Bollywood protests cutting down of trees in Aarey for metro

Np News 24 Mumbai: Bollywood actor Shraddha Kapoor had on Sunday joined the protest against the proposed felling of over 2,700 trees in Aarey forest to build a metro carshed. Several others celebrities protested over the same and took to Twitter asking the government to stop the cutting of the trees.

The Tree Authority of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday gave its nod to cut over 2,700 trees for a Metro car shed in the Aarey Colony adjoining suburban Goregaon in Munbai.
As part of the protest, a human chain was formed by people on Sunday morning at Aarey forest.
Shraddha said that she joined the protest to register her complaint over the ‘shocking’ permission to cut the trees and said that she hoped the decision would be stopped.

Going live on her Instagram account, the actor said, “All of us are here to support mother nature. We already have pollution problems, so how can permission to chop off trees be given? How can you give permission to cut the lungs of Mumbai? 2700 plus trees are said to be cut, which is ridiculous, this permission which has been granted is ridiculous. This can’t happen.”

Other Bollywood celebrities also protested and spoke out regarding the issue.  Tagging Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Dia Mirza tweeted, “Not against the metro. Please build it. But not at the cost of disrupting an ecological system that provides invaluable human services. Alternatives for the car shed exist.”

“It may take more time. But choose better! Stop massacre of Aarey Forest,” she added. Actor Raveena Tandon also expressed outrage against the decision, tweeting, “Shocking that we are letting this happen. Why are the citizens voices not being heard?”

Actor Randeep Hooda tagged PM Narendra Modi, along with Maharashtra CM. “What can we helpless citizens do… We cry over Amazon fires and watch this destruction in our own backyard rather quietly ? What should we do?” he tweeted.

Actor Esha Gupta too took to twitter and said, “Our environment shouldn’t be about politics, we need to leave something behind for the kids, not just flying cars n metros,where a plant will soon be the most expensive thing to own….#SaveAareyForest.”