Make Pachgaon-Parvati Hills Green, first stage would be launched soon at cost of Rs 1.5 crore
By sachiv, Section Environment
Posted on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 06:32:34 AM EST
To preserve the green patch on Pachgaon-Parvati hills, the PMC has planned a project, the first stage of which would be launched soon at the cost of Rs 1.5 crore.
The forest department and the PMC will jointly launch the project and seek help from an NGO to complete the project.
The PMC plans to plant 4,000 trees on the hill and protect wildlife as well. Members of the tree authority, including Chandrasen Borhade, Dattatrya Dhankawade and Sunita More expressed concern over the decreasing green cover spread across 245 hectares of land due to slums.
They demanded urgent need to construct a protection wall here so that the encroachers do not get in. Provision of water for trees is on cards and the work would be completed at the earliest, Borhade added.
