India, Nov. 7 -- At a time when the state government is facing immense flak for the mass destruction of trees in the state, the state Public Works Department (PWD) has come up with another environmentally unfriendly proposal: a ropeway from Mulund to Borivali to "promote tourism". The ropeway will pass over the core zone of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) which houses thousands of wild animals and has been an off-limits zone for decades.

Bhushan Fegade, executive engineer of the PWD's Goregaon division, said that a tender had been floated to appoint consultants for the ropeway. "A feasibility study will be conducted and based on it, the final tender will be issued for construction with permissions," he said.

Significantly, the st...