Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday, amid protests against the proposed felling of trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony to make way for a Metro car shed, said that it is the government's land which does not fall under a forest area.

On Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray's opposition to the proposed felling of over 2,600 trees in the leafy colony, Fadnavis said objections were invited when the decision to set up the car depot for Metro III project in Aarey was taken. "Around 13,000 objections came...out of those 13,000,
10,000 objections were from one Bengaluru-based website. I can understand the view of Thackeray on this tree felling issue, but he should understand what is going on in the minds of some
handful of people who are opposing it," he told reporters.