As Mumbai gasps for breath in its deteriorating air quality, the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has issued a notice calling for the removal of 3,267 trees from a plot reserved for a garden at Ramdev Park. This is the sole green patch in Mira Road East, and now an Olympic-size swimming pool is planned at the spot.

Just last year, the MBMC organised a plantation drive in the park, with over 10,000 trees being planted in the presence of the MBMC chief, deputy commissioner and mayor.