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The environment is undergoing drastic changes like melting of glaciers, forests burnt down and climate changes. People are promoting afforestation to fight against the loss that has been caused due to the Amazon fires.
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Yesterday the news came that Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar, transferred ₹47,436 crore of Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) funds to various states in the presence of MoS Babul Supriyo.
To Know More Read: Hope For Environment Recovery: Centre Releases ₹47,436 Crore To 27 States For Afforestation
We felt a sigh of relief but seems like the struggle is not over yet.
Today this shocking heartbreaking news came that said:
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) Tree Authority recently cleared the proposal for cutting down more than 2,700 trees in Mumbai’s Aarey Forest in order to make a car shed for Metro-3 passengers.
#Aarey is such a beautiful expanse; we are lucky to be one of the few cities to actually have a green forest inside it./stackumbrella/media/media_files/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/EDEtR2vUcAEN552-1.jpg)
Mumbaikars must come here to feel the silence & beauty of the forest. Only then will they realise its value.#SaveAarey@deespeak@TandonRaveena@RandeepHoodapic.twitter.com/MlD4c676gD
— Ketan Nardhani (@ketan83) August 28, 2019
To compensate for the environmental loss, the authority decided to plant thrice as many saplings somewhere else. But for a sapling to turn into a full-grown tree is a lengthier process. Also, they have to survive many weather conditions during the process. Not all saplings turn into trees.
Social Media Is Filled With Protesters To Save Mumbai's Lungs, The Aarey Forest:
Bollywood celebs too reacted on the Aarey issue:
These are the #MurderersOfAarey, the ones who have sold our right to breathe so that some developers may access #Aarey land in future. #NeverForget
Abhijit Samant,
Alka Kerkar,
Harish Bandirge,
Aakash Purohit… https://t.co/FW96HQipIy— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) August 30, 2019
This is sickening. Just sickening. This is our air that they have stolen. Our future, or lives, our familes' health. Hope everyone who caused this or let this happen, rots in the most painful hell. #Aarey#SaveAareyhttps://t.co/irGMvwf6nE
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) August 30, 2019
How can we let this happen!?! @Dev_Fadnavis@PMOIndia@NarendraModi@CMOMaharashtra@AUThackeray!!! Please please please help #Mumbaikars desperate call to disallow this massacre to reach the #TreeAuthority!!! #SaveAareyForest#SaveAareySaveMumbai#SDGshttps://t.co/IwozwaQErr
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) August 30, 2019
#Mumbaikars speaking out against the cutting of #trees in #Aarey Every citizen of #Mumbai should raise their voice to #SaveAareyForest@fffmumbai1@saveaarey@ConserveAarey@aareywarriorspic.twitter.com/gHcDQ8mfPX
— Macson Almeida (@mcsnalmeida) August 31, 2019
Mumbai: Citizens gather at Picnic Point to protest against BMC's proposal to axe over 2,000 trees in Aarey Colony. #Aarey#AareyAxingpic.twitter.com/SNM2ZRByVf
— TOI Mumbai (@TOIMumbai) August 31, 2019
Very sad day for Aarey forest tribals, wildlife and Mumbaikars. Shocked that .@mybmc ignored 1,00,000+ objections from citizens and decided to axe 2700 trees in Aarey. How can construction of metro car shed take priority over saving the green lungs of the city.#SaveAareyForestpic.twitter.com/FwzMXYktfq
— Aravalli Bachao (@AravalliBachao) August 29, 2019
Such a shame! All of Mumbai objected to the hacking of trees in #Aarey. But @BJP4Maharashtra totally disregarded the sentiments of Mumbai and it's future.
Why do we allow them to ruin our city? https://t.co/FqhjnqvzOR— Preeti Sharma Menon (@PreetiSMenon) August 29, 2019
What a shame that while @narendramodi postures to be a great savior of environment, on @Discovery and at @G7, BMC has cleared chopping of 2700 trees at #Aarey . We just had a deluge and a water crisis in Mumbai, and here we are chopping off the lung of Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/tQpj3eVVNh
— Vimlendu Jha (@vimlendu) August 30, 2019
Absolutely condemnable !
Tree Authority in #BMC passed a proposal to cut 2185 trees in #AareyForest.#BJP supported,#ShivSena opposed,#Congress boycotted.
Its full tamasha.#Aarey belongs to all. Its everbody’s responsblity to save it.
Why this division?#Congress must protest.— Sanjay Nirupam (@sanjaynirupam) August 30, 2019
Very sad day for Aarey forest tribals, wildlife and Mumbaikars. Shocked that .@mybmc ignored 1,00,000+ objections from citizens and decided to axe 2700 trees in #Aarey. How can construction of metro car shed take priority over saving the green lungs of the city.#SaveAareyForestpic.twitter.com/Ms3UBCMUYK
— Vidya Chavan (@Vidyaspeaks) August 29, 2019
Sad to see that where are we heading? Do we need a parking lot more than we need oxygen?