The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd to pursue its plea with the relevant authority for felling 84 trees at Mumbai’s Aarey Colony for constructing train ramps at its car shed project.
This significant order would enable the MMRCL to seek felling of 84 trees from the Tree Authority to start its construction work which has been stalled for quite some time now and, according to Mumbai Metro, the project cost has escalated from Rs 23,000 crore to Rs 37,000 crore.
The apex court observed that it cannot be “oblivious of serious dislocation” which may be caused in projects involving “large public funds”.
