Mumbai (13.07.2022): The Maharashtra government has entrusted Ashwini Bhide (IAS: 1996: MH) with the additional responsibility of Managing Director of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC). The decision was taken by Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who wants the Metro 3 project, connecting Navy Nagar and SEEPZ, implemented immediately. The work was held up as the then Sena minister Aaditya Thackeray wanted a Metro car shed in Kanjur Marg, as against the original plan at Aarey Milk colony, a property of the dairy development department. Fadnavis, during his previous tenure as Maharashtra CM had chosen Aarey Milk colony, a move which was opposed by environmentalists as the project demanded a lot of trees to be chopped. The MVA government wanted the car shed to be shifted to Kanjur Marg, to which the Narendra Modi-led Union government objected. As a result, the project was stuck, though the tunnelling was complete.