New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday announced that the State government is scrapping of the Metro car shed at Aarey Milk Colony and withdrawn cases registered against people who were protesting against the proposed metro car shed in Aarey.
In his address to the state, the CM said that two Metro corridors — Colaba-Bandra-Seepz (Metro 3) and Swami Samarth Nagar-Vikhroli (Metro 6) will be integrated. “I am happy to announce that Aarey car shed is now being moved to Kanjurmarg. The plot in Kanjurmarg is government land and it will be provided at zero cost for Metro car shed. The money used to construct the building — Rs 100 crore– will not go waste either. That building will be used for a public purpose,” Thackeray said.
The announcement comes days after Thackeray had directed the Home Department to immediately start the procedure to withdraw cases registered against protesters last year for opposing the felling of trees for a proposed metro car-shed at Aarey colony.
The chief minister said the government had earlier declared 600 acre of Aarey land as reserve forest but now it has been increased to 800 acre. He said that the will be no infringement on rights of tribals in the area.
A tweet from the chief minister’s office had said that Thackeray has directed the state home department to begin the process of withdrawing the cases.
Earlier, the Maharashtra government had stayed the order for the Aarey metro car shed project.
