CHETNA SADADEKAR chetna. sadadekar@ mid- day. com A DAY after citizens and activists bashed the civic body for sneakily pasting notices to cut down trees in Tata Garden, the civic officials gave a clear picture on the development of the BMCu2019s ambitious R . . , . . . - crore Coastal Road project.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has initiated the process to remove . . . trees for the south phase of the project u2014 between Princess Street Flyover in Marine Lines and Worli end of the Bandra- Worli Sea Link, the officials said on Tuesday. It has planned to remove the trees on the entire stretch by dividing it into four sections.
mid- day had, on Monday, reported that notices were pasted on trees in Tata Garden and along the Bhulabhai Desai Road, one of the four sections, to clear . . . of them. The BMC had said it will soon issue official notices for the residents to send their suggestions and objections.
The BMC will also seek publicu2019s suggestions and objections for another section u2014 between Princess Street and Priyadarshini Garden.
There are total . . . trees on this stretch and the BMC will uproot . . of them and transplant . . . . Of the existing u00a2 . trees on Haji Ali- Lala Lajpatrai section, the BMC has proposed to cut down . u00a2 and transplant . u00a3 . The last section u2014 the Worli sea face promenade u2014 that currently has . . . trees may see . . gone permanently and . . u00a4 transplanted. The construction of the south phase of the Coastal Road is expected to start by the end of this year and the BMC has already started the process to seek permission to cut down trees to build the interchanges u2014 entry and exits that will connect Coastal Road to arterial roads.
A senior official from the Tree Department said, u201c The notices will be put out later this week and the suggestions and objections can be sent within seven days to the respective ward offices. These notices are pertaining to C, D and G south wards.
After issuing notices, we will need the Tree Authorityu2019s permission for the project. The department handling the Coastal Road project will then inform us when they want to start cutting down the trees.u201d BMC to clear 600 trees for south phase COASTAL u001f ROAD u001f PROJECT
