MVA govt proposes shifting metro car shed to bullet-train project site; BJP, Shiv Sena lock horns
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Published: Monday, December 21, 2020, 12:26 [IST]
Mumbai, Dec 21: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has directed officials to explore shifting of Metro car shed from the proposed Kanjurmarg land under litigation to other sites which include the land set aside for the Centre s Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train. Accoridng to reports, Thackeray said Aarey car shed spread over 30 hectares was just for Metro line 3, while the 40-hectare Kanjurmarg land would be used for the car shed for Metro lines 3, 4 and 6.
It will also be a junction for Metro line 14, which will go up to Ambernath and Badlapur, Thackeray said justifying the choice of land at Kanjurmarg for the Metro car shed.
Sharad Pawar Likely to Take Up Metro Car Shed Land Row With Centre
NCP leader Sharad Pawar Speaks To Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis
PTI 21 December 2020 PTI/Kamal Singh PTI 2020-12-21T15:32:17+05:30 Sharad Pawar Likely to Take Up Metro Car Shed Land Row With Centre outlookindia.com 2020-12-21T15:42:27+05:30
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NCP president Sharad Pawar has spoken to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis over Kanjurmarg Metro car shed land dispute in Mumbai and may take up the issue with the Centre to resolve it, sources said on Monday.
Thackeray on Sunday said he is open to a resolution of the land row through dialogue with the Centre and asserted it is not an ego issue for him.
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Mumbai Metro carshed row: Sharad Pawar likely to meet PM Modi
Mirror Online / Updated: Dec 21, 2020, 12:47 IST
As allegations and counter-allegations over shifting of
Mumbai Metro carshed to Kanjurmarg continues between the Opposition BJP and ruling MVA, NCP chief
Sharad Pawar is going to intervene to resolve these issues.
Pawar-led NCP is a key constituent of the Uddhav Thackeray-led
Maha Vikas Aghadi, along with Shiv Sena and Congress.
Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik has said that Pawar may meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The
metro carshed row has become an issue of prestige for the MVA. Therefore, a meeting was also held between Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar to find a satisfactory solution.
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