For many, the movement to save Aarey is about protecting a precious green space. For its Adivasi residents, it is a struggle to protect their very identity.
Zoru Bhathena, an activist and petitioner of the Save Aarey campaign, said that a private claimant had filed an application of contempt in a civil court over the MMRDA starting the work on integrated depot at Kanjurmarg in 2020.