In a fresh round of controversy over construction of a car shed for Mumbai Metro, Maharashtra Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray said on Tuesday that the land allotted for the same in suburban Kanjurmarg has always been with the state government as per revenue records and the project work will go ahead as decided earlier. Earlier in the day, state minister …
The Maharashtra government’s decision to relocate the Aarey Metro car shed to Kanjurmarg in Mumbai is ”unwise” and will adversely affect the Metro-3 project and the city’s public transport, say urban planners and transport experts. The decision to shift the car shed from Aarey Colony, Mumbai’s green lung, will delay the project and increase its capital expenditure and operational cost, …
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday announced that the proposed new car shed for the Mumbai Metro will be shifted to Kanjurmarg to save the forests in the Aarey Colony area. The move to relocate the car shed from Aarey came amid reports that the state government was considering if two of the upcoming Metro lines could share maintenance …