Prohibitory order continues with the trees falling in the Aarey Colony, as the felling of the trees was still on in thye car-shed area to make way for the metro line, police official stated. Heavy security was deployed in the Aarey's five entering points, including the major connecting road of the western Express Highway to avoid any kind of incident . Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code(Crpc) 1973, unlawfull assembly due to that many shops and roadside stalls remained closed in the view of imposition of this Section.
According to the police official that the situation is said to become normal in few days of time, Patrolling units were assigned near the Tribal hamlets of the Aarey and they were said to be gathered around the area, were arrested but later let after the proper verification official said. The arrest of 29 people on saturday due to the clashes between the police and the activists all around the city, the order by the Mumbai Rail Corporation(MNRC) to cut the trees in the Aarey area. The MNRCL started cutting the trees after the petition filled by the activists and was dismissed by the High Court of Bombay on Friday, challenging the decision in the decision of nearly cutting the trees around 2,700 by the rail Corporation in the city.
"Several trees in the area have been cut and security has been tightened," the police official said. He said that Section 144 of the CrPC will remain imposed in the area till the completion of cutting of the prescribed number of trees. "We have identified five major spots which are broadly used to get access into the Aarey Colony, including from the Western Express Highway, Marol police training camp centre and one route coming from Mulund side," he said. The MMRCL has defended tree felling by contending that it is restricted only to a small area in Aarey Colony, and is necessary to ensure a modern transport system for Mumbaikars.
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