File photo of a protest against the Aarey carshed

The resistance, in this instance, has as good as lost the long-waged against the planned car depot at Aarey Colony as the MMRC — with apparent backing from the state — plans to hold a pre-bid meeting regarding its construction on Tuesday. The meeting will cover the construction of depot cum workshop buildings, metro station building, subway, earthwork and all associated works at Aarey colony for the Metro Line-3 project. This, despite the clear instructs from the National Green Tribunal that no construction should be done till the matter is being heard in NGT.