India, April 15 -- The residents of Dadar started an online petition on Monday to register objections against the felling of three trees on the footpath of Lokmanya Tilak Road in Dadar East for the extension of the Tilak Bridge. The bridge is an essential connector between Dadar East and West.

On April 7, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) put up notices on the trees stating that the Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation (MRIDC) has proposed to transplant the trees on Tilak Road for the redevelopment of Tilak Bridge Phase 2.

The F North Citizens' Federation, in a letter to the Superintendent of Garden, Jitendra Pardeshi, said the three trees are out of the railways' jurisdiction as they are not located near t...