Not going to stop the construction of metro car shed work in Aarey: SC

BMC tells SC it is not going to cut any more trees, top court seeks status report on plantation and transplantation

The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday made it clear it was not going to stop the construction of the Metro car shed in Aarey Colony in Mumbai. The apex court, however, said its standing order to not cut any more trees would continue. 

A two-judge Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta also asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to submit a status report with pictures and details of the plantation, transplantation, and felling of trees in Aarey Colony. The case will be next heard in November.

During the last hearing, the apex court had barred further felling of