MMRDA approaches Bombay HC for permission to build car shed at Kanjurmarg

The Centre and the Maharashtra government are locked in a tussle over ownership of the land earmarked by the state for constructing the car depot which was earlier planned at Aarey Colony.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has once again approached the Bombay High Court seeking permission for the construction of an integrated car shed for Metro lines 3, 4 and 6 at the disputed Kanjurmarg site. The MMRDA's plea states that it should be allowed to build the "car shed which is the heart and soul of the Metro network." The agency further added that the project is for the general good of the public at large and they should be allowed to resume work as Metro lines 3, 4, and 6 cannot be commissioned without the construction of the car shed. “The said land at Kanjurmarg offers a unique geographical, topographical and locational advantage in as much as that as many as four lines of the Mumbai Metro rail can be serviced by an integrated car shed. This advantage cannot be found in any alternative site,” the MMRDA said in its plea.