Farmers staged a protest on Sunday at the Mogharpada metro rail carshed site in Thane, pressing their long-pending demands related to land acquisition for the project, news agency PTI reported.
The protesting farmers demanded immediate compensation for the land acquired by the government, proper training programmes to ensure that youth from the local area secure jobs connected with the metro rail operations, and allocation of five acres of land in the vicinity for construction of a school and a college for the benefit of the community.
Most of the participants in the protest, which included a bonfire, are paddy cultivators whose fields fall within the area earmarked for the carshed and other metro rail expansion works.
The Mogharpada depot is set to be one of the largest in the country and will serve metro lines 4, 4A, 10 and 11. It will feature more than 60 rake stabling lines.
MMRDA announces Mumbai Metro Line-12A extension along Kalyan-Shilphata Road
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Friday announced the extension of Metro Line-12 with a new corridor, Metro 12A, along the busy Kalyan–Shilphata Road.
The project, which has received administrative approval of Rs 8,414.53 crore, was announced by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde.
The development is being viewed as a major boost to connectivity in the Kalyan Lok Sabha constituency, which is represented by MP Shrikant Shinde.
The extended corridor will connect Kalyan Phata to Taloja via Dahisar Mori, running parallel to the congested Kalyan-Shilphata Road. The 18.4-km revised corridor, of which 10.5 km is already under construction, will feature 12 elevated stations, including Manpada, Katai Naka, Desai Naka, Padle Gaon, Kalyan Phata, Gotheghar, Dahisar Mori, Rohinjan, and Khutare Village.
Between Katai Naka and Kalyan Phata, track and station-sharing has been proposed with Metro Line-14 (Kanjurmarg to Badlapur). The corridor will also integrate with the Nilje Depot and the proposed Thane Bullet Train Station.
The project is expected to significantly decongest vehicular traffic on Shilphata Road while providing the first metro connectivity to Kalwa, Diva, and Mumbra regions. In addition to the metro expansion, MMRDA has cleared a Rs 5,909.21 crore double-decker elevated corridor between Kalyan Phata (Shilphata Junction) and Rajnoli in Bhiwandi.
(With PTI inputs)
