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Environmental Engineer Scheduled to Speak to Parsippany-Troy Planning Board About Importance of Saving Trees

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Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ – Environmental engineer, Girish Mehta, a long-time devotee and supporter of the Sanatan Templeof Parsippany, New Jersey, located at 16 Jean Terrace, run by the Indian Community Center, Inc., or ICCI has asked to appear before the Parsippany-Troy Hills Planning Board to express his concerns about a parking lot project approved by the Board in February 2014. “The manner in which the temple trustees have undertaken a project requiring destruction of full grown trees to create a parking lot defies logic and common sense.  It is also against our core religious principals, as our scriptures forbid senseless … Continue reading Environmental Engineer Scheduled to Speak to Parsippany-Troy Planning Board About Importance of Saving Trees

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Background on the issue

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A recent project at the Sanatan Temple located at 16 Jean Terrace, Parsippany, NJ 07054 involves construction of 33 parking spaces for compact cars by cutting down 27 full-grown trees. This project uses the public’s money to create unneeded compact parking spots. Not only this but it also creates serious consequences to the Troy Brook, wetlands and transition areas, and most importantly, flooding on the neighboring properties. This project goes against the Temple community’s spiritual views. There were many issues with this project including: -The temple deliberately destroyed the state-controlled wetlands and valuable natural resources which have resulted in NJDEP violations -They did not … Continue reading Background on the issue