Aarey Activists

A group of activists staged a demonstration on Sunday to oppose the construction of a Metro car shed in Mumbai's Aarey Colony and shouted slogans against the Maharashtra government's decision to go ahead with the project.

Aaditya Thackeray got the decision to use Aarey area for a metro rail shed reversed when he was minister in his father Uddhav Thackeray's government; but a lot has changed in the past few weeks.

Around 800 acres of land in Mumbai's Aarey - the site of a bitter row between environmental activists battling to save nearly 3,000 trees from being cut down by then BJP-ruled government to build a car shed for the Metro - have been made a reserve forest

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday directed the state Home department to withdraw cases registered against protesters last year for opposing the felling of trees for a proposed metro car shed in Aarey Colony, considered to be the lung of the city.

Two days after putting the brakes on the construction of a Metro car shed project in Mumbai's Aarey Colony, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today announced that cases filed against green activists who protested against the chopping of trees to make room for the controversial structure will also be withdrawn.

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) cut down 2,141 trees in Aarey Colony between Friday and Saturday, the organisation said today, hours after the Supreme Court ordered a stay on further cutting till its next hearing on October 21

The Shiv Sena on Monday said the Supreme Court's order restraining authorities from cutting anymore trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony to make way for a Metro car shed, is a "moral victory" for environmentalists.

Construction work related to the Mumbai Metro can proceed on the 33 hectares of forested land razed in Aarey Colony, a lawyer for the Maharashtra government told NDTV today, shortly after the Supreme Court stayed the felling of more trees till its next hearing on October 21

No more trees are required to be cut to make way for a car shed of the Mumbai Metro in Aarey Colony, the Maharashtra government told the Supreme Court today. The top court was hearing the case after a group of students wrote to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. On Sunday, 29 activists arrested during protests on Friday night as trees were pulled...

A special bench of the Supreme Court hears a case this morning against the cutting of trees in Mumbai's Aarey colony for the city's metro rail project. On Sunday, 29 activists, arrested for protesting against it on Friday night, were given conditional bail by court.

Aarey colony news: A special bench of the Supreme Court will hear a case today against the cutting of trees in Mumbai's Aarey colony for the city's metro rail project. At another court on Sunday, 29 activists, arrested for protesting against it on Friday night, were given conditional bail.

Amid protests by activists against thousands of trees being cut at Mumbai's Aarey Colony for the construction of a metro car shed, a student delegation said they will visit Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi's house in Delhi in a bid to seek his intervention in the matter.

Over thousand trees have been cut at Mumbai's Aarey Colony so far to clear space for a car shed for a metro project, despite a massive protest by green activists against the move.

Throwing his weight behind activists protesting against the chopping of trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday promised to take action against those responsible if voted to power in the upcoming Maharashtra elections.

The municipal authorities in Mumbai have started cutting trees in Aarey Colony, where activists have been protesting against the move to raze the place to make way for a car shed of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation.

A group of activists staged a demonstration on Sunday to oppose the construction of a Metro car shed in Mumbai's Aarey Colony and shouted slogans against the Maharashtra government's decision to go ahead with the project.

Aaditya Thackeray got the decision to use Aarey area for a metro rail shed reversed when he was minister in his father Uddhav Thackeray's government; but a lot has changed in the past few weeks.

Around 800 acres of land in Mumbai's Aarey - the site of a bitter row between environmental activists battling to save nearly 3,000 trees from being cut down by then BJP-ruled government to build a car shed for the Metro - have been made a reserve forest

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday directed the state Home department to withdraw cases registered against protesters last year for opposing the felling of trees for a proposed metro car shed in Aarey Colony, considered to be the lung of the city.

Two days after putting the brakes on the construction of a Metro car shed project in Mumbai's Aarey Colony, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today announced that cases filed against green activists who protested against the chopping of trees to make room for the controversial structure will also be withdrawn.

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) cut down 2,141 trees in Aarey Colony between Friday and Saturday, the organisation said today, hours after the Supreme Court ordered a stay on further cutting till its next hearing on October 21

The Shiv Sena on Monday said the Supreme Court's order restraining authorities from cutting anymore trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony to make way for a Metro car shed, is a "moral victory" for environmentalists.

Construction work related to the Mumbai Metro can proceed on the 33 hectares of forested land razed in Aarey Colony, a lawyer for the Maharashtra government told NDTV today, shortly after the Supreme Court stayed the felling of more trees till its next hearing on October 21

No more trees are required to be cut to make way for a car shed of the Mumbai Metro in Aarey Colony, the Maharashtra government told the Supreme Court today. The top court was hearing the case after a group of students wrote to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. On Sunday, 29 activists arrested during protests on Friday night as trees were pulled...

A special bench of the Supreme Court hears a case this morning against the cutting of trees in Mumbai's Aarey colony for the city's metro rail project. On Sunday, 29 activists, arrested for protesting against it on Friday night, were given conditional bail by court.

Aarey colony news: A special bench of the Supreme Court will hear a case today against the cutting of trees in Mumbai's Aarey colony for the city's metro rail project. At another court on Sunday, 29 activists, arrested for protesting against it on Friday night, were given conditional bail.

Amid protests by activists against thousands of trees being cut at Mumbai's Aarey Colony for the construction of a metro car shed, a student delegation said they will visit Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi's house in Delhi in a bid to seek his intervention in the matter.

Over thousand trees have been cut at Mumbai's Aarey Colony so far to clear space for a car shed for a metro project, despite a massive protest by green activists against the move.

Throwing his weight behind activists protesting against the chopping of trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday promised to take action against those responsible if voted to power in the upcoming Maharashtra elections.

The municipal authorities in Mumbai have started cutting trees in Aarey Colony, where activists have been protesting against the move to raze the place to make way for a car shed of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation.