BMC officials on February 2 visited parks in Bandra and Juhu where they planned to make underground parking lot and citizens have taken objection to it.
The petitioner claimed that the notice was in violation of the order of the Supreme Court of November 2022 which only allowed an application to fell 84 trees.
In the PIL, activist Zoru Bathena claimed that the notice was in violation of the Supreme Court order of November 2022, which only allowed for removal of 84 trees
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court challenging the BMC’s notice calling for suggestions and objections for axing 177 trees at Aarey Colony to construct a car shed for Metro Line 3.
Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority responding to RTI on January 3 said that it had no information on record about clearances granted to the Juhu-based advertising firm.