Mumbai: The day after Environment Minister Environment Aaditya Thackeray said there were no trees to be cut for the Powai lake cycle path and activists and real environmental lovers “had seen and discussed projects, activists suspected of being” road to destruction “.
Some green activists on Wednesday Holding a press conference and demanding that all construction work for the project be stopped immediately.
“This is not a cycle track project but a road project and this is only a way to destruction.
The cycle trajectory called is close to 8 meters wide.
There is no place in the world they have a broad cycle track.
BMC has claimed to be using Wall Gabion technology.
But this technology is not environmentally friendly at all.
They only cut the mountains and built roads using this Gabion walls.
It also destroyed the ecological habitat of Lake Powai, “said Activist Amrita Bhattacharjee.
Bhattacharjee added that several trees have been influenced by the project.” Some trees were cut and rocks and mountains were destroyed.
We don’t need this kind of cycling song here.
The state government has not even mapped the sensitive zone of the environment in this region, which is needed.
There are no detailed project reports or any information related to the project in the public domain.
BMC has refused to answer us and did not reply to our RTI question too, “he said Antara stone allows the interaction between land and water tables.
The pockets on the walls of Gabion become a place for vegetation to take root and prevent further soil erosion.
Over time, in some applications, the structure of Gabion can be very flooded with vegetation for no longer visible.
The roots in Gabion help the structure becomes more stable, increasing the ecosystem.
Shivani Bhatt from the Banyan cyclist group, “the cost in the environment is too high.
We want cycle pathways that can be applied on ordinary roads.
We don’t need a luxury cycle track.
They use taxpayers.
They must give us all information.
They must share all the information and consult with us.
They did not reply to RTI.
“Nishant Bangera from Mews Foundation demanded that the project be stopped.” All construction must be stopped.
They (BMC) said the committee would guide them.
But what will the committee do after the work is finished? They cause irreversible damage.
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