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Aarey metro car shed relocated to Kanjurmarg, land to be available free of cost: Uddhav Thackeray

Thackeray reiterated that the cases filed against activists and groups who agitated to protect Aarey Colony forest would be withdrawn.

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In a significant decision by the Maharashtra government, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday announced that the proposed new car shed for Mumbai Metro will be shifted to a new location at Kanjurmarg to save the forests of Aarey Colony in Goregaon.

"We have decided to construct the car-shed on government land at Kanjurmarg, entailing no additional financial burden on the exchequer. The expenditure done on a building at Aarey Colony will also not go waste as it will be deployed for appropriate use," Thackeray said in an address to the state.

"Two Metro corridors -- Colaba-Bandra-Seepz (Line 3) and Swami Samarth Nagar-Vikhroli (Line 6) -- shall be integrated. I am happy to announce that the Aarey car shed is now being moved to Kanjurmarg," he said.

Thackeray also announced that an additional 200 acres of land will be reserved as forest in the Aarey Colony, in addition to the 600 acres declared last month.

"The orders to the effect were issued last night and will take the new forest area to 800 acres that will be a boon to the city's environment," said Thackeray.

With this, the forest cover of Mumbai will go up from the existing 103 sq km to 106 sq km, mostly within the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivali and its green surroundings.

Thackeray reiterated that the cases filed against activists and groups who agitated to protect Aarey Colony forest would be withdrawn.

"Aarey Saved!" was the telling tweet of Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray - who had last year warned of dealing appropriately with "the murderers of Aarey Colony forests".

Earlier, the Maharashtra government had stayed the order for the Aarey metro car shed project.

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