During his interaction with reporters yesterday, CM Devendra Fadnavis hinted that the Metro-3 car depot will be constructed in Aarey Colony and would require felling of around 350 trees. But this does not match the esitmate given by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) which stated it would need to axe around 1,000 trees in its proposal to the the Urban Development (UDD).

The CM said, “We have received a fresh proposal from MMRC, stating that only 350 trees will have to be chopped to construct the car depot in Aarey, against the earlier requirement of 2,000 trees. We will have to decide whether we should spend over Rs 1,500 crore to save 350 trees or chop 350 trees instead of 2,000.” The CM added that though the trees facing the axe were not rare, permission will be sought from the authorities to do the needful.