Maharashtra: State to set aside 22-hectare plot at Mankhurd for Metro car shed.

After reserving a Malvani plot for a Metro car shed, the state government has now decided to set aside another plot in Mankhurd for the same purpose, having decided to split the much-delayed Dahisar-Bandra-Mankhurd Metro into three projects.

The state urban development department issued a notice dated June 20, inviting suggestions and objections to its decision to remove the plot at Mandale, Mankhurd, from the residential zone and reserve it for a Metro car depot, commercial and allied use instead. Similarly, the government has also decided to reserve a 20-hectare plot at Malvani, Malad, for a Metro car shed. This was earlier reserved for a recreation ground, government staff quarters and offices, a court and an educational complex.

A senior official with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) said, 'The Mankhurd plot was always under consideration for a Metro car shed. The reservation, however, was not formally changed until now as we were earlier planning the Metro as a single corridor. But now with the line split into phases, we will need the Malvani plot, as well as the Mankhurd plot, for the car shed.'


THE INDIAN EXPRESS