600 acres of Aarey to be reserved as forest

The city’s unique urban forest is set to grow bigger as 600 acres of Aarey Milk Colony will be declared as a ‘reserved forest’. The decision, taken by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday, comes as a clear victory for Mumbai’s citizens who had refused to give up and fought hard to save the green area.

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