Legal and political battles have left a lasting impact on Mumbai’s showpiece underground metro line, delaying the project by years and piling on costs. When the previous Fadnavis administration decided to locate the metro’s car shed inside the green Aarey belt, it was a move that horrified environmentalists and unleashed a chain of petitions. ‘Save Aarey became a rallying cry echoed by the Shiv Sena, which found the issue resonated with the middle class. The Bombay high court, however, gave the government a go-ahead, provided the environment and ecology were safeguarded and “no commercial use permitted.”
Source – Times Of India
