Aarey row: Rohit Sharma calls the forest vital part of the city

Vice-captain of Indian cricket team and batsman, Rohit Sharma reacted to felling of trees at Aarey forest with a tweet on Tuesday, October 8. Calling it 't worth being cut down', Rohit Sharma took to Twitter and expressed his opinion on Aarey Forest matter. cricketer also emphasised on how that one part of Mumbai remained slightly greener and that a lot of animals will be affected if forest is cut down. 

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A lot of Bollywood celebrities and social personalities have also expressed ir objection in past about felling of trees at Aarey forest in Mumbai. Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar also raised her strong objection towards cutting of 2,700 trees at Aarey forest and h also asked government to look into matter.

Or Bollywood celebrities including Nimrat Kaur, Sidharth Malhotra, Dia Mirza, and many more have strongly raised ir objection on Maharashtra state government's decision to build a Metro car shed on Aarey forest land.

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Supreme Court on Aarey 

Supreme Court on Monday in a special hearing ordered status quo to be maintained on cutting of trees at Aarey forest land in  Mumbai. bench comprising of Justices Arun Mishra and Justice Ashok Bhushan heard plea seeking a stay on cutting of over 2,600 trees in Aarey, Mumbai for construction of a Metro car shed. A letter was written by law students from ida was converted into public interest litigation (PIL) by Supreme Court.

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