Overview

• MMRDA has cut down over 12,400 trees on a Dongri forest hilltop to build the Metro-9 car shed despite bans on large public assemblies.
• Hundreds of residents from Bhayander East and West formed a silent human chain along the Bhayander–Uttan-Palli route to protest the site clearance.
• More than two dozen parishes across Mumbai held solidarity vigils in churches from Marol to Thane to oppose the project’s environmental impact.
• Bishop Allwyn D’Silva warned that metro expansion cannot sacrifice forests and water sources and urged authorities to identify alternative depot sites.
• Legal advocates have filed petitions challenging the project’s approvals and called for expert-led reviews of other suitable locations.