Environmentalists to return PMC ‘Paryavaran Doot’ to protest tree cutting for riverfront development project https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/environmentalists-return-award-protest-6-000-tree-cutting-for-pune-riverfront-project-pmc-treecutting-riverfrontdevelopment-protest-pune-101682359816385.html By Siddharth Gadkari Apr 24, 2023 11:40 PM IST PMC plans to raze 6,062 trees and bushes from Mula-Mutha riverbed for execution of riverfront development project
The activists issued a statement saying PMC’s detailed project report (DPR) of the riverfront project claims that the existing trees along the riverbanks have been accommodated in the planning of the project. “But a few thousand trees, including some rare and old trees, are being cut just for a 1-km stretch of the riverfront being constructed to showcase the project,” the statement reads.
PMC has stated that compensatory plantation will be undertaken and some of the affected trees may even be transplanted. However, no details are available about the land allotted for this or the timeline planned for the compensatory plantation. Transplantation has proven to be ineffective with a success rate of less than 30%. The clearing of land on the riverbanks is also destroying habitats and biodiversity of the river ecosystem, the activists said.
Returning Paryavaran Doot award to Pune Municipal Corporation - Video Statement by Pryadarshini Karve, Samuchit Enviro Tec, INECC 24 April 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47nLwJ7OorM
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