Environment Ministry team visits Lavasa

A Union Environment Ministry team today visited the Lavasa lake city near here to determine whether promoters of the project had committed any violation of environmental norms.

A report will be submitted to the Mumbai High court based on the findings of the five-member committee, which will be doing the environment impact assessment of the vast campus of the project, where the construction work has been stayed following objections raised by the ministry.

The team is scheduled to inspect the site for three days from today and is accompanied by Pune district collector Chandrakant Dalvi along with some Maharashtra forest department officials.