A new phase of resistance was recorded against the felling of 706 trees along the Eastern Express Highway (EEH), as a legal notice was issued to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority ( MMRDA ) and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( BMC ). The notice was filed by activist-advocate Sagar Devre and was framed as a challenge to the environmental and procedural basis of the project. It was specified that a 12.95-km elevated road from Chedda Nagar in Ghatkopar to Anand Nagar in Mulund is being pursued as part of the Eastern Freeway’s expansion, which has already connected Mazgaon to Chedda Nagar over 16.8 km. In addition, an 8.24-km extension from Anand Nagar to Saket in Thane was indicated to be on the drawing board.

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