Fifty trees that the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) had grandly transplanted at Aarey after uprooting them from the SEEPZ and MIDC area for Metro III work, have been dying quiet deaths. A nature lover has alleged that nearly half of these trees are almost dead, a detailed report said in this paper.

The MMRC, however, has been claiming that the trees have been properly taken care of. The report though was accompanied by pictures and shows otherwise. The MMRC had transplanted the trees to a plot adjacent to the proposed metro car depot site at Aarey Milk Colony.