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CSMT redevelopment: 128 trees to be affected, RLDA proposes 2,463 new plantations

The BMC Tree Authority has approved the felling of 56 trees and transplantation of 72 others for CSMT redevelopment. RLDA has proposed planting 2,463 trees within 15 days, while Kishori Pednekar has questioned the BMC’s record of earlier compensatory plantations

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As many as 128 trees will be affected by the redevelopment of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway station in Mumbai, with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Tree Authority approving the felling of 56 trees and transplantation of 72 others.

As compensation for the 56 trees to be felled, the Railway Land Development Authority (RLDA) has proposed planting 2,463 new trees within 15 days. The proposal was approved at the Tree Authority meeting held on Friday, November 13. 

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