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BJP, Shiv Sena lock horns as MVA govt proposes shifting metro car shed to bullet-train project site
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. 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 (WadalaGhatkopar-MulundTeen Hath NakaKasarvadavali) and 6 (Lokhandwala-Jogeshwari-Kanjurmarg).Â
It will also be a junction for Metro line 14, which will go up to Ambernath and Badlapur (in neighbouring Thane), Thackeray said justifying the choice of land at Kanjurmarg for the Metro car shed. He said by shifting the car shed from Aarey Colony, the state saved a forest and environment.
Metro car shed land issue can be resolved via dialogue: Maharashtra CM
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Synopsis We have all documents to prove that the land belongs to the state government. If there is a controversy over the ownership of land, the issue can be resolved through dialogue, Thackeray said.
Mumbai: Calling for a dialogue with the central government on Sunday to resolve the Kanjurmarg land issue, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray said it won’t be in people’s interest if the Centre and state stopped each other’s projects.
“Right now, the Kanjurmarg issue is being discussed and I am being called egoistical. Yes, I am when it concerns the interests of the state and the city. If we do the car shed at Aarey, we would require more land in another five years, which would end up finishing the jungle there, whereas what we are planning in Kanjurmarg will last for the next 50-100 years,” said the CM while addressing the state.
Metro Car Shed Issue Not About My Ego, Can Be Resolved Via Dialogue: Uddhav Thackeray
The Centre and the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government are locked in a tussle over ownership of the Kanjurmarg land
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said he is open for a resolution of the Kanjurmarg Metro car shed land row in Mumbai through dialogue with the Centre and asserted it is not an ego issue for him.
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Metro car shed land issue can be resolved via dialogue: Uddhav Thackeray
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said he was open for resolution of the Kanjurmarg Metro car shed land issue through dialogue.
Addressing people of Maharashtra through a live web cast, Thackeray lamented that the central government moved court against the state over the issue. We have all documents to prove that the land belongs to the state government. If there is a controversy over the ownership of land, the issue can be resolved through dialogue, Thackeray said.
Should the land be allowed to go because of ownership issues and should it be given to builders? he asked.