Nagpur is Suffocating: The Cost of "Development" We Aren't Ready to Pay

does "progress" come? In this episode of Alpha Talk with Ruuchi, we tackle a critical crisis unfolding on our streets: the felling of hundreds of trees, including irreplaceable heritage trees dating back to the Bhonsla era, all in the name of infrastructure, sewage lines, and road widening. With the city reeling from intense summer heatwaves, the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court recently had to step in to halt public hearings. We dive deep into the numbers: Millions of trees are promised in compensatory plantation, but are they actually surviving? Is the administration doing enough to alter project alignments, or is cutting down 90-year-old trees simply the "easy way out"? Watch the full breakdown, look at the ground reality of areas like the Aamrai grove and Sahakar Nagar, and let us know your thoughts below. Is Nagpur’s development worth destroying its environmental identity?