Bombay HC Restrains MMRDA And BMC From Cutting Trees For Metro Project, Suggests Independent Committee To Oversee Removal Of Trees [Read Order]

The division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice GS Kulkarni restrained the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority(MMRDA) and BMC(Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) from cutting trees for the Colaba-Bandra-Seepz metro line project, also known as Line 3.The approximate number of trees proposed to be cut down for this metro Line 3 is 5000. The bench is hearing a couple...