss, earning the city the label of a “concrete jungle.” The civic body now aims to reverse this trend by restoring environmental balance and reducing pollution levels along this vital highway stretch.

Highway to get new green identity

Officials informed that the Sion–Panvel Highway, which begins at Kalamboli and connects to the Mumbai–Pune Expressway, underwent widening and concretisation about 12 years ago a development that resulted in extensive f

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