Srinagar, March 16 -- The Environmental Policy Group (EPG) expresses its deep concern on the proposed construction of a new road from Srinagar to Pahalgam via Khrew.This project, which as per the Government, involves cutting down of 845 trees and acquisition of 108 kanals of forest land that come in it's alignment, is bound to adversely affect the otherwise fragile environment of the region and ecology of the area through which it passes.Though the justification for this road primarily centres around the reduction of travel distance by 30 kilometres in comparison to the already existing two roads that lead to Pahalgam, the cost on account of environmental impact due to deforestation and disruption of local biodiversity far outweigh any pe...