Rohit Pawar on a visit to Goregaon’s Aarey Colony.
MUMBAi: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar’s grand nephew and MLA Rohit Pawar on Thursday said that the Centre must not politicise the Metro 3 car shed issue. Instead it must help in constructing the car shed in Kanjurmarg and support the Maharashtra government to save the Aarey forest for future generations.
Rohit was on a visit to Goregaon’s Aarey Colony on Thursday morning where he interacted with locals, green activists and officials.
This was Rohit’s first visit to the Aarey Colony site where the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) has hacked close to 3,000 trees in October 2019 despite massive protests from citizens groups, NGOs and environmental activists. Rohit also said that the police cases against the Save Aarey protestors would be taken back.
Impose heavy tax on vacant land parcel: Activist to Maharashtra Government
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Impose heavy property tax on vacant lands particularly needed for infrastructure projects, suggested a Mumbai-based Social Activist and Advocate of Bombay High Court Godfrey Pimenta. He has recently written a letter to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. He said, The state government should amend Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888, to levy heavy property tax on vacant lands particularly needed for Infrastructure projects so as to force the owners of such vacant lands to handover lands for Infrastructure projects than paying heavy property tax on vacant lands. This is particularly in view of current controversy in case of Kanjurmarg land required for Metro depot.
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Was Midnight Tree Felling at Aarey Final Nail in Coffin for Sena-BJP Alliance? HC Order Reopens Wounds
Uddhav Thackeray with Devendra Fadnavis
Coming on the eve of the assembly elections, the felling of trees was interpreted as a political move and an attempt by the Fadnavis-led government to slight and undercut the Shiv Sena.
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In a major jolt for the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, the Bombay High Court (HC) has stayed the allotment of salt pan land in Mumbai’s Kanjurmarg area for a Metro car shed.