Mumbai: a group of residents who came out at the end of the night of the night protesting the logging of trees in the Candy Bridy Park was surprised to find officials of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) waiting for them in the green room.
Last week, BMC had once again started cutting trees in the park and on the trail after the Bombay High Court on June 30 emptied intimately stay where he had detained them (BMC) from cutting every tree in the park, to make a way for the coastal road project.
Zoru Bhathena activist who has organized protests in the field and also through video-conferencing says that around 9:30 a.m.
when they reached Tata Garden, officials from the BMC D and Roadal office were also there.
“We have gathered for a large green cover and many old trees that we saw last week.
This even though BMC has an alternative to take the site adjacent to the park.
However, a little we expected from BMC.
Officials will be there to hear We, “said Bhathena.
Dr.
Nilesh Baxi, founder of community NGOs for improvement, green and natural plants (signatures), which submitted pills challenges the permission of the civil tree authority to eliminate 140 trees (61 to cut and 79 transplants) and attend meetings through video -Conferencing, saying that beauty The park has been lost mostly with royal palm trees along the Bhulabhai Desai road and coconut trees inside the cut garden.
“What is surprising is that BMC officers from the coastal road department who continue to avoid it when asking the meeting itself comes on Sunday.
Do they tell us before, we will make our plan show them alternatives,” Baxi said.
US Assistant Drip Commissioner of Prashant City Prashant Gaikwad said that the BMC head had directed them to hear the concerns of residents.
“We tried to explain to them that alternatives suggested by them were not feasible.
We did hear their worries on Sundays and have decided to arrange meetings for them with immediate technical consultants,” said Gaikwad.
Residents protest against tree logging
