MAKING A CONNECTION
The upcoming Metro-7 and Metro-9 projects are both slated to be ready in the next four years
METRO-9 DAHISAR (EAST)-MIRA BHAYANDER
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a figure. But it would be around ₹90 crore to ₹95 crore,” said a senior official, requesting anonymity.
The Mumbai airport operator is already contributing ₹777
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crore as three stations of the 33.5km Metro-3 will connect to the airport. The airport operator charges a development fee of ₹720 for international fliers and ₹120 for domestic passengers to
GHATKOPAR fund the metro project. The upcoming Metro line up to the airport will have integration with Metro-3, which has stations at the domestic and international airport. MUMBAI: Hundreds showed up for the hearing at the garden department’s office inside the Byculla Zoo premises to protest the felling of 2,238 trees and transplantation of 464 trees at Aarey Milk Colony for the proposed Metro car shed.
Citizens demanded that Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials take a stand in favour of the trees and not the Metro.
By the end of the hearing, about 7,000 more suggestions and objections were added to the 33,000 previous letters, taking the tally up to 40,000. Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) and BMC officials were forced to wrap up the proceedings due to the protests and slogan chanting.
“If we do not speak for these 2,000 odd trees, eventually Mumbai will lose all its trees,” said Rekha Andherkar, 35, a member of the local tribal community.
“BMC officials are forgetting that their job is to save trees. They are not employed by MMRCL and so they do not need to speak for them,” said environment activist Zoru Bhatena.
Jitendra Pardeshi, superintendent, garden department said, “We received about 40,000 suggestions and objections. We will send the main points to MMRC for a final review of the proposal... after which we will put it forward to the tree authority which will give the final go ahead.” The tree authority is a 13-member committee headed by the civic chief. MUMBAI: Four days after filing a complaint of sexual harassment against actor Nana Patekar and three others pertaining to an incident in 2008, actor Tanushree Dutta recorded her statement with the Oshiwara police late on Wednesday evening.
Based on her statement, the police have filed a first information report (FIR) in the case.
As part of the probe, the police will now record statements of the witnesses and gather evidence. According to the law, a charge sheet will have to be filed within 90 days.
Recently, Dutta, in a series of interviews, said Patekar harassed her on the sets of Horn Ok Pleassss and demanded she perform a sexually explicit step with him. She said the producer Samee Siddiqui, director Rakesh Sarang, and choreographer Ganesh Acharya were complicit.
The 67-year-old actor’s lawyer then sent a legal notice to Dutta for allegedly making false accusations against him and demanded an apology. She, in turn, filed the complaint, a copy of which is with HT.
This is Dutta’s second complaint over the issue. Ten years ago, Dutta’s father had filed a complaint over the incident at Goregaon police station.
Patekar, Dutta alleged, would land on the sets of the movie when not required and would start teaching her how to dance to the item song. Dutta initially took it as friendly advice from a senior actor. “It soon became annoying because he started pulling me around by the hand on the pretext of teaching dance. This kind of physical proximity was unacceptable to me by any means,” Dutta stated in the complaint. “One of my terms and conditions was that my costumes and dance steps will not be uncomfortable.”
Earlier this week, Siddiqui submitted an application to the Oshiwara police, stating the recent complaint is just a repetition of the FIR filed in 2008.