Environment & clean air

Around 100 trees felled on an office campus in Kharadi: complaint and demand for an inquiry

Office campus, Kharadi

Archive photo · Photo: Prabha Karape Foundation

Outcome: Complaint filed with PMC; inquiry demanded

On 15 July 2025, residents shared the first video of trees being cut inside an office campus in Kharadi. The cutting paused once Kharadi Resident Welfare (KRW) began asking questions, but over the following days around 100 trees came down.

KRW, led by Prabha Karape, filed a complaint with PMC and followed up with the ward office and the garden department, and asked for an inquiry into how the felling was allowed. The developer told the media that only shrubs had been cleared.

Source: Free Press Journal

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