While the Metro and civic authorities are different, overall, it is Mumbai city and we do see some conflicting decisions. Here, for instance, the BMC wants to create parks. Yet, one established park in Bandra will be adversely affected if the parking underneath the ‘park’ scheme goes ahead.

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The civic authorities are also trying their level best to make the city green; we have recent news snippets about a rudraksha tree fruiting in a Worli BMC garden. This newspaper has also highlighted how the BMC and an organisation opened an open-air reading room at a Dahisar Garden recently. There are several such examples which show a real aesthetic push for the metropolis. There has also been a substantial effort towards creating Miyawaki forests, which are densely packed trees in a small space.

When so much is being done towards greening, such schemes tend to cancel out the good work. While one does acknowledge the many challenges that BMC and other agencies face, let us see real will in not touching our parks. Otherwise, it becomes a case of giving with one hand, and taking away with the other.