Mumbai Metro Car Shed

The Supreme Court Tuesday did not agree to the submissions of Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd that the metro would encourage citizens not to use cars, saying this is not the correct "extrapolation".

The Supreme Court on Monday permitted Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd to raise with the relevant authority its plea for felling 84 trees at Mumbai's Aarey Colony for constructing train ramps at its car shed project.

Shouts of "Azadi"- Hindi for freedom - keep time with the rhythmic beating of drums as protesters gather in a densely wooded area in Mumbai.

A group of activists staged a demonstration on Sunday to oppose the construction of a Metro car shed in Mumbai's Aarey Colony and shouted slogans against the Maharashtra government's decision to go ahead with the project.

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) today launched the trial run of the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro line-3 at Sariput Nagar in Aarey Colony in Mumbai.

Four persons who were detained for protesting against the metro rail carshed construction in Mumbai's Aarey forest area on Monday were released after 10 hours, a police official said.

In an important decision, the new government in Maharashtra on Thursday announced lifting of the stay on the construction of Mumbai Metro-3 car shed at the controversial site in the Aarey Colony, a green belt in the western suburbs.

Aaditya Thackeray got the decision to use Aarey area for a metro rail shed reversed when he was minister in his father Uddhav Thackeray's government; but a lot has changed in the past few weeks.

Aaditya Thackeray, Shiv Lena leader and former Maharashtra minister, today led a protest against the state government's move to shift the proposed Metro-3 car shed to Mumbai's Aarey Forest.

Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday established a clear stand on the controversial Metro car shed project in Mumbai, just like his father, Uddhav Thackeray, had done a day earlier.

A day after the newly formed Maharashtra government directed that the metro car shed be built in Mumbai's Aarey colony itself, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray's son Amit Thackeray slammed the Shinde-Fadnavis camp for the decision.

Eknath Shinde has reversed the Uddhav Thackeray government's decision on the controversial Metro car shed project in Mumbai, sources said. The decision comes just hours after he took oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister springing a surprise.

The litigation has held up a critical infrastructure project as the Centre refused to release the land for the car shed at Aarey even as the state government has promised to pay compensation to the owner of the land when it is decided.

Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis took a swipe at the Uddhav Thackeray-led coalition government (MVA) over the delay in development of a Metro car shed in Mumbai - a subject the former allies have often sparred over since parting ways in 2019.

Infrastructre works undertaken in haste can lead to waste and not true development, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said Sunday, days after the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis called on the Shiv Sena-led government to give up its "ego" and resume construction of the controversial metro car shed project at Mumbai's Aarey Colony

The Supreme Court Tuesday did not agree to the submissions of Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd that the metro would encourage citizens not to use cars, saying this is not the correct "extrapolation".

The Supreme Court on Monday permitted Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd to raise with the relevant authority its plea for felling 84 trees at Mumbai's Aarey Colony for constructing train ramps at its car shed project.

Shouts of "Azadi"- Hindi for freedom - keep time with the rhythmic beating of drums as protesters gather in a densely wooded area in Mumbai.

A group of activists staged a demonstration on Sunday to oppose the construction of a Metro car shed in Mumbai's Aarey Colony and shouted slogans against the Maharashtra government's decision to go ahead with the project.

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) today launched the trial run of the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro line-3 at Sariput Nagar in Aarey Colony in Mumbai.

Four persons who were detained for protesting against the metro rail carshed construction in Mumbai's Aarey forest area on Monday were released after 10 hours, a police official said.

In an important decision, the new government in Maharashtra on Thursday announced lifting of the stay on the construction of Mumbai Metro-3 car shed at the controversial site in the Aarey Colony, a green belt in the western suburbs.

Aaditya Thackeray got the decision to use Aarey area for a metro rail shed reversed when he was minister in his father Uddhav Thackeray's government; but a lot has changed in the past few weeks.

Aaditya Thackeray, Shiv Lena leader and former Maharashtra minister, today led a protest against the state government's move to shift the proposed Metro-3 car shed to Mumbai's Aarey Forest.

Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday established a clear stand on the controversial Metro car shed project in Mumbai, just like his father, Uddhav Thackeray, had done a day earlier.

A day after the newly formed Maharashtra government directed that the metro car shed be built in Mumbai's Aarey colony itself, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray's son Amit Thackeray slammed the Shinde-Fadnavis camp for the decision.

Eknath Shinde has reversed the Uddhav Thackeray government's decision on the controversial Metro car shed project in Mumbai, sources said. The decision comes just hours after he took oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister springing a surprise.

The litigation has held up a critical infrastructure project as the Centre refused to release the land for the car shed at Aarey even as the state government has promised to pay compensation to the owner of the land when it is decided.

Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis took a swipe at the Uddhav Thackeray-led coalition government (MVA) over the delay in development of a Metro car shed in Mumbai - a subject the former allies have often sparred over since parting ways in 2019.

Infrastructre works undertaken in haste can lead to waste and not true development, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said Sunday, days after the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis called on the Shiv Sena-led government to give up its "ego" and resume construction of the controversial metro car shed project at Mumbai's Aarey Colony