If there is to be no car shed in Aarey Colony, then there will be no Metro rail in the city, Ashwini Bhide, managing director, MMRCL, told a gathering as officials and activists faced off in public for the first time since protests broke out against the proposed yard in the city's green lung.

"We can't wait for another 10 years for the Kanjurmarg carshed," Bhide implored at a debate organised by SNDT College, with municipal Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi, environmentalists D Stalin and Zoru Bhathena present on stage. While the debate was arranged for the benefit of girl students, the auditorium was packed with activists, government officials and media people.