MUMBAI: Environmentalists and Save Aarey Forest activists have written urgent letters to various state authorities, including the chief secretary and the environment secretary with regards to massive landfilling taking place by the truckloads during night hours inside Aarey, close to the Mithi river channel and outside the Metro car shed site.
Founder member of the Aarey Conservation Group, Amrita Bhattacharjee, said: "It is disturbing and alarming why landfilling is taking place at such a huge scale inside Aarey in the night. On December 28, I had visited the area close to the Aarey Metro carshed site, and was saddened to see a lot of greenery and green vegetation cleared from there. At the Mithi river channel, opposite the Tapeshwar Mandir, a lot of raw sewage is also flowing into the upstream of the river. This is further destroying Aarey. Nature lovers must also write to chief minister."
