While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is planning to convert the 7.2-km-long main tar road in Aarey Milk Colony into a cement concrete one at a cost of over Rs 40 crore, wildlife activists are demanding that the civic body also consult the forest department and make at least four to five underpasses for animals. 

Shiv Sena MLA from Jogeshwari and former minister of state Ravindra Waikar has been following up on the road’s construction. According to a press release issued by Waikar’s office, the request for the cement concrete road was approved by the Mumbai Suburban District Guardian Minister Aaditya Thackeray, who also heads the Tourism, Environment & Protocol ministry.