Green activists and residents have been opposing the construction based on the fact that the car depot would come up in the green zone of Aarey. File Pic

The efforts and hopes of environmental activists and citizens fighting to save Aarey Milk Colony from the threats of urbanisation were shattered on Wednesday, when the Urban Development department issued a notification mentioning that the 30-acre land on which the car depot for the Colaba Bandra Seepz Metro line 3 was to come up, no longer falls under the no-development zone. Hence, by all means, now the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) can go ahead with the construction.