MUMBAI, June 9 -- The state dairy development department will take back 33 acres of land in Aarey Colony, given on lease to Bamco Tech Private Ltd on a joint venture basis for the rehabilitation of slum dwellers in Aarey Milk Colony. The government resolution (GR) cancelling the allotment stated that the land at Survey No 589-A at village Pahadi, Goregaon was being reclaimed since it cannot be used for construction. CM Devendra Fadnavis has approved the cancellation. The allotment of the 33 acres was challenged in a PIL before the Bombay high court since the land falls within a No Development Zone (NDZ) and rehabilitation work cannot be undertaken there. In a judgement on July 11, 2025, the HC made it clear that the construction could not be allowed, and the area had to be maintained as a green zone. Aarey Milk Colony was declared an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) by the ministry of environment, forests and climate change through a notification dated December 5, 2016. The BMC's Development Plan 2014-2034 designated the area as a green zone (G-Z), where no construction or rehabilitation work of any kind can be undertaken. Sanjiv Valsan of the Save Aarey movement said the space must be used for afforestation....