Tree Management in Majiwada, Thane.

Majiwada's older trees stand in the village lanes and in the compounds of low buildings about to be redeveloped: often large peepal, banyan, mango and coconut trees that have outlived the houses around them. A redevelopment plan drawn to the plot edge leaves no room for them. We survey early enough to change the plan: shift a ramp, hold a setback, keep a tree inside the open space. Where removal cannot be avoided, we prepare the Tree Authority application with an honest record of each tree.

Majiwada sits at the junction where the Eastern Express Highway meets the start of Ghodbunder Road, with flyovers and the Metro Line 4 viaduct overhead. The old village of Majiwada survives in lanes of low houses, now enclosed by towers of twenty floors and more. Around it are commercial blocks, hotels and offices, much of it built on land that was once industrial or open. Traffic between Mumbai, Ghodbunder Road and the highways north passes through the junction day and night. The neighbourhood is largely built out: the change now is redevelopment and densification rather than new ground.