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Aarey Colony protests in Mumbai: Prohibitory orders remain in force as 29 protesters granted bail; SC to hear plea today
Fp Staff •The MMRCL has defended tree felling by contending that it is restricted only to a small area in Aarey Colony, and is necessary to ensure a modern transport system.
Mumbai Police arrests 29 activists protesting tree cutting at Aarey Colony; leaders across party lines slam state govt
Fp Staff •Twenty nine were arrested as clashes broke out between the police and activists protesting the felling of trees for a proposed Mumbai Metro car shed at the Aarey Colony in North Mumbai
Bombay HC refuses to declare Mumbai’s Aarey Colony a forest, dismisses petitions against felling of 2,700 trees
Fp Staff •In a win for the BJP government in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed all petitions against the cutting of 2,700 trees for the metro car shed and refused to declare Mumbai's Aarey Colony as a forest area,
Fact-check on MMRC's claims over Aarey reveals gaping holes; activists, citizens protesting Metro-3 shed slam govt for 'propaganda'
Natashatrivedi •‘The MMRC is spreading propaganda against Aarey, and we will fight against it’, was the general mood at a protest outside the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation’s office on Friday, a day after the civic body which is in charge of the multi-crore project published a full-page ad in at least 16 newspapers titled ‘The truth you should know’.
Mumbai family plants more than 6000 trees in green lung of the city — Aarey Milk Colony
Mongabay India •Coastal cities like Mumbai are vulnerable to climate change, green spaces are crucial in urban infrastructure.
Fire on hill near Aarey Milk Colony in Mumbai's Goregaon engulfs four kilometres of forest, cause unknown
Fp Staff •A level 3 fire broke out on in a forest on a hill near Aarey Milk Colony in the Goregaon East suburb of Mumbai. The cause of the fire is still unknown.
Bombay HC dismisses petitions challenging construction of Mumbai metro car shed in Aarey Milk Colony
•The Bombay High Court held that it had found no illegality in the decision to approve the construction of the car shed at a plot in Aarey Milk Colony in Mumbai.
Give fair hearing to people opposing rampant cutting of trees for Mumbai Metro car shed: Bombay HC tells BMC
•The directions came while the bench was disposing of a writ petition objecting to the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation's (MMRC) proposal to cut 2,700 trees to in the Aarey Milk Colony in Mumbai for the proposed Mumbai Metro-3 car shed.
Aarey Colony metro-shed: Fadnavis appointed panel likely to stand up for Mumbai's 'last green lung'
Fp Archives •In the rising concrete jungle Mumbai might just remain greener. It looks like Aarey colony, one of the greenest spots in the city, has found a saviour. A seven member committee formed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will decide whether a Metro car-shed be allowed to be constructed in Aarey colony or not.
BMC chief slapped with defamation notice for saying Aarey colony will become Dharavi
Fp Staff •BMC's problems only multiplied when last week the BMC chief Sitaram Kunte said that if Aarey was not developed it would become "another Dharavi", a Mumbai Mirror report said.