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Aarey: A green that’s fading
What does the inauguration of Mumbai’s Metro 3 link mean for Aarey? There are plans for a sequestered forest, and, around it, more construction. There is conflict brewing – administrators talk of high-rises and infrastructure, while activists ask: What will it take to leave the city’s only remaining green lung alone?
Updated on Sep 29, 2024 08:24 AM IST
Police deny permission for annual Indigenous march in Aarey
Adivasi group in Mumbai claims police denied permission for annual march in Aarey on World Indigenous Peoples Day. They plan to proceed without written permission.
Updated on Aug 09, 2024 07:48 AM IST
Maharashtra sanctions ₹1,163 crore for Metro 3
Around 98% of work on the corridor has been completed and the first phase between Aarey and BKC is likely to be opened to the public this September
Updated on Jun 28, 2024 08:53 AM IST
Are citizens’ movements dying in Mumbai?
Bengaluru civil society's recent successes put Mumbai’s protest movements in sharp contrast
Updated on Feb 18, 2024 10:15 AM IST
Aarey tribals take on Film City to wrest control of their farmlands
The protest gathered force by Monday. 250 Adivasis, mainly women, walked from their farms to the offices of Film City to voice their protest. Joint managing director of Film City, Sanjay Patil, said, “The landfilling was stopped on Monday. We may resume it after checking the permissions and the land use”
Updated on Dec 05, 2023 07:30 AM IST
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We stand vindicated, says Aaditya after Maha govt demands Kanjurmarg land for Metro depot
After taking cognisance of citizens’ and activists’ protests, the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government had shifted the Metro car shed from Aarey to Kanjurmarg.
Updated on Apr 16, 2023 12:57 AM IST
Aaditya Thackeray takes a dig at Eknath Shinde on Aarey: 'Anger against us...'
Environmentalists are holding a protest at Aarey colony against the Mumbai Metro Line-3 car shed.
Published on Jul 10, 2022 02:13 PM IST
Written by Manjiri Sachin Chitre | Edited by Swati Bhasin
Aarey forest controversy: How an environmental issue became a political one
The issue that resurfaced after the Eknath Shinde-led alliance government with the BJP came power in Maharashtra pertains to the new regime's proposal to shift the Metro-3 car shed project back to Mumbai's Aarey forest, an 1,800-acre area, often termed as the megalopolis's 'green lung'.
Published on Jul 03, 2022 09:14 PM IST
Written by Shivani Kumar | Edited by Sohini Sarkar
Maharashtra: Metro-3 depot back in Aarey Colony
In October 2019, the Bombay high court (HC) quashed a clutch of petition by environmentalists that sought to declare a 33-acre plot in the city’s green lung as a legal forest under the Indian Forest Act (1927). This patch was demarcated in 2013 to construct a car shed for the upcoming Metro 3 line.
Updated on Jul 02, 2022 02:26 AM IST
Prayag Arora-Desai, Mumbai