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BMC to consider felling 35 trees for Ghatkopar SRA project
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's Tree Authority will on August 14 consider a proposal to fell 35 trees and transplant 11 others for the Ramabai and Kamraj Nagar Slum Rehabilitation Authority project in…
The Story in Brief
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's Tree Authority will on August 14 consider a proposal to fell 35 trees and transplant 11 others for the Ramabai and Kamraj Nagar Slum Rehabilitation Authority project in Ghatkopar East.
Of 90 trees surveyed on the plot, 46 are likely to be affected by excavation. The MMRDA has undertaken to plant 955 new trees as compensation. The trees to be felled include peepal, coconut, rain tree and almond, some up to 30 years old with eight-foot circumferences. Permission is sought under the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975.
The Indian Opinion
Slum rehabilitation versus tree conservation is often framed as a zero-sum game. Here the 1:27 replacement ratio looks generous on paper, but Mumbai's record with transplanted trees is dismal. The seven-year maintenance clause is the real test. Will the MMRDA actually water and protect those 955 saplings, or will this become another case of paper compensation? The survival count after a year will settle the question.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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