Fadnavis laments the Aarey metro car shed shift, says 'Rs 1300 crores down the drain'

Reacting to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray's decision to shift Metro-3 car shed from Aarey forest to Kanjurmarg, ex-CM Devendra Fnavis on Sunday tweeted that unfortunate decision will cost state government an ditional Rs 4000 crores. Citing Thackeray-appointed panel's report saying ' feasibility in shifting', Fnavis asked whom did state government wish to kill for its ego.   Metro depot which was sanctioned in 2015, was finally started in 2019 and has w come back to ground zero - finalising site - Kanjurmarg, albeit incurring massive losses to 6-year-long project.

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Fnavis: 'Rs 1300 crores down drain'

He ded that proposed marshy land where Thackeray government has proposed to build car shed has a stay order on it ordered by Bombay High Court. area which was worth Rs 2500 crores in 2015, will approximately take over two years to stabilize, stated Fnavis. He estimates that prolonged stay in construction at Aarey, shifting of car shed will d to an ditional loss of Rs 1300 crores apart from expenses to build new car shed - which will surmount to Rs 4000 crores.

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Thackeray shifts Aarey car shed to Kanjurmarg

Earlier in day, Thackeray anunced that planned Aarey Metro car shed will be relocated from Aarey Colony to Kanjurmarg in Mumbai. He also said that his government has withdrawn cases registered against people who were protesting against proposed metro car shed in Aarey. Thackeray has claimed that project will be shifted to government land in Kanjurmarg and cost will be incurred for purpose, assuring that Rs 100 crores expenditure incurred till date 'will t go to waste'.

Incidentally in January, a four-member committee appointed by Thackeray - heed by ditional Chief Secretary (Finance) Maj Saunik recommended lifting of stay on construction work of Metro Rail car shed in Aarey. It also stated that viable alternative was found to Aarey to build car shed or than Aarey forest. It h considered a marshy land at Kanjurmarg where a car shed for ar Metro line (Jogeshwari-Lokhandwala-Vikhroli-Kanjurmarg) has been proposed and ar site just outside Aarey land (Sariput Nagar) at Jogeshwari, as per reports.

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protest against mass tree-cutting of trees in Aarey area took an ugly turn when authorities from Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) allegedly started cutting trees in area in October 2019. After an SC-ordered stay on tree-felling, construction was stayed in Aarey area, with CM Thackeray assuring that construction will be done till a decision will be taken on car shed. Recently, Thackeray anunced 800 acres of Aarey land near Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in suburban Mumbai as a 'forest', excluding constructions of all s of ros, slums, ivasi pockets and government facilities.

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