Mumbai, March 21 -- A day after Hindustan Times reported about the plan to axe nearly 10,000 trees for the metro 9 car shed in Uttan, based on a public notice issued by the Mira Bhaindar Municipal Corporation (MBMC), the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) claimed the actual number of trees to be felled was less than 4,000. On Thursday, the planning authority issued a statement saying the proposal for tree-cutting at Uttan was submitted to the MBMC in two phases, covering 2,500 and 9,900 trees respectively, of which only 3,716 trees would be hacked while the remaining would either the transplanted or left untouched....