Fresh row over scrapping of National College Metro station in Mumbai amid allegations of railway land deal

Mumbai: The cancellation of the proposed National College Metro station on the elevated Dahisar East-Mandale Metro Line 2B corridor has sparked a fresh controversy with former Congress corporator Asif Zakaria alleging that the move was aimed at facilitating the monetisation of a prime railway plot in Bandra West.

In a letter to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, Zakaria said Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s (MMRDA) decision in Aug to scrap the Metro station was “arbitrary” and “against public interest”.