It’s actually a place for citizens to take a stroll, sit and paint/ ideate, cycle on in the current land space surrounding the lake,” Aaditya said. It is exactly how Hyde Park’s serpentine walkway is. However, the cycle track is not a construction that is going to take up any additional footprint. Powai lake faces siltation which is a natural process. We will be stopping it and also investigating the source.
We’ve been receiving complaints about various institutions around there and some buildings discharging their sewage into the lake. “Currently, discharge from surrounding areas is polluting the lake. On allegations that sewage still flows into the lake and that the lake has shrunk by 20%, Aaditya said all sewage lines will be stopped.
The idea is to actually triple the number of trees and have an open urban green space for Mumbaikars,” Aaditya said. “From the beginning itself, I have asked the BMC to not cut a single tree or change any natural surroundings… The trees have been marked so that they can be protected, and not cut. “The real green activists and scientists have seen the project and discussed it thoroughly with the BMC,” Aaditya said. Speaking to TOI about the project, he clarified that no green space would be lost. MUMBAI: Amid protests against BMC’s Powai lake cycle track project from green activists who have alleged that trees will be hacked and green space lost, state environment minister Aaditya Thackeray has asked BMC not to cut a single tree for the project.
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