Vanishing tree cover
Vanishing tree cover is a serious issue in Mumbai, where re-development activity is rapidly eating into a once lush canopy. Environmentalists say there are so few of them left, one can literally count them. But even when it comes to counting trees, the civic authorities have apparently found a clever way around the problem. Now, hope takes root as saplings are being sold by the civic authorities for those who care to plant a seed.
