In a major setback for the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC), an affidavit (copy available with mid-day) filed by the Ministry of Environment and Forest before the National Green Tribunal yesterday states that it has proposed the area of up to four kilometres from the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) be earmarked as Eco-Sensitive Area (ESA). To MMRC’s dismay, the entire Aarey Milk Colony falls under this classification.

Time and again, residents and activists have produced pictures to prove that Aarey supports wildlife. Pic/Imran Udat