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in 2016. Environmentalists worry that the ambiguity created by permits for infrastructure
development under the heading "residential needs of local inhabitants" including "eco-tourism
amenities" may lead to more forest clearing.
The future of Mumbai will be affected for a very long time by the decision to cut down these trees.
Plants and trees provide humans with a safety net as pollution levels rise. The effects of cutting
them down will be felt by both the current and upcoming generations that will reside in the city.
According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, air pollution may impact people's
health severely. Another effect of deforestation is that there may be more conflicts between
humans and animals. If the animals in the Aarey forest are deprived of their habitats, they will
eventually move into human-populated regions, endangering the lives of inhabitants.
OBJECTIVES
● To study the effects of the project on forest biodiversity.
● To look at the current scenario of the local
community.
● To study deforestation and its impact.
● To study the car shed project in detail.
● To look into the protests organized by the
locals and NGOs.
● To study the outcomes of the protest if any.
● To propose solutions for the future
project, if any.

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CONCLUSION
After considering everything, the aarey project indeed will have long-term effects on the
environment and the city as well. A clear example of it is the air quality index result which was
published by the aarey conservation group, depicting how the air quality was 276 PM2.5 on 31st
December 2022, which was poor according to the standards. This doesn’t look like a single project
to harness the serene beauty of aarey but it is indeed an initiation to numerous projects in the

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