Even as activists are demanding that Aarey Milk Colony should be declared a forest and receive protection as an eco-sensitive zone, a local NGO has now opposed this, claiming it was nothing but a ploy to displace tribal residents and slum dwellers from the area.

During a recent visit to Aarey Colony, this reporter found banners put up by a local NGO, claiming that if Aarey is declared a forest, tribal residents and slum dwellers would be displaced from the area