Another jolt for Aarey activists as HC refuses stay on felling of trees

Mumbai: Green activists suffered a second jolt in two consecutive days when the Bombay High Court on Saturday refused to stay ongoing felling of trees at Mumbai's prominent green lung, Aarey Colony, to make way for a proposed metro car shed.

The application was taken up for urgent hearing by Justices S C Dharmadhikari and A K Menon in their chamber in the high court. The bench, after hearing brief arguments, said it would not interfere with the Friday's order and refused to grant a stay on the MMRCL action.