The final hurdle for the Metro One project was cleared on Tuesday with the Home Department agreeing to part with its land in Andheri, which will facilitate the creation of a casting yard.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) had requested the State and Home Guards to temporarily transfer a 2.4-hectare plot at Versova, which has been reserved for a training centre for Home Guards. MMRDA has been trying to procure the land from the Home Department for the last two years.

Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil held a meeting on the issue with MMRDA, urban development, Home department and Home Guard officials on Tuesday. “At the meeting, it was decided that the Home department will hand over the land for the casting yard to us,” said Principal Secretary (Urban Development) T C Benjamin.

“It was the last hurdle in the Metro project. Now that it has been cleared, work can progress smoothly,” Benjamin added.

MMRDA has been looking for a plot in Versova for a casting yard, apart from the one at Wadala. According to sources, the land will be used to construct the platforms while other casting of segments will be conducted at the Wadala Truck Terminus.

The much-awaited first Metro Rail corridor, an 11.4-km stretch from Versova to Ghatkopar, is to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 2,356 crore.