Navi Mumbai: The Palm Beach Greens Forum, a group of local residents, will organise a silent human chain protest in front of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters on Tuesday. The two-hour-long protest is being organised to save the 440 trees to be affected due to the proposed subway road underneath the Palm Beach Road in Sanpada sector 19.The underpass proposed to be constructed at the Moraj circle area by the NMMC is to clear the traffic to the Sanpada and Juinagar nodes from the Palm Beach Road. However, the 329 trees will be transplanted, and 111 trees will be axed. The locals and joggers have been opposing the tree relocation and cutting proposal. They are demanding to consider alternative options for the same.The forum appeals to the people to come together for the environment of the city to save their future. The applicants have accordingly approached the NRI Coastal Police Station seeking permission to organise the protest. This protest will be the second such human chain protest organised after the one organised near the tunnel road site.The convener of the protest, Shrikant Patki, in his application says a small group of citizens will stand in a single line at the NMMC headquarters in Belapur holding placards and banners requesting the authorities to explore alternative solutions so as to retain the 440 trees. They will not raise any slogan, and there will be no obstruction to the traffic or public movement during the protest.
