Mumbai: The BMC tree authority on Friday approved a proposal to allow cutting and transplanting of a total of 1,992 trees for the proposed Mumbai Coastal Road project from Versova to Bhayander. Civic officials said of the 1,992 trees affected, 726 will be cut, while 1,266 will be transplanted on a 3.5-acre land owned by the BMC hydraulic engineering department in Powai.