Maharashtra to declare 600 acres of Aarey as reserve forest

The Maharashtra government on September 2 decided to declare approximately 600 acres of Aarey forest as reserve forest, Aaditya Thackeray said on Twitter.

A meeting held by Hon’ble CM Uddhav Thackeray ji with Aarey, Forest& Environment Depts has decided to apply Section 4 of IFA to approximately 600 acres in Aarey land near SGNP.
This implies that it will be declared a reserve forest after a hearing for suggestion/ objections(1/n)

— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) September 2, 2020

"Approx 600 acres of open land being declared as forest while all rights of Adivasi communities will stand protected. Rehabilitation of slums within the area would be expedited," he said.

Approx 600 acres of open land being declared as forest while all rights of Adivasi communities will stand protected. Rehabilitation of slums within the area would be expedited.
This wld be phase 1 for which the Forest Dept will move a proposal. (2/n)

— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) September 2, 2020

Thanking the chief minister and officials, Thackarey said they look forward to moving on with the proposal.

I’m deeply thankful to Minister Sunil Kedar ji for his stand to protect the flora and fauna of Aarey land and his cooperation with the Forest Minister @SanjayDRathods ji for the same. We look forward to moving forward on this proposal soon as decided today (4/4)

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— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) September 2, 2020