Express Photo A collective of environmentally conscious citizens and activists, represented by Aarey Conservation group.Express PhotoContinuing pressure from environmentalists has forced the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) to redesign its Metro 3 car depot in Aarey to ensure it affects lesser number of trees. Leaving out pockets where there are more trees, the depot will now be constructed only on 25 hectares of land compared to 30 hectares as planned earlier. We cannot save all the trees but the trees in the five hectare area will continue to serve the city,” said SK Gupta, Director, Projects, MMRC. We need to ask ourselves the value of these lost lives,” he said. “We do not trust their designs any longer and know that all the trees in that land will eventually be killed.

Source: Indian Express March 01, 2017 21:56 UTC