Tree cutting for the Metro 3 project has gathered momentum. Pics/SHADAB KHAN

Even as the Mumbai Metropolitan Rail Corporation Limited has begun chopping down trees as it paves way for Metro 3, little thought has been spared for the inhabitants of those trees — the birds. With the onset of monsoon imminent in the coming days, the birds have been rendered homeless with their nests becoming collateral damage in the unbridled rush to construct, especially in South Mumbai. Now, to protest the rampant tree cutting, a group of citizens came together on Sunday near Churchgate station with plans to take it all those locations where tree cutting is on the schedule.