IMD axes 64 trees in Pune’s Nigdi, citizens say ‘legislation meant for environmental protection being misused’

The felling of trees was allowed nether The Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975, pursuing a survey conducted immoderate months ago.

The felled trees included a premix of autochthonal and overseas species, specified arsenic Indian beech (karanj), tamarind, peepal, and arjun, among others.

According to Kiran Shirsat, an authoritative of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s Garden Department, “The trees posed a dual threat: the bulk of them obstructed radar installation and immoderate were dried out, raising information concerns for citizens…”

However, the authorities person promised to works an adjacent fig of trees to mitigate the interaction of histrion felling.

Reacting to the development, K Shantanu, a local, said, “The authorities dedicated to situation extortion is being misused to facilitate histrion felling alternatively than genuinely support municipality greenish spaces.”

Several different residents called for amended readying to guarantee that improvement does not travel astatine the disbursal of biology conservation.