Mumbai Aarey Forest Protest: Twitterati Demand Shutting Down Of Film City As Bollywood Stars Express Anger Over Deforestration

Bollywood stars along with fellow Mumbaikars expressed their angst against the High Court's decision of chopping down trees in Aarey. Twitterverse though came up with another solution revolving around Film City

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Published on Oct 05 2019, 20:24:55

Mumbai Aarey Forest Protest: Twitterati Demand Shutting Down Of Film City As Bollywood Stars Express Anger Over Deforestration

Mumbai city woke up to the scary news of the chopping down of trees in Aarey forests. While many celebrities expressed their anger against the order passed by the Mumbai High Court allowing the authorities to chop trees, protesters and activists quickly demanded an alternative solution. As protesters and activists took to social media to lash out at the High court’s order, the main target at the end of the day turned out to be Bollywood. Today, as the celebrities extended their support, Twitterati found an alternative solution by trending #ShutdownFilmcity.

Earlier this morning, many Bollywood celebrities like Shraddha Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Farhan Akhtar, Dia Mirza, and several others expressed their anger on the High court’s decision to axe down the Aarey forest for the Metro train yard. Little did they know that they'll fall in trouble. After the High Court’s decision of chopping down of the Aarey forest, many took to Twitter to express their anger. While no alternative solution against the issue was found, the Twitterati started trending the #ShutdownFilmcity to save Mumbai's forest area.

While several argued on the social networking site over the issue, the protesters proposed that Mumbai’s film city is 20 times larger than the area required for the building of the car shed at JVLR and suggested constructing the yard in some different zone in the city. Check out the tweets below. (Also Read: Bollywood celebrities express anger over High Court's order of cutting down Aarey Forest)

#ShutDownFilmCity to save Mumbai from losing it's Lungs.@deespeak pic.twitter.com/hFHOvaWcUB
— Sunilkumar ಸುನಿಲ್ ಕುಮಾರ್🇮🇳 (@Sunilku00412101) October 5, 2019

The solvent based paint covered Plaster of Paris edifice, which is known to have traces of heavy metals, is used for a week at the most to bring depth and color to your sets. Ever wondered how this environmental hazard is disposed off? #ShutDownFilmCity
— Niranjan Gohokar (@NPGohokar) October 5, 2019

Bollywood is full of such hypocrite people, they don’t care about anything but money. Pay them and most of them will do anything...#ShutDownFilmCity
— इंद्रजीत (@KSIndrajeet) October 5, 2019

If Bollymorons indeed care about the environment , why not give up their SUVs and also #ShutDownFilmCity and instead shift it to some barren land like Rann of Kutch or Thar Desert !?? RT if you agree !
— राष्ट्रभक्त Bhushan (@bhs7rocks) October 5, 2019

Film City is deep inside Aarey and that too in 20 times big area than proposed Car Shed at JVLR. As more and more Bollywood is showing concern about environment, I will request them to join #ShutDownFilmCity Campaign.@karanjohar @FarOutAkhtar @deespeak Please RT pic.twitter.com/OzHCQia7IN
— Dhaval Patel (@dhaval241086) October 5, 2019

We now wait to see what celebrities have to say about this. The Film city is one iconic spot in Mumbai, but it sure seems to be a good alternative to save trees.

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