Mumbai: ‘Aarey car shed a scam of enormous proportions’

Updated On: 16 July, 2022 07:33 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve

Move will open up land in green zone for development worth R60K-R1L crore, say activists, cite mid-day’s report to highlight presence of big cats at the site

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(From left) Activists Laxman Jadhav, Rohit Joshi, Anandrao Mogha, Zoru Bhathena and Stalin D, address the media on Friday. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

Flashin copies of mid-day, a group of green activists committed to saving a portion of Aarey Milk Colony marked for the Metro-3 car shed sharpened their attack on the government calling the move a plot to grab land. Through mid-day’s front-page report on Friday, they sought to highlight the sighting of five leopards and other animals at the car depot site.

The elusive jungle cat, mongoose and monitor lizards have also been captured by camera traps at the site, this newspaper has reported. Soon after the BJP and the Sena group led by Eknath Shinde formed the government in Maharashtra, it reversed the decision of the previous government to scrap the Metro car depot at Aarey, upsetting activists and nature lovers.

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