As Mumbai continues in its rhythm, the environmentalists and activists who flagged off the destruction of Aarey, in ecological terms a forest itself, have been quietly keeping vigil. They completed 150 weeks of the ‘Save Aarey’ campaign—a no mean feat at a time when the green zone has been under considerable pressure to be used as potentially developable land, ironically from the authorities mandated to protect it, such as the state government of Maharashtra and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The continuing campaign is critical to the conservation of this rare space, considered one of the green lungs of Mumbai.

It should not have had to fall on the shoulders of citizens to keep reminding the........

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