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Authorities began clearing trees at Aarey Milk Colony on Friday night, hours after the Bombay High Court dismissed petitions challenging the proposed Metro carshed there. Activists were quick to claim that the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd could not cut trees so early. “A new false propaganda is in the air that 15 days notice is required after tree authority order getting uploaded on website. “15 days r over on 28th Sept.
Action awaited till Hon HC verdict was out,” tweeted the top bureaucrat. If you lose a battle in court, better to accept it honourably than to take it to street.”A BMC official confirmed to DNA that the Metro authorities had all the permission to clear trees at the carshed site..