Aarey Metro car shed: HC disposes plea against notice on felling over 170 trees, suggests approaching SC, Tree Authority
The Bombay High Court on Thursday disposed a PIL filed by environmental activist Zoru Bhathena, seeking to set aside a notice issued by the BMC’s Tree Authority, inviting suggestions and objections for felling over 170 trees at Aarey Colony for the Metro 3 car shed project.
Acting Chief Justice Sanjay V Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep V Marne were hearing the PIL, argued through advocate Zaman Ali, who said that a January 12 notice issued by Tree Authority was “in breach of a Supreme Court order”. “The notice is for removal of 177 trees, having a different set of tree ID numbers compared to MMRCL’s (Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited) application to fell only 84 trees.
