Umbai Forest News Today

Located in the densely populated Malvani locality of Malad in suburban Mumbai, this plot was originally reserved for setting up a garden space. The plot, however, was encroached by furniture sellers and local small scale business owners — since 2008, owing to which it could not initiate development works on this till date.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said that the forests should be saved, he was speaking on the preservation of green spaces

Mumbaikars geared up for another round of battle over the Metro-3 car shed project, which the new Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra has proposed to move back to Mumbai's Aarey forest, an 1,800 acre area which is often termed as the city's 'green lung'.

Many environmentalists opposed the construction at Aarey, an extension of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and a habitat for leopards and other fauna.