The state revenue department has urged chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to hold a meeting of stakeholders for land identified for the Metro II car depot. The urban development department had issued a notification declaring its intention to change the reservation on more than 48 acres at Malwani, Malad (W), for the Metromono car depot, allied uses and for commercial purposes.
The land is reserved in the 1991 Development Plan for a recreation ground, government staff quarters, government offices, court and court housing, school for mentally retarded, blind men's association housing, integrated healthcare and health training centres, a parking lot and roads.
The land was leased to the Manjara Charitable Trust, set up by former Congress chief minister, the late Vilasrao Deshmukh. It was leased to the trust in October 2006 for 30 years.
Revenue department officials said the government decision to take back the land may lead to litigation.“In case of litigation, the matter may go on for years, and the project may get stuck. We prefer an amicable solution, and therefore requested the chief minister to call a meeting and find a solution through dialogue,'' an official said.
A proposal likely to be discussed is to allow the trust development rights above the car shed. The change of reservation will also permit commercial development on the site.
The trust runs 22 institutions in Versova, Andheri (West), Navi Mumbai and Latur. Deshmukh's son and legislator from Latur, Amit Deshmukh, is an executive trustee.
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