Development and environment protection should go together: Javadekar on Aarey protests

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 05 (ANI): Union Minister of Environment, Prakash Javadekar supported the proposed metro shed in Aarey forest area and said that development and environment protection should be go together. He said, "Bombay High Court has ruled that it's not a forest. When the first Delhi metro station was to be constructed, 20-25 trees were to be cut, people had protested then too, but for each tree cut, five trees were planted. In Delhi, 271 metro stations have been made and tree cover has also increased. This is the mantra of development and protecting the environment. Both should go together." People are protesting against the felling of 2700 trees of Aarey Forest in Mumbai.