Our human greed and lack of compassion cannot be allowed to destroy the biodiversity in our city, Shiv Sena Leader and former state environment minister Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday said that he joined the citizens protesting against the shifting of the Metro car shed back to Aarey.
Calling Aarey “a unique forest within our city”, Thackeray said, “(Former CM) Uddhav Thackeray ji declared 808 acres of Aarey as a forest and the car shed should go out (from there).”
There is a need to preserve forests and environment, climate change is upon us, the 32-year-old told reporters amid protests against the construction of a metro car shed.
Protests started in the area last week after Fadnavis took over as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister, his first cabinet meeting, overturning former chief minister Thackeray’s decision to shift the Metro 3 car shed out of Aarey Milk Colony.