Development often comes at a cost, but many Punekars are not prepared to pay the price that will tailgate the erection of a metro station on the Vanaz -Ramwadi route. That’s because the proposed structure is likely to come up at a site, which is presently a 10-year-old biodiversity garden.

What’s more the Smriti Udyan blossomed out of a garbage dump, thanks to the toil and vim of the NGO Nisargasevak. The garden is now home to 650 trees of 150 species, including some endangered ones. The site was handed over to Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) in September last year.