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.