Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Friday targeted the Devendra Fadnavis-led government for clearing projects that require felling of “lakhs of trees”, including for the proposed Gargai Dam to be built for supplying water to Mumbai.

Addressing a press conference, he hit out at the ruling BJP and said the party wants to turn Maharashtra into a desert. “Never has the city witnessed a water crisis in March and April, which is being experienced this year. Temperatures are rising across the state, crossing over 40°C in March and April,” Aaditya said, and attributed it to climate change.