Mumbai: Expressing strong displeasure over the Maharashtra government’s prolonged failure to rehabilitate encroachers from the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), the Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the state to identify three alternative sites of 90 acres each — “nowhere near SGNP” — for relocating the encroachers.

State Seeks More Time To Regularise Marol-Maroshi Site

A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad passed the direction after the state sought additional time to regularise the proposed rehabilitation site at Marol-Maroshi. The petitioner pointed out that the identified plot falls within the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of Aarey Colony.

“We may indicate that alternate land must not be in the vicinity of SGNP,” the bench said, adding th

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