Aarey forest that is falling into the gradual trap of commercialisation beginning with a metro car shed followed by a metro bhavan, RTO, slum rehabilitation, new film city, etc. does not only come with huge environmental impact but also socio-economical losses.

Whereas the environmental impact include Air pollution, Biodiversity loss (wildlife, agro-diversity), Floods (river, coastal, mudflow), Global warming, Loss of landscape/aesthetic degradation, Deforestation and loss of vegetation cover, Surface water pollution / Decreasing water (physico-chemical, biological) quality, Groundwater pollution or depletion, Large-scale disturbance of hydro and geological systems, etc. 

The health impacts include psychological problems including stress, depression and suicide.

There are huge Socio-economical impacts like Displacement, Loss of livelihood, Loss of traditional knowledge/practices/cultures, Violations of human rights, Land dispossession, Loss of landscape/sense of place, etc.

Apiarist Malad resident Johnson Jacob, 55, who has been running the only bee farm at Aarey Colony for the past 17 years feels threatened because of the decreasing number of honey bees due to large scale construction taking place in Aarey. You can read his story here.