Aarey is government land, not forest, says Fadnavis

I can understand the view of Thackeray on this tree-felling issue, but he should understand what is going on in the minds of some handful of people who are opposing it," he told reporters here.Fadnavis said the Supreme Court has already clarified that the land does not come under forest or bio-diversity and said such permission (for Metro car shed) can be given."So the state government, by adhering to orders passed by the apex court, is working on the project," he said.The chief minister pointed out that the Metro III project in Mumbai has received funding from Japan. "And when they fund any project, they keep its sustainability in mind. Japan did a study on the project for one year and after that, they gave funding to it," he said."The proposed site is the government's land and it neither comes under bio-diversity nor is it a forest land," the chief minister said.When it was decided to set up a Metro car depot on the proposed site, the government had planted 23,000 trees in the area, he said"Why we save trees because we want to reduce the carbon footprint. So, we need to understand one thing that how much carbon footprint is going to be reduced due to the underground Metro," he said.He claimed the state has received maximum investment in the country and as far as direct employment is concerned, the state is on the top position.The Mumbai civic body recently gave its nod to cut over 2,600 trees for setting up a Metro car shed in Aarey Colony, the sprawling green belt of Mumbai. Environmentalists have been opposing the proposed tree felling. Several Bollywood personalities and politicians have also extended their support to the activists. Pls explain how to transplant the leopards, the reptiles, the insects, the mammals... Help na? #SaveAareyForest #AamchiMumbai https://t.co/PkwW4TDDe4 pic.twitter.com/H6io6fGlkq— Save Aarey (@saveaarey) September 1, 2019 function catchException() {try{ twitterJSDidLoad(); }catch(e){}} 1672721 1670578 function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return match ? match[1] : false;}; var versions='4.2.2'; var versionArray=versions.split(',');var currentAndroidVersion=getAndroidVersion();if(versionArray.indexOf(currentAndroidVersion)!=-1){var blocks = document.getElementsByTagName('blockquote'); for(var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++){blocks[i].innerHTML = '';}}DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://theseasonedcook.com/UserProfile/tabid/42/userId/1073532/Default.aspx

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