Noted actor Sayaji Shinde has appealed to the BMC to spare 115 trees that it plans to chop down, to make way for the redevelopment of a hostel on the Sion hospital premises. Shinde, who started the Sahyadri Devrai organisation to green the mountainous region, appealed to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to save the trees, in a video that he put up on his Facebook page.

After the video that was uploaded on social media on Thursday went viral, Shinde, well-known for his roles in Marathi and South Indian cinema, spoke to the concerned civic officer over phone, and was told that the BMC will transplant the trees.