A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala said it was improper on Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited's (MMRCL) part to move the tree authority for felling of any trees...
The apex court said the tree authority can take an independent decision on whether to go ahead and fell the 84 trees. Final plea hearing against the Metro project is scheduled for February 2023.
A three-judge bench headed by Justice U U Lalit said he would hear the matter on August 30 after counsel for the Maharashtra government sought time to collate documents.
The infrastructure projects have been under construction for over a decade in Mumbai. Currently, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis are keen on giving Mumbai iconic structures with a stamp of the...
The construction of the Metro car shed at Aarey, a forested land adjoining the Sanjay Gandhi National Park was one of the first decisions reversed by the Shinde-Fadnavis government.
The state unit of the BJP tweeted that these metro lines as well as several other ones were cleared and construction started under the Fadnavis government between 2014 and 2019. The Maha Vikas Aghadi, the ruling alliance led...
“We will roll the first phase of Metro Line-3 from Aarey to BKC, this 2023," MMRCL's managing director Ashwini Bhide said in the release.
NCP leader Sharad Pawar Speaks To Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis
The BJP leader reiterated that relocating the car shed project from Aarey will lead to wastage of time and money as 'the work is 80% complete'
Uddhav Thackeray slams the BJP for opposing the shifting of the metro car shed project to Kanjurmarg from the green lung Aarey Colony.
In a webcast, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray said the project will be shifted to government land in Kanjurmarg and no cost will be incurred for the purpose.
Aditya Thackeray had last year sought Ashwini Bhide's transfer for ordering felling of trees at the Aarey colony.
The first from his family to contest elections, Shiv Sena's Aaditya Thackeray speaks to Outlook on Aarey issue, agrarian distress, unemployment and the...
An ecology spanner in BJP-Sena partnership ahead of poll preps
