In the village of Colvale, which has been sliced into two by NH-66, there is an uneasy calm. Despite an assurance from PWD Minister Sudin Dhavalikar that six mango trees would not be felled for expansion of NH-66, Wendell Rodricks, well-known fashion designer and Padma Shri awardee, who led the protest to save the trees, is not completely satisfied.
In fact, he is angry at the unplanned development that has turned his once idyllic village into a semi-urban entity sans proper infrastructure.
The protest in Colvale began in the last week of February when excavators started. . .