Mission Mumbai
Feb 13, 2021
3 minutes
By Kiran D. Tare
Graphic by TANMOY CHAKRABORTY
On January 29, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray unveiled the first driverless coach of the Mumbai Metro. The moment was significant in light of the controversy that rages over the future of the three metro lines in the city. The Thackeray-led Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government is fighting a legal battle with the Centre over possession of a 210 acre plot of land in Kanjurmarg, where the metro car depot is supposed to be built.
While inaugurating the coach, Thackeray called the metro a future attraction for Mumbai. “I was
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