After all the assurance of transplanting trees that were cut at Aarey Milk Colony for the Metro car shed, it has turned out that over 60 per cent of these are already dead. The high-court appointed tree committee which visited the transplantation sites on Tuesday saw that of the 1060 trees transplanted, 680 were dead.

The trees were transplanted by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) at seven different locations inside Aarey itself. The sites of transplantation included Unit 20, Gate 20, Gate 25/6, the location opposite picnic point, next to Mithi River/close to Car Depot site, Durga Nagar and Gate 32.