Even as environmentalists and nature lovers have been questioning the delay in handing over Aarey Milk Colony to the Forest Department, highly placed sources in the department told mid-day that the process is expected to be complete before monsoon.

A senior official from the Forest Department, on condition of anonymity, said, “The process of handing over the 808 acres of forest patch in Aarey Milk Colony has begun and before the monsoon, it would be completed. We have already sent a proposal to our authorities to give a forester and four guards for the colony. We will get the workforce soon.”