Mumbai: 9,900 trees will be cut for the work of car shed in Dahisar-Meera-Bhayandar Metro Line 9, Dongri. Therefore environmentalists have strongly opposed cutting these trees. In this regard, more than 100 people have staged a sit -in at the Municipal Corporation headquarters, objecting to the hearing process.
The Metro Line-9 is being constructed by the Mumbai Metropolitan Area Development Authority (MMRDA). Car sheds were proposed in Bhayandar’s rye, Murdha and Morwa for this route. However, due to opposition from citizens to build a car shed there, the state government had to change the location of the car shed. Accordingly, the state government decided to build a car shed in Uttan, Dongri and allowed to build a car shed. After this, MMRD started the work of making car sheds in an area of 59.65 hectares. Accordingly, trees will have to be cut in the hills for car shed work, so MMRD has decided to run an ax on 11,306 trees. Of these, 1,406 trees have been cut and Meera-Bhayander Municipal Corporation issued a notice of cutting 9,900 trees on March 12.
More than 100 people objected to the decision to cut trees. Therefore, the hearing process was conducted in the presence of Kalpita Pimple, Deputy Commissioner of Horticulture Department at Manpa Headquarters. Kalpita Pimple clarified that if environmentalists take placards in their hands and oppose the harvesting of trees, then they will decide by studying the objections registered in the coming days.
What do the protesters say?
Environmentalists have opposed the metro car shed being built in Uttan. If such a large number of trees are cut for this car shed, it will have a negative impact on the environment and local life. These include unprecedented damage to biodiversity, crisis of wildlife houses, loss of natural resources, climate change and water crisis. Opponents also said in their objections that the decision taken by the administration has led to legal and constitutional violations.
What is demand?
The protesters have demanded that the administration withdraw the decision to build a metro car shed in Uttan. He has also demanded that the illegal notice issued by the administration be withdrawn, Dongri village should be declared a biodiversity conservation area, cutting of trees should be stopped immediately, an independent scientific committee should be investigated and seriously considering the alternative site.
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