India, June 28 -- After the public hearing on the Versova-Bhayandar Coastal Road in late May evoked an uproar from residents worried about the potential environmental damage it would cause, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has made a few tweaks to the Coastal Road's design. One such change is at Charkop, where one of the road's interchanges is primed to come up.

An RTI response has revealed that the BMC has tweaked the plan of the approach roads to minimise the number of trees that will be affected, which earlier stood at 336.

"The BMC has said that the trees along our buildings and the median of the road will not be affected, all of which earlier had a notice for cutting or transplantation pasted on them," said Mili Shetty,...