<span style="color: #222222;">Mumbai Police has imposed section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code in Aarey Colony and surrounding areas today, banning unlawful assembly, following strong protests by activists against the felling of trees in the green zone for a Metro car shed.<br />'' <br />'' According to police, while 38 protesters were booked under various sections of the IPC since yesterday night, at least 60 others were detained. Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi, who took part in the protest, was also taken into custody.<br />'' <br />'' Authorities started hacking trees from yesterday night to make way for a car shed. As the felling of trees began, hundreds of environmental activists gathered in Aarey Colony and protested. They tried to stop the authorities from chopping down the trees.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Earlier yesterday the Bombay High Court dismissed four petitions filed by NGOs and environmental activists on issues related to Aarey. On the petition filed by NGO Vanshakti seeking Aarey to be declared as a forest and ecologically sensitive zone, the court said the matter is pending before the Supreme Court and hence does not warrant the lower court's attention.</span><br />