🖋️ *From The Desk of Abhijeet Rane* Environmental experts have raised concerns over attempts to reduce the extent of eco-sensitive areas in the Western Ghats, with the proposed New Mahabaleshwar development again bringing the development-versus-conservation debate into focus. Maharashtra certainly needs roads, tourism, investment and employment, but the Sahyadri cannot be treated as vacant real estate waiting for construction. Every hill cut, forest fragmented and natural dr