The Aarey row is on slow simmer with the trees that have already been hacked being cleared and construction of the car depot slated to start. A key take away from the Aarey battle is that the strength of the movement came from civil society.

The ordinary person, the housewife and the professional came together to form the bulwark of opposition to tree felling. While there have been plenty of reports about all the drama that has ensued after ordinary persons voiced their dissent, a moot point in a report in this paper is selective concern by politicians to green causes.