The 11-member team, which included four members from the state government, completed its three-day inspection tour of the Lavasa project on Friday following a directive by the Bombay high court.
There has been no large scale destruction of forests in the construction of Lavasa City, the chairman of the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) inspection team, Naresh Dayal said here on Friday.
The 11-member team which included four members from the state government completed its three day inspection tour of the Lavasa project on Friday following a directive from the Bombay high court.
During their visit, the team made spot visits and interacted with the company’s representatives, social activists Medha Patkar, Anna Hazare and villagers in favour and those opposed to the project.
Speaking to journalists at the New Circuit House in Pune before returning to New Delhi on Friday, Dayal said that Pune’s water supply was not under any threat because of the damming of waters by the Lavasa Corporation at Lavasa city.
When asked specifically about the threat of multiple dams in the river basin, Dayal said, “The multiple dam issue is beyond the purview of our inspection team.”
Expressing satisfaction over his visit, Dayal said, “We were happy with our field visits. The Lavasa team cooperated with us. We also got a chance to meet all the different stake holders in the Lavasa City, including two sets of villagers, both anti and pro-Lavasa.”
Stating that his team was given ‘copious documents’ by the Lavasa Corporation and several documents by various departments of the state government, Dayal said that his team discussed the master plans, environment parameters, visited the sewage treatment plan, the water treatment plan, the hospital and the stone crushing division of the project.
“My team is confident of submitting our detailed report to the ministry of environments and forest in the next few days, in time for the ministry to submit their say before the High Court,” he said.
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