The Asian Age: Mumbai: Saturday, July 15, 2017.
It seems that
the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) is not aware of the number of trees
transplanted in Aarey Colony.
Contrary to
MMRC’s claims that it has transplanted 50 trees affected by Metro line 3, a RTI
query has revealed that zero trees have been transplanted till date.
When “details
of number of trees transplanted by MMRC for affected Metro line 3 project in
Aarey Milk Colony area” was asked, the answer to the RTI query came as “nil”.
It may be
noted that the RTI was filed on June 9 by activist Godfrey Pimenta while
details were received on June 15. Asked about the same, a MMRC
spokesperson said, “The RTI information
pertains to the date of application, however as on date, we have transplanted
more than 450 trees from the station sites /alignment of Metro line 3 following
the guidelines stated by the tree authority.”
However, a
MMRC report dated June 6 said that the number of trees transplanted after
lifting the high court stay was 55 from Cuffe Parade, 12 from Vidhan Bhavan,
and 27 from Hutatma Chowk.