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MMRC accepts VJTI's report on Metro III
Updated On: 18 August, 2018 10:29 AM IST | Mumbai | Arita Sarkar
Even as the Parsis argue that the report does not take their concerns into account, Metro body is willing to follow the recommendations
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The community fears that the Metro III construction will desecrate the sacred Wadia and Anjuman Atash Behram on Jagannath Sunkersett Road. Pics/Atul Kamble
The ball is back in the court of the Parsi community after the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) agreed to follow recommendations in the Veermata Jijabai Technical Institute's (VJTI) report to reduce the impact of Metro III work on the city's Atash Behrams. The Metro authority submitted its response in the Bombay High Court on Thursday, rubbishing the community's questions about the report's authenticity.
mid-day had reported earlier this week that petitioner Jamshed Sukhadwalla, a structural engineer, had questioned the VJTI report, pointing out that the VJTI had relied on data provided by the MMRCL instead of doing independent analysis. He had demanded that the report be scrapped, adding that the institute did not heed any of the arguments put forward by the Parsi community.
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