Social media protests against the cutting of trees for the Metro III car shed poured on to the streets on a rainy Sunday morning as thousands of citizens gathered at the proposed site to strengthen their voice of dissent. Nationalist Congress Party leader Supriya Sule and Gajanan Kirtikar from the Shiv Sena visited the spot to support the protesters. While those gathered spoke to Sule, Kirtikar was forced to leave the site.

Despite it being the festival time, about 2,500 to 3,000 protesters gathered at the proposed site for the Metro III car shed in support of the Save Aarey movement. Members of several NGOs working for the cause arrived in groups while many youngsters joined them as well. People started to gather at the spot before 11 am and the number continued to swell till 2 pm.