45 of 109 Transplanted Trees Dead, Citizens Say Many Were Never Even Moved - Koregaon Park Annexe Road Tree Story Gets Worse
Nearly 18 months after trees along the main Koregaon Park Annexe road between ABC Farms and Carnival Hotel had their canopies cut and root balls prepared for transplantation as part of a road-widening project, PMC and citizens are telling starkly conflicting accounts of how many trees were actually relocated and how many survived. PMC officials claimed they transplanted 109 trees against the 85 earmarked for transplantation in the permission covering 193 trees, of which 108 were approved for felling and 85 for transplantation, but admitted that at least 45 of the 109 transplanted trees have since died including two old rubber trees. Citizens however directly challenged the civic body’s account alleging that many trees were never moved from their original sites despite being root-balled and that trees outside Kopa Mall and near Supreme Towers and Poonawalla Fincorp were left to die in place. Photographs taken by citizens on October 5 showed trees with canopies and major branches still cut back along the same road while residents said the roots of two old rubber trees near the Hanuman temple were never even dug up.
Citizens disputed PMC’s claim that the rubber trees were 20 to 22 years old saying they were over 50 years old, a distinction that matters significantly given the ecological value of mature versus young trees. PMC officials defended the outcomes saying transplantation does not have a 100 percent success rate even with scientific methods, that trees were watered regularly and that some failed due to technical differences in root systems. Citizens countered by demanding that PMC identify the precise destinations of all 109 trees it counts as transplanted and establish clearly how many have actually survived with photographic and physical evidence rather than administrative claims. The controversy has raised serious questions about how tree transplantation commitments made in future road widening permissions will be monitored and verified given that the civic body’s own account and ground reality appear to diverge so significantly on the fate of trees that once lined one of Pune’s most prominent green corridors.
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