Maharashtra govt ready to take back its order of land allotment to MMRDA for Metro car shed at Kanjurmarg

Maharashtra Government on Wednesday said that it is ready to take back its 15th October 2020 order of land allotment to MMRDA for Metro car shed at Kanjur Marg.

The Bombay High Court on Monday had asked the Maharashtra government to consider withdrawing an order passed by the Mumbai Suburban District Collector allotting 102 acres of saltpan land at Kanjurmarg for construction of a Metro car shed.

Metro car shed in Mumbai: Maharashtra Government ready to take back its 15th October 2020 order of land allotment to MMRDA for Metro car shed at Kanjur Marg

— ANI (@ANI) December 16, 2020

The Centre and the MVA government in Maharashtra are locked in a tussle over ownership of the land earmarked by the state for constructing the car depot which was earlier planned at Aarey Colony, a green belt in suburban Goregaon.

The Union government had filed a petition in the high court challenging the October 1, 2020, order passed by the Collector allotting the land for construction of the car shed, and said the land belongs to its (the Centre) salt department.

The Maharashtra government had opposed the plea and said the land, allotted to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) for the Metro car shed, is owned by the state.

The erstwhile BJP-led government had decided to construct the car shed, part of Mumbai Metro line 3, at Aarey Colony despite opposition from environmentalists and activists who campaigned against cutting of a large number of trees for the project.

The present Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, led by the Shiv Sena and supported by the NCP and the Congress, on assuming office in November last year, decided to shift the car shed from Aarey Colony to Kanjurmarg.