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Activists oppose construction of garden on Nerul hillock

By Dinesh Kamath

NAVI MUMBAI: Nerul hillock in Sector 19 was once upon a time full of greenery. But the development works that were carried out there by the city authorities led to this hill becoming devoid of enough greenery. This angered the environmental activists to a great extent. Now Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to construct a garden on the hillock. The activists then used the Right To Information Act to derive from NMMC the information as to how many trees are now existing on the hillock and how many more will be planted during the construction of the garden. But NMMC could not come up with a satisfactory reply.

The activists are now displaying their opposition to constructing of a garden on Nerul hillock. According to them further development work, if undertaken on this hillock, will destroy whatever little greenery that is currently left on the hillock. These activists feel bitter about the fact that NMMC chose to carry out development works on this hillock by compromising the greenery of the hillock.

Thus the verbal exchanges between the environmental activists and NMMC authorities over the subject of constructing a garden on Nerul hillock is still going on and it is left to be seen what the conclusion of these exchanges ultimately will be.