[ecis2016.org] The Bombay High Court has said that it has appointed two of its senior sitting judges, to head a committee to look into grievances pertaining to cutting of trees, for setting up the Metro-III line in the city
A Bombay High Court bench of chief justice Manjula Chellur and justice NM Jamdar, while refusing to hear an application filed by city resident Kunal Birwadkar, alleging illegal felling of trees for the Mumbai Metro-III project, directed the applicants to approach the committee set up for the purpose. “We have appointed justice SM Kemkar and justice BR Gavai, to head the committee. The Supreme Court, in its order upholding our order of vacating the stay on cutting of trees, said that if anyone has any further grievance, they should approach the committee. We will not interfere now,” chief justice Chellur said.
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[ecis2016.org] Bombay HC refuses to restrain Mumbai Metro from cutting trees
Birwadkar had alleged that the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL), was illegally felling even those trees for which they did not have permission, or those that had been marked for transplantation at alternative spots. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC’s) counsel, Anil Sakhare, informed the court that two members of the committee have visited the 26 sites where trees were to be cut, for inspection and will submit a report.
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Over 5,000 trees are proposed to be cut in various areas of south Mumbai, to pave way for the Colaba–Bandra-SEEPZ Metro line III project. The high court had earlier granted a stay on the cutting of trees but on May 5, 2017, it vacated its stay and gave a go-ahead to the MMRCL to cut the trees, after observing that a balance needs to be established between development and environment.
The court had allowed the MMRCL to cut the trees, on an undertaking by the corporation that for each tree it would cut in south Mumbai, another one would be planted at the same spot after the construction work is over. This would be in addition to three saplings that the authority would plant in suburban Mumbai, for every tree they cut. The 33-km line-III project is a part of the metro system, which will connect the Cuffe Parade business district in south Mumbai to SEEPZ in the city’s north-central suburbs.
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