More trees are likely to fall to the already contentious Coastal Road. Furious activists have found out that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has tweaked its initial plans, making this necessary. They say the number of trees likely to be affected in this project will go beyond the civic body's earlier claim of 500, and could now even touch 1,000.

The ambitious coastal road project's first phase from Marine Drive to Worli at a cost of R12,000 crore, for which reclamation has already started, has become an eyesore for locals, who have been opposing the BMC's every move. The citizens have even approached the high court to demand a stay, but the Supreme Court recently allowed the work to resume.