Aarey Forest
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Mumbai: Heavy police deployment at Aarey colony; two protestors detained
India | Jul 25, 2022, 02:52 PM ISTThe Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking has diverted a few buses plying on the route due to felling of trees.
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Mumbai metro line 3 cannot start until car shed is prepared, says Devendra Fadnavis
India | Jul 02, 2022, 08:56 AM ISTThe MVA coalition led by Uddhav Thackeray had decided to move the Metro-3 car shed from Aarey to Kanjurmarg. The construction of car shed at Aarey had been a sticking point between the BJP and Shiv Sena.
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Mumbai: Fire breaks out at Aarey forest, 3 fire tenders rushed to spot
India | Feb 15, 2021, 03:52 PM ISTA fire broke out at a thicket in the Aarey Colony area of Mumbai on Monday afternoon.
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800 acres of Aarey land declared forest, Metro car shed relocated to Kanjurmarg: Uddhav Thackeray
India | Oct 11, 2020, 05:45 PM ISTMaharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday announced the scrapping of Aarey metro car shed and said the project will now come up at Kanjurmarg in Mumbai. He also announced that 800 acre of Aarey land has been declared as forest as opposed to 600 earlier.
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Cases against Aarey protesters to be dropped in a month: Maharashtra minister
India | Feb 27, 2020, 04:22 PM ISTThe cases filed against Aarey metro car shed protesters will be withdrawn within a month, Maharashtra Minister Satej Patil said on Thursday. Patil, the Minister of State for Home, made the remarks after meeting some of the protesters here.
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Maharashtra govt removes MMRC managing director amid Aarey tree felling controversy
India | Jan 22, 2020, 07:22 AM ISTAmid the ongoing controversy over the metro car shed here for line-3 trains, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday stripped Ashwini Bhide from the post of Managing Director of Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC), which is implementing the project.
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Aarey forest matter: SC extends interim order banning further tree felling
India | Dec 16, 2019, 07:07 PM ISTTree felling at Mumbai's Aarey forest for metro car shed has become a contentious issue. Supreme Court has now extended the interim order prohibiting further tree felling.
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No Cutting Trees for Metro: Supreme Court restrains Maharashtra Government, MMRDA
India | Dec 10, 2019, 06:21 PM ISTThe Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government and the MMRDA to not fell trees for its metro construction project in Mumbai till the Bombay High Court takes a decision on the plea of an activist against cutting of trees.
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Prohibitory orders lifted from Mumbai's stir-hit Aarey Colony
India | Oct 08, 2019, 05:36 PM ISTThe police had imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) on Saturday, banning unlawful assembly in the area, following protests by activists against the felling of trees in the green zone.
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2,141 trees cut in Aarey colony, construction continues: Mumbai Metro
India | Oct 07, 2019, 10:40 PM ISTThe Mumbai Metro said on Monday that it would honour Supreme Court's direction restraining cutting of any more trees in Aarey colony for a Metro car shed. Giving out the data, the Mumbai Metro said 2,141 trees have already been cut till date, while adding that no more trees will be cut at the contested site.
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Special Supreme Court bench begins hearing in Aarey Forest tree felling case
News | Oct 07, 2019, 10:49 AM ISTSupreme Court hearing Aarey Forest case: Justice Arun Mishra asks 'tell us whether it was an eco-sensitive zone or not. It was a no development zone not an eco-sensitive zone. This is what we get, show us the documents'.