Maoists, missionaries and mullahs?: Meet the Mumbaikars arrested for protesting Aarey tree cutting

A diverse group of ordinary people was charged with criminal activity for objecting to tree cutting in a forested area. Now they want answers.

Aarefa Johari

· Oct 11, 2019 · 08:32 am

Aarey: Mumbai Metro says 2,141 trees have been cut so far

Mumbai Metro Line 3 also tweeted that it respects the Supreme Court order staying the felling of trees.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 07, 2019 · 08:25 pm

Mumbai: Opposition welcomes SC order, calls out government’s haste in cutting trees in Aarey Colony

NCP leader Supriya Sule said the haste with which the government acted over the weekend in cutting the trees is condemnable.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 07, 2019 · 04:03 pm

Aarey: Supreme Court asks Maharashtra government not to cut any more trees

During the hearing, the bench asked the petitioners to show documents to prove it was an eco-sensitive zone.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 07, 2019 · 10:29 am

Aarey tree cutting: Supreme Court to hear urgent plea on Monday

The court said a special bench has been constituted to hear the PIL, filed by a person called Rishav Ranjan.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 06, 2019 · 08:58 pm

Aarey tree cutting: Mumbai court releases 29 people arrested for protests on conditional bail

The demonstrators have been granted conditional bail on a cash bond of Rs 7,000 each.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 06, 2019 · 07:43 pm

Mumbai Metro chief says cutting of trees in Aarey is destruction that is ‘inevitable’

Ashwini Bhide was responding to a tweet by Mumbai Metro Line 3, which claimed it had planted 24,000 trees in the city as a replacement.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 06, 2019 · 06:19 pm

Aarey tree cutting: Prakash Ambedkar detained by police, asks people to maintain law and order

Following his detention, the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi leader tweeted to his followers asking them not to believe rumours.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 06, 2019 · 02:52 pm

‘Greed, hubris, foolishness’: Bollywood actors tweet against tree cutting in Mumbai’s Aarey Colony

Filmmaker Karan Johar described the cutting of trees as a ‘massacre’.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 06, 2019 · 11:56 am

Aarey protests: Bombay High Court rejects second petition by activists to stop tree cutting

Meanwhile, Prakash Javadekar supported the decision to cut trees, and said the same was done for Delhi metro project.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 05, 2019 · 04:34 pm

Mumbai: At least 29 arrested for protesting against tree cutting in Aarey, Section 144 imposed

They are among the 60 people detained earlier in the day by the police for allegedly getting into a scuffle with officials and assaulting them.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 05, 2019 · 01:41 pm

Mumbai: Activists detained while protesting against tree cutting in Aarey forest

There were reports of the police charging at protestors with batons. Bulldozers were brought in by authorities as the demonstrators looked on.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 05, 2019 · 08:18 am