Airport Agency Blocks Maharashtra Conservation Reserve Designation at Committee Stage

Infrastructure objections have stalled the formal protection of 1,835 hectares across 20 sites as the proposal remains pending before the State Wildlife Board.

The Maharashtra Forest Department has proposed designating more than 1,835 hectares of ecologically sensitive land across 20 locations as conservation reserves, but the measure remains a recommendation under discussion rather than an enacted legal protection. The proposal is currently stalled before the Standing Committee of the State Wildlife Board after repeated deliberations failed to resolve objections from state infrastructure agencies. Until the committee clears the measure and the state government issues a final statutory notification, the land retains no new legal shield against development or industrial encroachment [1].

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