Legendry singer and prominent Mumbai voice joins cause with those fighting to saves lungs
Lata Mangeshkar
The Save Aarey cause is gathering more momentum by the day. On Wednesday, legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar voiced her support for the green belt that faces threat over plans of construction of the Metro car depot. On Tuesday evening, Amit — son of MNS leader Raj Thackeray—also released a video pledging his support to the over 2,000 trees in Aarey that face an axe.
ADVERTISEMENT
To cut down 2700 trees and invade the natural habitat for so many species would be a tragedy. I firmly oppose this move and I earnestly request the government to look into this matter and save the forest.#SaveAareyForest
— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) September 4, 2019
On Wednesday, Mangeshkar tweeted, "To cut down 27,000 trees and invade the natural habitat for so many species would be a tragedy. I firmly oppose this move and I earnestly request the government to look into this matter and save the forest.#SaveAareyForest." Mangeshkar also posted a Tweet in Marathi appealing to the government to shift the car depot to another location.
u00e0u00a4u00aeu00e0u00a5u0087u00e0u00a4u009fu00e0u00a5u008du00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a5u008b u00e0u00a4u00b6u00e0u00a5u0087u00e0u00a4u00a1 u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a5u0087 u00e0u00a4u00b2u00e0u00a4u00bfu00e0u00a4u008f 2700 u00e0u00a4u00b8u00e0u00a5u0087 u00e0u00a4u0085u00e0u00a4u00a7u00e0u00a4u00bfu00e0u00a4u0095 u00e0u00a4u00aau00e0u00a5u0087u00e0u00a4u00a1u00e0u00a4u00bcu00e0u00a5u008bu00e0u00a4u0082 u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a5u0080 u00e0u00a4u00b9u00e0u00a4u00a4u00e0u00a5u008du00e0u00a4u00afu00e0u00a4u00be u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a4u00a8u00e0u00a4u00be,u00e0u00a4u0086u00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a5u0087 u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a5u0087 u00e0u00a4u009cu00e0u00a5u0080u00e0u00a4u00b5 u00e0u00a4u00b8u00e0u00a5u0083u00e0u00a4u00b7u00e0u00a5u008du00e0u00a4u009fu00e0u00a4u00bf u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a5u008b u00e0u00a4u0094u00e0u00a4u00b0 u00e0u00a4u00b8u00e0u00a5u008cu00e0u00a4u0082u00e0u00a4u00a6u00e0u00a4u00af u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a5u008b u00e0u00a4u00b9u00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u00a8u00e0u00a4u00bf u00e0u00a4u00aau00e0u00a4u00b9u00e0u00a5u0081u00e0u00a4u0081u00e0u00a4u009au00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u00a8u00e0u00a4u00be u00e0u00a4u00afu00e0u00a5u0087 u00e0u00a4u00acu00e0u00a4u00b9u00e0u00a5u0081u00e0u00a4u00a4 u00e0u00a4u00a6u00e0u00a5u0081u00e0u00a4u0083u00e0u00a4u0096 u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a5u0080 u00e0u00a4u00acu00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u00a4 u00e0u00a4u00b9u00e0u00a5u008bu00e0u00a4u0097u00e0u00a5u0080.u00e0u00a4u00aeu00e0u00a5u0088u00e0u00a4u0082 u00e0u00a4u0087u00e0u00a4u00b8 u00e0u00a4u00a8u00e0u00a4u00bfu00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a5u008du00e0u00a4u00a3u00e0u00a4u00af u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a4u00be u00e0u00a4u00b8u00e0u00a4u0096u00e0u00a4u00bcu00e0u00a5u008du00e0u00a4u00a4 u00e0u00a4u00b5u00e0u00a4u00bfu00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a5u008bu00e0u00a4u00a7 u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a4u00a4u00e0u00a5u0080 u00e0u00a4u00b9u00e0u00a5u0082u00e0u00a4u0081.u00e0u00a4u00aeu00e0u00a5u0088u00e0u00a4u0082 u00e0u00a4u00b8u00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u00b0 u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a5u008b u00e0u00a4u00a8u00e0u00a4u00bfu00e0u00a4u00b5u00e0u00a5u0087u00e0u00a4u00a6u00e0u00a4u00a8 u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a4u00a4u00e0u00a5u0080 u00e0u00a4u00b9u00e0u00a5u0082u00e0u00a4u0081 u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a5u0080 u00e0u00a4u00b5u00e0u00a5u008b u00e0u00a4u0085u00e0u00a4u00aau00e0u00a4u00a8u00e0u00a5u0087 u00e0u00a4u0087u00e0u00a4u00b8 u00e0u00a4u00a8u00e0u00a4u00bfu00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a5u008du00e0u00a4u00a3u00e0u00a4u00af u00e0u00a4u00aau00e0u00a4u00b0 u00e0u00a4u00abu00e0u00a4u00bfu00e0u00a4u00b0 u00e0u00a4u008fu00e0u00a4u0095 u00e0u00a4u00acu00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u00b0 u00e0u00a4u00b5u00e0u00a4u00bfu00e0u00a4u009au00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u00b0 u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a5u0087,u00e0u00a4u0094u00e0u00a4u00b0 u00e0u00a4u0086u00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a5u0087 u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a5u0087 u00e0u00a4u009cu00e0u00a4u0082u00e0u00a4u0097u00e0u00a4u00b2 u00e0u00a4u0095u00e0u00a5u008b u00e0u00a4u00acu00e0u00a4u009au00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u008f #SaveAareyForest
— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) September 4, 2019
A few days ago, the Tree Authority of BMC had given its nod for the cutting of over 2,700 trees in Aarey for the Metro Line 3 car depot. Soon after the decision was passed, Mumbaikars who have been opposing this construction, took to social media criticizing the government and the BMC. On September 1 a protest was organised at Aarey where a human chain was formed to register the opposition. Among other Mumbaikars, actor Shraddha Kapoor was also part of this protest.
Amit Thackeray's video, posted on Facebook and Instagram, had him saying: "Recently we saw how the Tree Authority passed the proposal of cutting trees in Aarey Milk Colony for setting up a car depot despite more than 82,000 objections. This hints that something is wrong. In the age of global warming we need to protect the environment and Aarey is a very important green lung which needs to be protected and I am behind the cause."
Actor Randeep Hooda, who is vocal about the need for wildlife conservation, tweeted: "This is really sad news .. 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 ? @narendramodi @Dev_Fadnavis @HardeepSPuri @PiyushGoyal is there someone listening ? #SaveAareyForest
Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates