Mumbai: While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation failed to comply with the direction of clearing the four lakh metric tonnes of debris lying on the banks of the Mithi River, the civic body, through an interlocutory application to the National Green Tribunal, stated that the responsibility of cleaning the debris should fall on the Aarey administration since the land falls under …
Mumbai: The National Green Tribunal has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to clear within two weeks a construction waste dumpsite which has emerged on the bank of the Mithi River, in Aarey colony. HT Image The dumpsite, near Tapeshwar Mandir, adjacent to the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road, comprises around four lakh metric tonnes of waste towering at a height of 25 …
The movement to protect Aarey Colony as a legal forest, which began in response to the proposed Metro-3 car shed at Prajapurpada village, marks one of the most heated debates around conservation and urban development in Mumbai’s recent past. Soon after the HC’s ruling, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation chopped 98% of the 2,185 trees in that site In October …
