In a setback to environmentalists, the Pune Municipal Corporation Court on Monday rejected the plea of voluntary group Parisar opposing the construction of a road on the Mutha riverbed. The PMC had initiated the construction of the 3.2 km road on the riverbed from Mhatre bridge to the PMC bridge as an solution for the overcrowding of the existing roads. The construction work was held up after Parisar appealed in the court saying it was in contravention of the Development Plan which has recognised the river as a vital and important feature of the city and demarcated it as a