The villagers mentioned they don’t want to lose their land to make manner for a automobile shed as it’s their solely supply of livelihood.
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The Thane-Bhiwandi-Kalyan Metro Line 5 undertaking may hit a roadblock as over 100 households have opposed the proposal to assemble a automobile shed on their land at Govegaon close to Kalyan-Bhiwandi highway in Maharashtra.
The villagers mentioned don’t want to lose their land to make manner for a automobile shed as it’s their solely supply of livelihood.
“The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) wants to acquire around 36 hectares of our land in Govegaon for a Metro car shed. The move will affect as many as 100 families,” secretary of Kon-Gove Sangharh Samiti, Pandharinath Bhoir, mentioned in a press convention on Friday.
Neeta Mahajan, a lawyer, who represents the committee, mentioned, “Villagers have their houses, shops and small-scale workshops on this land.”
The MMRDA had final 12 months despatched notices to the residents stating that it needed to acquire the land for the automobile shed.
“We are not against the Metro project. We just want the MMRDA to use a government land instead. We are not ready to give our land as we will lose our livelihood,” mentioned Bhoir, including that the compensation provided by the event authority is lower than the market worth.
Metro Line 5 is probably going to profit over 2.9 lakh folks, as it should lower the journey time between Thane and Kalyan.
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