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Maharashtra forest dept tells BMC to accommodate animals in its Aarey road plans
Updated On: 30 August, 2021 08:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
Following a mid-day report in which activists urged the civic body to consult forest department and make underpasses for wildlife in Aarey, committee is formed to suggest mitigation measures
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Activists have suggested underpasses so that animals such as leopards can walk across safely. Representation pic
In some good news for nature lovers, following instructions from state minister Aaditya Thackeray, the forest department has formed a six-member committee to suggest mitigation measures to BMC when it starts concretisation work of the main Aarey Milk Colony road that passes through the forest. The decision comes after mid-day’s report on the issue on August 6, ‘BMC plans concrete road in Aarey Colony, activists say think of wildlife, too’ wherein wildlife activists had demanded that the civic body also consult the forest department and make at least four to five underpasses for animals alongside the construction of the road.
Nature lovers and environmentalists have demanded that while constructing the cement concrete road, wildlife underpasses should also be constructed so that animals can safely move across. Highly placed sources in the forest department told mid-day that on August 24, Environment, Tourism and Guardian Minister of Mumbai Suburbs, Aaditya Thackeray, had a meeting with Sanjay Gandhi National Park officials. He instructed them to co-ordinate with the BMC and form a committee involving experts to suggest mitigation measures in the road concretisation work.
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