Bombay High Court

Observing that environment cannot be massacred in name of development, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation to prove it did not damage a children park while executing its Line III project.

A bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice G S Kulkarni gave this order while hearing pleas of the Churchgate and Cuffe Parade residents of South Mumbai challenging the proposed felling of over 5,000 trees to execute the Seepz- Colaba Metro Line III project. The high court had earlier directed the MMRCL not to cut any tree till further orders.