India, Nov. 18 -- A total of 166 trees within the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) jurisdiction are in the way of the fifth and sixth railway lines planned between Borivali and Virar. According to a public notice by MBMC, 136 of them will be felled, and 30 will be transplanted in a nearby area.

In the MBMC notice issued on Friday, the civic body stated that it intends to approve the Western Railway's (WR) project, and invited residents to register any objections within seven days. The notice referred to the stretch between Bhayandar station and Panju Island, under Western Railway's Mumbai Urban Transport Project phase IIIA. Among the trees that will come under the axe are varieties such as coconut, peepal, almond, nilgiri, ash...