Mumbai, Feb. 27 -- In a partial climbdown following public opposition, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to recommend transplanting a Baobab tree at its hydraulic department office site on Yari Road instead of cutting it for the Coastal Road North Package-A project. A K-West ward garden department official on Thursday said the revised proposal will be placed before the Tree Authority, which is yet to be constituted. The committee will take a final decision on the matter. The civic body now plans to recommend the cutting of 183 trees and transplantation of one Baobab out of a revised list of 184 trees under this phase of the project. These trees form part of a larger proposal involving 348 trees, of which 183 are now proposed for felling and 165 for transplantation. Officials said that although 1,113 trees were initially found to be affected by the project alignment, over 765 were saved after design modifications. The garden department generally does not recommend transplanting large, old trees due lower survival rates. However, it decided to make an exception in this case following strong public opposition, the official said. Landscapist Robert Fernandes, who approached the department seeking preservation of the tree, said Baobabs are heritage trees and should be conserved at a location close to their present site....