Pune : Aditya Thackeray criticises Bal Bharati Paud Phata link road and river front development project

Former minister for environment Aditya Thackeray was in Pune recently where he also visited the Vetal Tekdi site in Pune where the Pune Municipal Corporation is trying to construct Bal Bharati Paud Phata Link Road. During his visit, the active residents from Pune explained to him why making this road would destroy the natural habitat of many plants, animals, birds and will not solve the purpose of reducing congestion. 

Aditya said, “I visited Vetal tekdi area and saw it was not a good choice to destroy the hills, with so-called development, without any study of traffic/ environment. It seems the consultant has strong political support for personal gains, by destroying the hills. I also visited the Pune Riverfront Destruction project of the Pune Municipal Corporation.” 

“In the name of riverfront, the corporation is hacking 7000 old trees, playing around with flood lines and more so, reclaiming almost 50 m on both sides with debris, to narrow the river, against global wisdom and practice of widening a river,” Thackeray added.  This is going to lead to massive climate disruption in Pune because of such anti people projects.