Bombay HC allows felling of 847 mangrove trees for bullet train-linked project

The Bombay High Court allowed the felling of 847 mangrove trees for infrastructure linked to the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. Calling it an "exceptional measure," the court said the order shouldn't be treated as a precedent. It also pulled up Maharashtra government for failing to implement reforms aimed at making compensatory afforestation more transparent and ecologically meaningful.