The Urban department wrote to BMC stating that the Aarey CEO and BMC Commissioner will jointly decide which roads to be handed over to the civic body and said no trees shall be cut for maintenance and repair work.
During the hearing on Thursday, Zaman Ali, advocate for the intervenors, said that certain parameters will have to be used for repair of forest roads. “The internal roads are in an eco-sensitive zone of the forest department,” said Ali.
The judges were miffed at the fact that the superintendent of gardens and trees officer had granted permission to fell 177 trees in violation of the top court's order.
The land is required to establish a depot facility for the under construction Metro 6 between Swami Samarth Nagar (Lokhandwala) in Andheri West and Kanjurmarg
Assertion of a democratic right of citizen of this country to put forth his view point, to object, to protest, to persuade, to urge, and so on, says HC