Ahmedabad : Mahendra Chaudhary, a former sarpanch was so dedicated to the cause of education that he even completed construction of a primary school in his small village Titava, in south Gujarat district of Bardoli.

A grant of Rs 54,728 from taluka panchayat was not enough. Therefore, he decided to fell trees. He sent an application to authorities for the sanction to his plan.

Mumbai: At least 90 trees will be hacked on the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Road stretch from ITC Grand Hotel at Parel to Byculla Zoo, thanks to the construction of seven flyovers.

Ahmedabad : Civic body is likely to take up a tree census for city with help of a Mumbai-based firm Terracon Ecotech. Census is one-of-its-kind in the country, based on modern methods using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) system.

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has asked the BMC to furnish a list of 28 trees that are to be hacked for the Nepean Sea road widening project.

A division bench of Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud have also asked the corporation to submit a list of the 46 trees that have gone "missing'' from the road over the last few years.

Mumbai A sessions court rejected a plea moved by the state government to enhance a fine of Rs 2,000 imposed on a person who had chopped off 31 trees and 38 shrubs in Chembur area in 2001. The court observed that there was

MUMBAI: While the BMC plans to transplant 73 trees on Nepean Sea Road, experts say only 21 trees will survive transplantation, that is, if proper
protocol is followed.

In recent reports, the BMC has said it will increase the number of trees transplanted from 57 to 73 along Nepean Sea Road, which is being widened.

MUMBAI: Exactly 46 trees have simple vanished along Nepean Sea Road in the last three years.

A 2006 BMC plan for Nepean Sea Road showed 235 trees on the stretch of road between Mukesh Chowk and Embassy apartment. The BMC, which is currently in the process of widening this stretch, has accounted for only 189 trees. The 2006 plan shows the detailed location of the trees along the road.