After mid-day’s report and a complaint filed with the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MOEF&CC) about the ongoing construction of a cycle track that poses a threat to Powai lake, the ministry has taken serious note of the same. It has asked the authorities concerned to submit a report on this. Senior BMC officials, too, visited the spot where the cycling track is being constructed, on Wednesday.

On August 10, mid-day had reported the issue in ‘Eco-friendly’ cycling track threat to Powai lake?’ in which Omkar Mahadeo Supekar, a researcher at IIT-Bombay had alleged that the ongoing work had damaged the water body and trees were killed. He had also filed a complaint with MOEF&CC.