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flag Maharashtra leaders clash over cutting 1,800 Nashik trees for 2026–27 Kumbh Mela, with environmental concerns and political tensions rising.

flag Disagreements within Maharashtra’s ruling Mahayuti alliance have surfaced over plans to remove around 1,800 trees in Nashik’s Tapovan for a 2026–27 Kumbh Mela Sadhugram, with Deputy CM Ajit Pawar opposing the move and urging environmental protection, while Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis defended it as necessary, stressing minimal tree cutting, replanting, and the event’s significance. flag Environmentalists, actors, and opposition leaders have criticized the plan, calling it harmful and politically exploited, though officials say the tree removal figure is misleading, as many trees will be transplanted.

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