Repeated hacking of trees around the lake located at the Andheri-Lokhandwala backroad since Mayor Kishori Pednekar and members of a local environmental group —Friends of the Environment — visited the site on May 28, has once again become a threat to the waterbody’s natural ecosystem. During the visit the group had discussed fencing of the exposed area as well as a clean-up drive. However, since then there have been two instances of trees being chopped at the lake.

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On May 29, an NGO called ShivTej Foundation started “the process of cutting down and removing wild weeds and trees destroyed in the storm” at the lake. Sumesh Lekhi, founder, Friends of the Environment, wrote to the foundation pointing out that during the process they had — albeit unknowingly — damaged the lake’s natural habitat.