The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra government to stop cutting trees in Aarey Colony and directed it to maintain status quo, but the damage – according to environmental groups – may have already been done with the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) saying it has axed 2,141 trees since the Bombay high court's go-ahead order on Friday. That’s 98% of the 2,185 MMRC had sought to chop for the car shed of the Colaba-Seepz, Andheri, Metro 3. Another 461are to be transplanted.
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra government to stop cutting trees in Aarey Colony and directed it to maintain status quo, but the damage – according to environmental groups – may have already been done with the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) saying it has axed 2,141 trees since the Bombay high court's go-ahead order on Friday. That’s 98% of the 2,185 MMRC had sought to chop for the car shed of the Colaba-Seepz, Andheri, Metro 3. Another 461are to be transplanted.