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    A WIN-WIN FOR METRO AND AAREY?

    Dec 05, 2020 4 minutes
    By Kiran D. Tare
    MANDAR DEODHAR

    On October 1, when Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray decided to shift the controversial metro car depot from green zone Aarey Milk Colony in Mumbai’s western suburb of Goregaon to Kanjurmarg, an eastern suburb 7.5 km away, he had done his homework. He knew the Centre had staked a claim on the Kanjurmarg land and that there could be a legal battle ahead, but Thackeray trusted the opinion of his official team and gave the go-ahead, no matter that it led to a sledging match and allegations by the opposition BJP.

    The metro car depot at Aarey, part of an 1,800 acre suburban forest, was to service trains on the Mumbai Metro’s longest route, the 33.5 km underground Colaba­Bandra-SEEPZ line

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