Public hearing on Nagpur-Chandrapur expressway's Wardha section on November 25

An environmental public hearing will be held on November 25, 2026, on the construction of the Wardha district component of the Nagpur-Chandrapur access-controlled expressway. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), Nagpur, has issued the official notice. It seeks objections and suggestions from local residents, environmental groups and other concerned parties.

The hearing will begin at 11.30 am at Deepali Mangal Karyalaya in Samudrapur, opposite Vidya Vikas College. It is being held under the notification of September 14, 2006, of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and its amendment of December 1, 2009.

The pollution control board began the process after a request from the Executive Engineer of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC). Local residents, people affected by the project, environmental organisations and other concerned people can take part. They can present their views, objections and suggestions either orally or in writing.

Those who cannot attend the hearing can send their objections and suggestions in writing or by email. These can be sent from the date the notice was issued until the date of the hearing. Two addresses have been given for this.

The first is the MPCB Regional Office, Nagpur: 5th floor, Udyog Bhavan, Civil Lines, Nagpur-440001. The phone number is 0712-2560852 and the email is ronagpur@mpcb.gov.in.

The second is the MPCB Sub-Regional Office-II, Nagpur: 5th floor, Udyog Bhavan, Civil Lines, Nagpur. The email is sronagpur2@mpcb.gov.in.

Copies of the project's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report and executive summary, in English and Marathi, have been kept at the concerned government offices. Citizens can visit during office hours and read the documents.

The report is available at the Collector's office, the District Industries Centre, the Zilla Parishad in Wardha and the concerned offices of the Environment Ministry. It is also available at the MPCB offices in Mumbai and Nagpur, sub-divisional officers' offices, tehsil offices, panchayat samitis, nagar panchayats and the concerned gram panchayat offices.

The notice has been issued by Sushilkumar Rathod, Sub-Regional Officer-II, MPCB, Nagpur. Local residents and people in the affected areas have the opportunity to formally record their objections and suggestions on the environmental impact of the proposed expressway.