Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has now decided to relocate the car shed due to non-resolved dispute over the proposed plot in Kanjurmarg for five corridors including Metro-3 and 6 (Metro-6). Has decided. Due to this, the ambitious plan of MMRDA to make the metro depot hub in the eastern suburbs seems to be floundering.
3 ongoing metro projects in Mumbai-MMR are in full swing. Tunneling and civil work for Mumbai’s first underground Metro-3 project, being built from Bandra to Colaba Seeped, has reached the final stage. For this, till now the problems of the government have increased due to the non-resolving of the dispute of other metro carshed including Kanjurmarg. The standoff between Maharashtra and the Center over the ownership of Kanjurmarg land continues. The state government is looking for an alternative plot.
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problem for underground metro
Earlier, as per the plan of MMRDA, an operating center for underground Metro-3, (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz), 6 (Swami Samarth Nagar, Lokhandwala- Vikhroli) and 4 was to be built on the Kanjurmarg plot. Also from here (Wadala-Kasarvadvali), an interchange was to be built for the proposed line 14 between Kanjurmarg and Badlapur. The dispute about canceling Aarey and building a car shed in Kanjurmarg is stuck in the court.
identification of the plot
According to MMRDA officials, Metro-2 in Mandalay (Mankhurd), Metro-4 in Mogharpara (Ghodbunder Road, Thane), Metro-5 (Kasheli, Thane), Metro-7 (Murdha in Bhayandar) and Metro-9 (Rai- Murdha) has finalized the plot. Work is underway on land acquisition for setting up Metro Car Depot for the respective lines. According to SMRDA Commissioner SVR Srinivas, the work of Mumbai Metro is being done on time. car shed problem will be solved soon
Depot needs 136 hectares of land
MMRDA requires 136 hectares of land for 4 depots including Kanjurmarg. The state government has asked officials to explore the option of setting up a car shed for Metro Lines-3 and 6 on the hills of Goregaon. According to officials, a decision has not yet been taken on this.
Aarey Carshed closed in 2019
In the year 2016, the then Fadnavis government decided to construct the car shed of Metro 3 in Aarey but Shiv Sena, which is in power in the state, opposed it. Claiming environmental damage, the claim of Aarey Carshed went to the court, but at that time the carshed construction started after accepting Fadnavis’s decision. During this, about 2 thousand trees were also cut. After the change of power in the state, it was decided to cancel Aarey and build a car shed in Kanjurmarg, but the matter is still stuck in the court.