Maharashtra Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde(File)
Maharashtra’s Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde said on Wednesday that the state government’s decision to scrap the Aarey car shed project and relocate it to Kanjurmarg was in larger public good. Alleging that the BJP was indulging in politics at the cost of larger public interest, the senior Shiv Sena minister termed the Centre’s stance over the ownership of the Kanjurmarg land as “unfortunate”.
“An integrated car shed for four Metro lines at Kanjurmarg was proposed. More than a crore people would have benefited from it. It has already been proven that the land vests with the state. All documents also point to that but unfortunately, the Centre filed a petition in the court. It ought to have taken a more accommodative stance,” said Shinde, while interacting with media persons over the issue.
Government looking for alternative sites for metro car shed: Eknath Shinde
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Last Updated: Dec 23, 2020, 10:09 PM IST
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Last week, the Bombay High Court stayed the Mumbai suburban district collector s decision allotting 102 acres of saltpan land in Kanjurmarg for the car shed, as the Union government contended that it s salt department owns this land and not the state.
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MUMBAI: Maharashtra Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said the state government was looking for alternative sites for car shed for Mumbai Metro as the Union government did not seem inclined to cooperate.
Last week, the Bombay High Court stayed the Mumbai suburban district collector s decision allotting 102 acres of saltpan land in Kanjurmarg for the car shed, as the Union government contended that it s salt department owns this land and not the state.