While speaking about the matter to Free Press Journal, Pednekar claimed, “I am not disappointed with the administrator. I have only made suggestions to him.”
Recently, the MCZMA had cleared a proposal for one bridge that will require 48 trees to be cut. The Coastal Regulation Zone approval for 5 other bridges is pending.
The issue gained traction after videos emerged on January 22, wherein the Mumbai Police were seen manhandling an activist and pushing him into a police van for questioning the felling of the heritage tree