Responses have been coming in from across the city, after this paper reported on how two big, beautiful Banyan trees were hacked to stump level in south Mumbai. There was more grief for the green warriors, as on the same day, another report cited that the Metro 2-B line (DN Nagar to Mankhurd) was embroiled in controversy even before work to construct it began. Activists have alleged contractors have destroyed mangroves at Juhu Koliwada.

An activist had claimed in the report that destroying a beach for a Metro is senseless; mangroves too are crucial for coastal ecology. In the case of trees, the residents had stated other ways could have been used to tackle the danger posed by them if that was the reason they were hacked.