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Citizens furious as 2 full-grown trees on FC Road axed Citizens furious as 2 full-grown trees on FC Road axed ByAnurag BendeAnurag Bende / Updated: Feb 6, 2021, 06:00 IST ARTIFICIAL BEAUTY OVER NATURAL BEAUTY FOR PMC Local residents pointed out that PMC could easily have adjusted its beautifi cation project to preserve and accommodate these aged trees near Goodluck Chowk, mull legal action; PMC claims the trees were ‘dangerous’ The once incredibly green and shaded area of Deccan has already become dominated by concrete structures over the last few decades. And now, residents are furious that even the scant remaining greenery is being callously eliminated by officials. ....
These leafy by-lanes will become mere memory if PMC has its way These leafy by-lanes will become mere memory if PMC has its way ByAnurag BendeAnurag Bende / Updated: Jan 15, 2021, 06:00 IST Citizens critique the civic body’s proposal to widen 335 roads in the innards of the city’s many neighbourhoods In a city fighting to retain its fast-dwindling green cover, citizens seem to be in constant conflict with the civic body and its different urban development proposals. The latest is Pune Municipal Corporation’s ( PMC) proposal to widen 335 roads across the city, to a breadth of nine metres. With many of the identified streets being the leafy by-lanes of Deccan area, local residents are up in arms questioning the need to expand these stretches that see sparse traffic. ....