Will authorities reduce an additional four metres of the underground Metro III tunnel to move it away from the Parsi temples' sacrosanct kasti area? If they do, it could prove to be a solution to the problem, according to a response filed by the Parsi petitioners to the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) in the Bombay High Court.

The court is currently hearing a petition praying for the tunnel to not go from anywhere near the holy Atash Behrams on the Jagganath Sankersett Road. mid-day had reported on July 3 in 'Moving Metro III by 3.5 m is not enough: Petitioner,' how a HC-appointed committee had categorically ruled out realignment of the underground project, but at the same time suggested that a realignment of 3.5 meters would reduce the extent of the Metro III tunnel under the Wadiaji and Anjuman Atash Behrams, which a petitioner had said 'is not enough'.