Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) on Wednesday initiated In-situ plantation drive at the hands of MD MMRC, Ashwini Bhide, at SEEPZ metro station in Electronics Regional Test Laboratory (ERTL) premises, the MMRC said in a press release.

It said that during the construction of 26 stations of Metro line 3, around 3,000 trees were impacted. As per the undertaking given to the Bombay High Court, the MMRC has to reinstate the same number of trees of 18 inches girth in the same locality. MMRC is growing these trees at various nurseries of Maharashtra.