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Hope for Ganeshkhind Road trees as civic body agrees to review citizens’ alternative plan

The Indian Express·Dipanita Nath·18 days ago
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On May 1, around 200 people joined hands on Ganeshkhind Road to form a human chain. Many citizens also conducted a tree-mapping exercise on the stretch. (Express Photo) The Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) plan to fell 529 trees on Ganeshkhind Road for a proposed road widening project may be reviewed after civic officials agreed on Wednesday to examine an alternative design prepared by citizens’ groups that claims to widen the road without harming the trees. The plans are part of the second phase of the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) project on Ganeshkhind Road to ease traffic flow. The development came after PMC Head of Road Development Rajesh Bankar held a meeting with members of Parisar, a Pune -based civil society group that works on sustainable urban transport and air quality. “We had a good discussion. Our executive engineers and superintendent engineers are taking a look at the alternative plan prepared by Parisar. Our consultants are checking the details of the plan on the ground.…

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