In what can be termed as good news for wildlife, Aarey Milk Colony roads will be made wildlife friendly with water culverts facilitating their movement. The cement concretisation work of the main road in Aarey will be done at a cost of Rs 47 crore with 26 wildlife underpasses in the 8-km stretch.

The decision comes following a meeting in P-South ward on Wednesday. MLA Ravindra Waikar, senior BMC officials, officials from the Roads Department and Aarey CEO office as well as the traffic police and cops from Aarey Police station, SGNP Range Forest Officer Dinesh Desale and biologist Nikit Surve took part in the meeting. A total of 35 pending public interest issues in P-South ward were discussed in the meeting.