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future. The wildlife will soon face major negative side effects and thus the lungs of Mumbai will
lose their charm.

Well as a solution the government initially proposed a plan to shift it to kanjurmarg salt pan land
but the financial loss the state would face because of relocating is a major issue. Not only will the
relocating solution increase the cost but also will ultimately delay the project’s completion.
Instead, the MMRC can implement the strategies DMRC i.e, the Delhi metro Rail corporation
used. One of India's most effective suburban rail systems, the Delhi Metro connects areas on
different ends of the national capital region along a network of 377 kilometers (NCR).
The Delhi Metro claims that the project was completed with careful planning that addresses
numerous concerns associated with deforestation and other environmental aspects.
Measures taken by the DMRC are as follows:

● Deforestation, reforestation.
For every tree fallen the Metro authorities have to
pay compensation to the Delhi Forest Department,
which then carries out compensatory afforestation.
A total of 10 saplings are planted for every tree
cut said a senior official of the Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation (DMRC), it is a joint venture of the
Union territory administration and the central
government. The Metro concessionaire planted
over 5 lakh saplings to compensate for the
43727 trees cut for the three phases of the network
i.e, 11 times. The trees planted, according to
DMRC data, have sucked up 1.02 lakh tonnes of
CO2 over the past 10 years and given out 1.07 lakh
tonnes of oxygen. Another 35 lakh tonnes of carbon emissions were offset through the use of clean
alternatives like solar power and reducing commuters' reliance on fossil fuels, the DMRC data
stated. Officials of the DMRC environment section said they made a conscious effort to minimize
environmental damage as they pushed forth with the Metro project.
For example, a depot at Khyber Pass, which caters to Yellow Line (between HUDA City Centre
and Samaypur Badli), was built at a landfill site to avoid tree-felling. This required the DMRC to
remove all the garbage from the site and lay it on good earth for the tracks to be laid. However,
such measures could only be taken in areas where alignment was even minutely possible.
● Green buildings
A DMRC official said all the stations being built under the ongoing Phase III have been designed
as “green buildings” with specific provisions for the conservation of energy and water, fewer
emissions, and waste management. They have been equipped with more plants, water-efficient
fixtures, and low-VOC paints, i.e, paint with fewer volatile organic compounds that are harmful
to human health and the environment. Also when certain areas needed to be “dewatered” for the
construction of underground Metro lines, the water was shared with the Chandrawal Water
Works for the revival of lakes in North Delhi.
Such environmentally friendly measures taken by DMRC were quite beneficial in contributing
towards the green environment and thus such initiatives should also be implemented by MMRC.

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