The Aarey Colony in the Goregaon region spreads over 13,000 hectares of land and is home to thousands of tribals and Adivasi people, who live in 27 hamlets. Some of its area is part of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, which is home to a range of flora and fauna.
In a move that has calmed tempers, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray has shifted a proposed Metro car shed from Aarey forest to government land in Kanjurmarg, thereby saving a green lung of Mumbai.