MUMBAI: In yet another incident of green cover being sacrificed for developmental projects, about 1,000 trees will be cut by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for several infrastructure projects in the city.
The proposals were approved by the civic tree authority on Wednesday.
The trees were required to be cut for road projects like Sion-Panvel Highway, a road leading to the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) at Mankhurd and an elevated road leading to the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at Andheri.
According to the civic officials, as many as 902 trees would be hacked for construction of Sion-Panvel Highway, which is required to felicitate traffic to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport.
An elevated road leading to the Andheri international airport would require cutting of 32 trees.
The civic administration has assured to replant 534 trees of them. BJP corporator and tree authority member Ameet Satam said, "BMC should have a separate system to check whether the replanting of tree is done properly. An audit should also be done of replanting works."
In March, the tree authority had approved the proposal to cut 900 trees for the construction of a sewerage treatment plant at Colaba.
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