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Devendra Fadnavis dubs Mumbai Metro depot at BKC as "ridiculous and childish"

The then BJP government, headed by Fadnavis, had chosen Aarey Colony, a green belt in Mumbai, for the car shed, part of Mumbai Metro 3 line. However, the Shiv Sena-led MVA government, shifted the depot site to Kanjurmarg.

Devendra Fadnavis dubs Mumbai Metro depot at BKC as "ridiculous and childish"
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After the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, December 16, stayed the order for the construction of an integrated metro car shed in Kanjurmarg, there were reports about the state government exploring some other potential sites for the car shed, including Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC).

Reacting to this, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Friday, December 18, said that talks of setting up the Mumbai Metro 3 car shed at BKC, a business district in the metropolis, are ridiculous and childish as it will increase the cost of the project multiple times.

Any such move will increase the annual maintenance cost by five folds and make the Metro venture non-feasible and non-starter, the former chief minister said.

The last land sold at BKC was at the rate of ₹1,800 crores per hectare. So, if 25-hectare land is taken at BKC for the car shed it would cost ₹25,000 crores to ₹30,000 crores, Fadnavis said while talking to reporters.

He said the proposed bullet train station at BKC would be a three-level underground structure and take only 500 meters of land. It is designed in such a way that financial buildings can be constructed above it without any loss.

But, if we talk about constructing the Metro car shed below the ground, then its cost will go up from ₹500 crores envisaged under BJP government to more than ₹5,000 crores," the Leader of Opposition in the assembly said.

Besides, its annual maintenance cost would increase five-folds and this would make the Metro project non-feasible and non-starter, he said.

I am not able to understand who is giving such suggestions to this government. Maybe someone wants both the government and Maharashtra to sink, said Fadnavis.

The then BJP government, headed by Fadnavis, had chosen Aarey Colony, a green belt in Mumbai, for the car shed, part of Mumbai Metro 3 line.

However, the Shiv Sena-led MVA government, after taking charge of the office in November last year, shifted the depot site to Kanjurmarg.  

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