Braving Rains, People Gather To Protest Metro Shed Project In Mumbai's Aarey Forest
People in Mumbai have continued to protest against the metro shed project in Aarey forest. The 1800-acre area is often termed as the megalopoliss green lung. The forest has some five lakh trees and also has a couple of rivers and some lakes flowing through it.
People in Mumbai have continued to protest against the metro shed project in Aarey forest, the green lungs of the city.
Hours after coming to power, Chief Minister Shinde overturned the previous Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government¡¯s decision to relocate the proposed Mumbai Metro Line-3 car shed from Aarey Colony.
#WATCH | Mumbai: Protests underway in Aarey, Goregaon against metro car shed. pic.twitter.com/pl2yJDqIfn
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The Thackeray government had shifted the site to Kanjurmarg, but it got embroiled in a legal dispute.
Mumbai | This is a fight for Mumbai, fight for life. We fought for forest&to protect our tribals. When we were here no trees were uprooted. Cars go for maintenance once every 3-4 months, not every night: Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray at Aarey protest site pic.twitter.com/aRIIRHh4oj
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The Thackeray government had also declared Aarey as a reserved forest.
Holding placards, the protesters raised slogans against the new government's proposal to shift the Metro-3 car shed project back to Mumbai's Aarey forest, a 1,800-acre area that is often termed as the megalopolis's 'green lung'.
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According to environmental activists, the forest not only provides fresh air to the people of the city but is also a key habitat for wildlife, including some endemic species.
The forest has some five lakh trees, and also has a couple of rivers and some lakes flowing through it, they say.
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