As many as 1,244 trees are set to get affected for the second phase of the Mumbai Coastal Road set to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 20,000 crore.

While this high-speed corridor will connect Versova in the western suburbs with Dahisar, officials from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said the civic body will approach the Bombay High Court (HC) seeking approval and only after the HC gives its go ahead will the cutting of trees be initiated.

According to the BMC documents, around 118 trees will be cut and 697 trees will be transplanted to make way for a north bound tunnel of the coastal road that will connect Mindspace in Malad with Charkop Creek that are part of the packages C and D of the coastal road.

Furthermore, 136 more trees will be cut and 293 trees will be transplante

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