Aarey Road Temporarily Shut, Two Protestors Detained As Cutting Of Trees Begin In Area
Dy Commissioner office of traffic police of Mumbai issued a traffic alert announcing the temporary closure of Aarey road for 24 hours citing different road works being carried out by the MMRC and MCGM.
The Mumbai police on Monday beefed up deployment in the Aarey colony area and detained two protestors who reached the site despite being served notices under the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), an official said.
Chainsaws,trucks loaded with felled trees & police,
¡ª Tanmay V.S??? (@tanmay_shinde99) July 25, 2022
They have ruined this place,
The huge trees at Aarey brought smile to every individual's face but these greedy bigots have destroyed this place's charm..#SaveAareyForest pic.twitter.com/MC1fTMUCBp
Cutting of trees begins at Aarey
This comes as a video of cutting and felling of trees in Aarey is being circulated by protestors on social media. The BMC had deployed men and machinery to carry out the cuttting/trimming of trees. Notices had already been pasted on several trees near Picnic Point that had been identified for cutting/trimming. This was being done for smooth passage of metro material to the car shed, read the notices.
It is alleged that the phone of one of the residents who tried to record the cutting of trees was snatched and its data deleted.
According to locals in Aarey:
¡ª Kapil Agarwal (@kapil_agarwal27) July 25, 2022
Aarey road has been blocked since y'day by the police,
Cops have detained 1 of the Save Aarey protestors,
Tree cut has began,
One of the residents who tried record the tree cut,their phone was snatched & data deleted..#SaveAareyForest #Mumbai pic.twitter.com/ry8lPzjA76
More protestors detained
Not paying any heed to the notices, two activists who had rushed to the site were detained at Vanrai police station. Earlier on Sunday, police had served notices under section 149 of the CrPC to Tabrez Sayyed and Jayesh Bhise prohibiting them from assembling unlawfully to protest the construction of the metro car shed in Aarey, the official from Vanrai police station said.
This brings the total number of detained in the case to four.
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Traffic alert issued
Addtionally, Dy Commissioner office of traffic police of Mumbai issued a traffic alert announcing the temporary closure of Aarey road for 24 hours citing different road works being carried out by the MMRC and MCGM.
The police deployment has been increased in the area, he said, adding that barricades have been put up and roads have either been closed or diverted. According to protestors, only residents are being allowed to enter the Aarey colony area and the police are intercepting people coming from outside.
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The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking has diverted a few buses plying on the route due to felling of trees, an official said. It is been suggested that people travel to Powai and Marol Naka in Andheri using the JVLR route. Aarey Road may, however, be used by residents of Aarey Colony.
¡°Schools were closed down and children were told to go back home. Children had to walk back home as there were no buses,¡± said an adivasi resident from Khambachapada.
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