Goregaon-Mulund Link Road await final nod from the National Wildlife Board

After receiving a go-ahead from the state, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is now waiting for the final nod from National Wildlife Board (NWB) for its ambitious project Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR). The proposal is expected to come before National Wildlife Board (NWB) on February 5. BMC is working on the project for the past five years and Rs 4000 crore mega project will connect Goregaon to Mulund via 14 km road. The project was scheduled to start in the current financial year.

The road will be the third east to the west connector of the city after Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road and Santacruz-Chembur Link Road. The six-lane road with two underground tunnels will start from Goregaon Film City and end at Mulund. Tunnels will be constructed under Sanjay Gandhi National Park, and to meet with the environment conditions BMC has made changed in the plan. They are waiting for approval from the forest department.

A senior official from the BMC said, "In December, we got permission from State Forest Department and recently SGNP Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF) has given nod to the project. Now,we are awaiting permission from NWB. The discussion meeting for the project will be held on the February 5. We are hopeful that NWB will look after the project positively."