<p>Despite several petitions and protests by celebrities like John Abraham and Shraddha Kapoor, the Bombay High Court approved Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)&rsquo;s proposal to cut more than 2700 hundred trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony for the construction of a metro car shed. Soon after, netizens went berserk on social media and moaned about how we are destroying the planet.</p>
<p>Check out some of the reactions here:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh the judiciary of this country has betrayed us big time, you'll regret this one for sure. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AareyForest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AareyForest</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BombayHighCourt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BombayHighCourt</a></p>
&mdash; Snigdha Awasthi (@SniggySarcasthi) <a href="https://twitter.com/SniggySarcasthi/status/1180357672157270016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Over 300 out of the proposed 2646 trees hacked to death in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AareyForest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AareyForest</a>. In most cases 'Development' happens at the expense of Environmental degradation.Can we afford such a 'development'<br /><br />We have killed the Mithi River in Mumbai &amp; River Yamuna is already on the deathbed in Delhi</p>
&mdash; Rachit Seth (@rachitseth) <a href="https://twitter.com/rachitseth/status/1180331837182185472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wake up Mumbai!!! Wake up! They have been cutting trees since the wee hours. <a href="https://twitter.com/MumbaiPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mumbaipolice</a> has laid seige over <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AareyForest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AareyForest</a>. Traffic is stopped at the 3 entrances <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Marol</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Powai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Powai</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Highway?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Highway</a><br />At least gather at these points and let them know you stood up when it mattered. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveAarey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveAarey</a></p>
&mdash; Preeti Sharma Menon (@PreetiSMenon) <a href="https://twitter.com/PreetiSMenon/status/1180317155910279168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Metro launch year<br /><br />London 1890<br />Paris 1900<br />Berlin 1902<br />New York 1904<br />Tokyo 1927<br />Moscow 1935<br />Beijing 1971<br />Kolkata 1984<br />Manila 1984<br />Istanbul 1989<br />Delhi 2002<br />Bengaluru 2011<br /><br />A lobby with vested interests derailed <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mumbai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Mumbai</a> Metro &amp; now using <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AareyForest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AareyForest</a> as cover to keep Mumbai backward</p>
&mdash; Ravi Kant - &agrave;&curren;&deg;&agrave;&curren;&micro;&agrave;&curren;&iquest; &agrave;&curren;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0095&agrave;&curren;&frac34;&agrave;&curren;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0082&agrave;&curren;&curren; &eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0087&laquo;&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0087&middot; (@LegalKant) <a href="https://twitter.com/LegalKant/status/1180234972461961216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveAarey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveAarey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AareyForest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AareyForest</a> <br />People arguing abt hw multiple times more saplings have been planted to justify the cutting of 2600 mature trees then knw this tht trees are nt equal to a forest. trees are part of a forest nt vice-versa. losing forest means losing of the whole ecosystem</p>
&mdash; Munisha Chauhan (@ChauhanMunisha) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChauhanMunisha/status/1180202484549054464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lathi Charge done for the first time at the peaceful protests for Aarey. People have been detained inside, gates have been closed and the authorities are abusing the protestors. Women have been pushed and detained by the police at this hour, which is lawfully wrong. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveAarey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveAarey</a></p>
&mdash; Jignesh Mevani (@jigneshmevani80) <a href="https://twitter.com/jigneshmevani80/status/1180185551133016064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
<p>As an alternative to Aarey Colony, activists had suggested the Metro car shed to be built in Kanjurmarg. However, authorities refused to budge considering the costs involved (Rs. 5000 crores).</p>
<p>In their defence, the BMC and MMRC have said that Mumbai Metro will help reduce carbon footprint and help the environment in the long run.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Muslim man keeps alive the family tradition of making Dussehra effigies in Agra, Uttar Pradesh<br /><br />Read more <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ANI</a> Story | <a href="https://t.co/D2GZ0jLEVd">https://t.co/D2GZ0jLEVd</a> <a href="https://t.co/RU72rjVfOs">pic.twitter.com/RU72rjVfOs</a></p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">&mdash; ANI Digital (@ani_digital) <a href="https://twitter.com/ani_digital/status/1180341356062883840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<p>Even scores of celebrities took to social media to express their concern over cutting down trees at Mumbai's Aarey Colony on Saturday. Authorities began chopping trees after the Bombay High Court dismissed all petitions against the proposed cutting down of over 2,700 trees in Aarey Colony of Mumbai to make way for a Metro car shed and refused to declare the colony as a forest</p>
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