Our ‘Save Chowpaty’ mission is to save the garden from being razed to pave way for the 25-storied building,” said NCS member, Ashish Vakil Surat: While the Surat civic body is firming up plans to build its 25-storied iconic headquarters at the sprawling Chowpaty garden in posh Athwalines, the environmental activists and various non-government organisations (NGOs) are up in arms to thwart the move citing environmental concerns. The lush green Chowpaty garden is the only green lungs Athwalines enjoys in the middle of the city, which the environmentalists decry will be totally destroyed if Surat municipal corporation (SMC) is permitted to construct the 105 metre high rise.