Mumbai Metro Car Shed Protest

Shouts of "Azadi"- Hindi for freedom - keep time with the rhythmic beating of drums as protesters gather in a densely wooded area in Mumbai.

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.

Four persons who were detained for protesting against the metro rail carshed construction in Mumbai's Aarey forest area on Monday were released after 10 hours, a police official said.

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.

Aaditya Thackeray, Shiv Lena leader and former Maharashtra minister, today led a protest against the state government's move to shift the proposed Metro-3 car shed to Mumbai's Aarey 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green activists who protested against the chopping of trees to make room for the controversial structure will also be withdrawn.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 prohibitory orders imposed in Mumbai's Aarey Colony in view of protests over cutting of trees for a metro car shed were lifted on Tuesday, police said.

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...

Tribal communities living inside forest land in Mumbai's Aarey, where at least a thousand trees have been razed and many more are still to be cut to make way for a car shed for the Mumbai Metro, have appealed for support in the fight to save their homes and the environment.

With the protests against cutting trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony getting support from political parties and celebrities, Mumbai Metro Managing Director Ashwini Bhide,who is facing flak over the issue, today said the move was "inevitable".

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.

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday backed the cutting of trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony, where a metro car shed will be built, citing Delhi Metro as an example.

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.

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.

Shouts of "Azadi"- Hindi for freedom - keep time with the rhythmic beating of drums as protesters gather in a densely wooded area in Mumbai.

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.

Four persons who were detained for protesting against the metro rail carshed construction in Mumbai's Aarey forest area on Monday were released after 10 hours, a police official said.

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.

Aaditya Thackeray, Shiv Lena leader and former Maharashtra minister, today led a protest against the state government's move to shift the proposed Metro-3 car shed to Mumbai's Aarey 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 prohibitory orders imposed in Mumbai's Aarey Colony in view of protests over cutting of trees for a metro car shed were lifted on Tuesday, police said.

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...

Tribal communities living inside forest land in Mumbai's Aarey, where at least a thousand trees have been razed and many more are still to be cut to make way for a car shed for the Mumbai Metro, have appealed for support in the fight to save their homes and the environment.

With the protests against cutting trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony getting support from political parties and celebrities, Mumbai Metro Managing Director Ashwini Bhide,who is facing flak over the issue, today said the move was "inevitable".

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.

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday backed the cutting of trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony, where a metro car shed will be built, citing Delhi Metro as an example.

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.

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.