Want to save trees?

Would you like to save trees, many of which are majestic centenarians? The zoo-cum-botanical park of India’s economical capital, Mumbai, known as Jijamata Udyan or Rani Bagh, has been chalk-marked for revamping at a phenomenal cost of Rs.433.57 crores by the city’s municipality. This 53-acre park, Rani Bagh, was established as a botanical park in 1861 and is today a home to 3,177 trees of great diversity, many of which have stood proud for over a century. The project has been assigned to a foreign company, the Thai-based Malaysian company H.K.S. Designers and the Portico group (US). The modernization plan, as per media reports, involves the construction of several concrete structures such as a 3-D theatre, a children’s park, staff quarters, expansion of the animal hospital, car park, etc. which will convert this botanist’s paradise into an amusement park, in no way benefiting the animals. It is feared that since that this green lung in the heart of one of the most congested areas of the city has no vacant space for construction, many of the grand old trees would be sacrificed. Please click on the link www.saveranibagh.org for more information and sign the petition to save the trees if your heart so desires.