India, Oct. 23 -- The proposed felling of 1,524 trees for the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project could further aggravate Mumbai's rising heat and pollution, undermine its ecological balance and threaten the health of residents, environmental activists have warned, urging the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to withdraw the proposal.

In a letter to the BMC's Tree Authority, the Watchdog Foundation, a civic and commuter rights non-governmental organisation (NGO), has objected to the proposed felling and transplantation of trees for the fourth phase of the GMLR, stretching from the Western Express Highway in Goregaon to Airoli Toll Naka in Mulund, as well as the improvement of the junction of the Eastern Express Highway and th...