Activists demand an end to ongoing RFD project
The Free Press Journal|July 29, 2024
NATURE'S FURY | Riverfront development blamed for the recent flood by environmental activists
Indu Bhagat
Activists demand an end to ongoing RFD project

The proposed Mula-Mutha Riverfront Development Project (RFD) in Pune is making headlines again as trees planted near the river belt and soil kept for filling the underembankments way were swept away due to the floods on July 25. Environmental activists demand the scrapping of the RFD project, claiming that the concretisation of the riverbank has led to increased floods, while authorities insist the project will help control floods.

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