A year after it sent a proposal to the Union environment ministry for its Gargai dam project in Palghar district, the BMC is yet to receive approval from the Centre. The new reservoir will uproot 4.5 lakh trees at Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary and submerge 670 hectares of forest land.
  
Vasant Gaikwad, chief engineer of BMC’s water supply project, said, “We are in the process of getting the environmental permission. The ministry had some queries about the project. We are replying to them.”

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