Summary:
Fadnavis said the Supreme Court had already clarified that the land proposed for the Metro-3 car depot was government land and did not come under forest or biodiversity zones. He also said that in view of the status of the land, permissions to raise a Metro car shed could be granted. When it was decided to set up a Metro depot on the proposed site, the government had planted 23,000 trees in the area, he said. The Sena-BJP ruled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation recently gave the go-ahead to cut over 2,600 trees for constructing the Metro shed at Aarey Colony. The chief minister's strong defence for Metro car shed depot in Aarey Colony comes close on the heels of BMC Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi's statement that the Metro-3 project would not materialise without the depot at Aarey Colony..