Mumbai, October 11
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday announced the scrapping of Aarey metro car shed and said the project would now come up at Kanjurmarg here.
In a webcast, Thackeray said the project would be shifted to a government land in Kanjurmarg and no cost would be incurred for the purpose. "The land will be available at zero rate," he said.
He said the building which had come up in the Aarey forest would be utilised for some other public purpose. "About Rs 100 crore expenditure was incurred for the purpose and it won't go waste," he said.
'Biodiversity needs to be protected'
The project will be shifted to a government land in Kanjurmarg. Biodiversity in Aarey needs to be conserved and protected. Nowhere is there an 800-acre jungle in an urban set-up.
—Uddhav Thackeray, Maharashtra Chief Minister
Thackeray said the government had earlier declared 600 acres of Aarey land as forest, but now it had been revised to 800 acre. "There will be no infringement on rights of tribals in the Aarey forest," he added.
"Biodiversity in Aarey needs to be conserved and protected. Nowhere is there an 800-acre jungle in an urban set up. Mumbai has a natural forest cover," he said.
Cases registered against citizens and environmentalists who protested against the Aarey project and felling of trees in that area last year have been withdrawn, he said.
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 facility.
Former chief minister and Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis recently said the state government's plan to relocate Metro 3 car shed from Aarey was a reflection of wrong policy. — PTI
from The Tribune https://ift.tt/3iQC1Qr
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