Tree felling for Freeway extn: Statutory notice to BMC, MMRDA

Notice sent by Advocate Sagar Devre; says will approach NGT if authorities fail to take citizen objections seriously

- Devashri Bhujbal

An advocate has sent a statutory notice to the BMC and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to set aside the tree authority's decision to fell and transplant 706 trees for the Eastern Freeway elevated road extension.

Advocate Sagar Devre, who practices in the Bombay High Court, in his notice dated October 23, said he will approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) if the authorities fail to take objections of citizens seriously and act in the public interest to protect the city’s green cover.