Four windmills to come up in Maharashtra

Four windmills will soon come up in Maharashtra for which the government has diverted over 127 hectares of forest land, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

All these projects are located in Satara district in the commercial state, Environment Minister Namo Narain Meena said in a written reply.

The diversion of forest land for the projects has been done under the provision of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, the minister said, adding the user agencies have deposited money for compensatory afforestation and other purposes.