Pune residents fight to save urban hills from construction

Breakdown

• Pune's hills, or tekdis, have been transformed from barren land and waste dumps through citizen-led restoration efforts. 16s
• Local groups, in collaboration with the Forest Department, have cleared tons of garbage and nurtured the regrowth of native forests. 1m 14s
• Citizen activism since 2002 has led to the official protection of 978 hectares as biodiversity parks. 2m 49s
• Proposed infrastructure projects, such as the Bal Bharti Podh Fata road, pose new threats to these protected hills. 3m 13s
• Community members, including youth, continue to organise protests and awareness campaigns to safeguard Pune's hills. 3m 40s