The construction of the WDFC's (Western Dedicated Freight Corridor) double line railway tracks from JNPT to Dadri (near Delhi), will now require diversion of close to 12.86 hectares of forest in Palghar and Thane district. The authorities from WDFC have approached the MOEF for this.

The Ministry of Railways plans to construct a dedicated freight corridor with Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) named Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited covering about 2,843 kilometres on the Western corridor from JNPT Mumbai to Dadri and an eastern corridor from Ludhiana to Sonia Nagar, Dankuni.