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Maharashtra Panel to Review Rail Route Near GMRT
The Maharashtra government has formed a four-member committee, chaired by former Atomic Energy Commission chief Anil Kakodkar, to assess the proposed Pune-Ahilyanagar-Nashik semi-high-speed railway’s impact on the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope at…
The Story in Brief
The Maharashtra government has formed a four-member committee, chaired by former Atomic Energy Commission chief Anil Kakodkar, to assess the proposed Pune-Ahilyanagar-Nashik semi-high-speed railway’s impact on the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope at Khodad. The panel includes Railway Board infrastructure member Vivek Gupta and the divisional commissioners of Pune and Nashik.
The review will examine electromagnetic, operational and technical effects of the original and revised alignments. It will study tunnelling, elevated corridors and limited realignment, along with travel time, costs, land acquisition and connectivity. The committee is expected to consult stakeholders and submit its report within 60 days, after concerns from scientific institutions about possible interference with telescope observations.
The Indian Opinion
Claims that the railway will certainly damage the telescope, or that every route change must be rejected, run ahead of the evidence. The real test is whether the panel publishes measured interference data and comparable costs for each option. A decision that protects scientific work without quietly abandoning regional connectivity should be judged against that record, not slogans.
Sources (2): freepressjournal.in, deccanherald.com
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