MUMBAI: Aaditya Thackeray, Shiv Lena leader and former Maharashtra minister, nowadays driven a challenge against the state government's move to shift the proposed Metro-3 car shed to Mumbai's Aarey Forest. After taking over as the Maharashtra Chief Minister last week, Eknath Shinde declared that the car shed for Mumbai Metro Line 3 would be moved back from Kanjurmarg to Aarey Forest.
At the protest, Aaditya Thackeray said, "This is a fight for Mumbai, fight for life. We fought for forest and to protect our tribals. When we were, here no trees were uprooted,"
"Whatever anger they (Maharashtra government) have against us should not be taken out on the city. Jungles and the environment need to be protected, climate change is upon us," he added.
Holding notices, the protesters raised slogans against the new government's proposition to move the venture back to Mumbai's Aarey timberland, a 1,800-acre region that's regularly named as the megalopolis's 'green lung'.
The issue dates back to 2019 when the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation sought the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) permission to fell trees at Aarey Colony. This was opposed by environmental activists and sparked massive protests in Mumbai.
According to natural activists, the timberland not as it were gives new discuss to the individuals of the city but is additionally a key living space for natural life, counting a few endemic species. The woodland has some five lakh trees, conjointly features a couple of waterways and a few lakes streaming through it.
As activists ventured up their disturbance, at that point Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the region distinguished for the Metro car shed was not categorised as biodiversity or woodland arrive additionally contemplated that the Metro would decrease carbon footprint.
After coming to power, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government declared that the Metro car shed would be moved to Kanjurmarg. They had moreover pronounced Aarey a reserved forest.
Hereafter, the BJP-led government at the Centre went to the Bombay High Court in 2020, saying the land belonged to its Salt department. The High Court then issued a stay. Since then, the project has been in limbo.
The Shiv Sena had been opposing the plan to build the shed at Aarey even when they were the BJP's alliance partners.
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