Activists of Sav Aarey Group celebrate the stay order on metro car-shed of Aarey by the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, in Mumbai.
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Workers lay cable at Aarey colony for metro construction in Mumbai. On Friday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, immediately after taking over charge of his post, had an...
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A crane lifts the the fallen trees to be carried away for building a construction site of metro car parking shed at Aarey Colony, Mumbai. The Supreme Court on Monday restrained aut...
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A view of a construction site of a metro train parking shed at Aarey Colony, Mumbai. The Supreme Court restrained authorities from cutting any more trees in Mumbai's Aarey colony f...
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Police check the identity of commuters at Aarey Colony, Mumbai. Supreme Court has ordered the government of the state of Maharashtra to stop tree-felling after protesters swarmed t...
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A view of a construction site of a metro train parking shed at Aarey Colony, Mumbai. Supreme Court has ordered the government of the state of Maharashtra to stop tree-felling after...
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A man cuts a tree branch at the construction site of a metro train parking shed at Aarey Colony, Mumbai. Supreme Court has ordered the government of the state of Maharashtra to st...
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Police personnel check commuters for identification cards before being allowed to enter Aarey colony, in Mumbai. The Supreme Court on Monday restrained authorities from cutting any...
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An activist holds a placard during a protest against cutting down of trees for a proposed metro car shed project at Aarey Colony in Mumbai
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Children hold a placard during a protest against cutting down of trees for a proposed metro car shed project at Aarey Colony in Mumbai
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An activist holds a placard during a protest against cutting down of trees for a proposed metro car shed project at Aarey Colony in Mumbai.
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Activists and locals hold placards to protest against cutting of trees in Aarey Colony for the proposed car shed for Mumbai Metro 3, at Goregaon in Mumbai
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Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde and Aarey forest case petitioner Rishabh Ranjan at Supreme Court in New Delhi. The Supreme Court today restrained authorities from cutting any more tre...
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Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, appearing for law students, speaks to media persons after Supreme Court (SC) restrained authorities from cutting anymore trees in Mumbai's Aarey to se...
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Police cordon off the Aarey colony following a protest against the tree-cutting, being carried out for the Metro car shed project, in Mumbai.
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Workers cut-down trees for the Metro car shed project in the Aarey colony of Mumbai. Environment activists are agitating against the act.
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An aerial view of the Metro-car shed area, where environment conservation activists have been opposing the cutting of trees by the authorities, in Mumbai
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Police cordon off the area following a protest against the tree-cutting, being carried out for the Metro car shed project, at Aarey colony in Mumbai
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Police detain activists who were staging a protest against the tree-cutting, being carried out for the Metro car shed project, at Aarey colony in Mumbai
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An aerial view of the Metro-car shed area, where environment conservation activists have been opposing the cutting of trees by the authorities, in Mumbai
In a webcast, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray said the project will be shifted to government land in Kanjurmarg and no cost will be incurred for the purpose.
A counsel, appearing for the PIL petitioners seeking a stay on felling of trees, alleged that in the garb of clearing of trees from the area, the construction work for the project is going on.
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