Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is a man in a green hurry. On November 27, he dispatched a special official messenger from Delhi to serve a showcause notice to Lavasa City's promoters to stop construction for violating the Environment Act.
The 25,000-acre Lavasa in the Sahayadri mountains near Pune is independent India's first planned hill town.
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