Aarey Protest: From Farhan Akhtar to Richa Chadha, these B-town stars show anger over slashing of trees

A long protest is going on against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for cutting down trees in the Aarey Colony and to avoid any ruckus BMC officials were seen slashing down trees in the middle of the night. This scenario has left the people in shock, a video of the incident was shared on Twitter and since then netizens berserk including Bollywood celebrities have gone berserk.

People have come down at the roads to protest against this vicious demand of authority to cut down the trees just to build the metro car shed. Actors including Farhan Akhtar, Richa Chadha, Shraddha Kapoor, Dia Mirza among others have come out in support on their social media platforms and venting out their anger on the anger and calling it a heinous act.

Shraddha took to her Instagram handle to protest against the authorities, she posted some photos of articles on her story and captioned it as, “This is wrong and should not be happening" and "Mumbaikars wake up”

Farhan Akhtar took to his Twitter handle and wrote, “Cutting trees at night is a pathetic attempt at trying to get away with something even those doing it know is wrong”

Here have a look at other celebrities' social media posts on twitter:

Even politicians have stepped down on roads to protest against the construction of a metro car shed. This protest has turned to into a very serious situation in Mumbai as police are arresting the people and putting them in jail. Apart from locals, many politicians including Priyanka Chaturvedi was detained by the police following the protest in Aarey Forest. 

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