Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced that the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government has decided to move the proposedcar-shed for the underground Metro 3 rail out of Aarey to Kanjurmarg, an eastern suburb.
This has long been a contentious issue between environmental activists and the government.
The tussle has been ongoing since 2014.
While the 33.5-km underground Metro 3 is an ambitious project connecting Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ , the location for the car-shed was identified asAarey.
Aarey is a 1,800-plus acre of green space in suburban Goregaon, which is home to 290 species wild of flora and fauna, and surrounded on many sides by concrete structures.