India, Oct. 21 -- Mumbai/New Delhi/ IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday directed that the Metro car shed project in Aarey colony area in Mumbai can continue.

However, the top court directed that the freeze on cutting down of trees will continue.

The Mumbai Metro earlier this month said it has cut down 2141 trees at the Aarey Milk Colony area but confirmed that it will honour the Supreme Court order and will not chop down any more trees at the site.

Hearing the petitions against the felling down of trees to make way for a metro project in Mumbai Aarey colony, the Supreme Court had earlier asked the Maharashtra government not to carry on with axing anymore.

The top court said this after the state government admitted that the required numb...