Mumbai, Wednesday, April 17

Coastal Road in a limbo

Ban on landfilling remains due to environmental damage

Even-odd formula incorrect:

Regarding the traffic issue, there was also a discussion in the court about using the formula of allowing even and odd numbered vehicles on different days, according to the municipal court. Even-odd numbered vehicles cannot be the solution. The bench opined that people can take two cars each.

Measures required:

The court clarified that it will give a detailed verdict regarding the coastal road by Thursday (18th). The permission of the concerned department is required for offshore work. Even its receipt is not explained in the notification. The responsibility lies with the government. The court opined that appropriate measures should be taken by the government to stop the loss of marine life and natural resources.

Sakal News:

Mumbai, 16th: The ban on the filling work for the coastal road, an ambitious project of the state government, remains, and the order to keep the situation 'as is' for the time being is not clear in the Mumbai notification issued. The High Court on Tuesday gave the Mumbai Municipal Corporation and other institutions. Due to this, the government and the municipal corporation have suffered a blow. | On page 10: Allegation that the work on the coastal line is causing damage to the marine environment and disrupting fishing.

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Along the coastal road!

From page 9.

Five petitions have been filed in the High Court. The hearings was held before the bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Nitin Jamdar on Tuesday The court had earlier banned the work of filling the sea. Despite this, the petitioners claimed that the work is going on.

Coastal Regulation and Environmental Permits required for the coastal route have not yet been obtained, still the work was going on, is what the petitioners asked. The Municipal Corporation and the State Government claimed that they had received the necessary permits. It was also said that if this work is prohibited, a loss of Rs. 10 crore per day will have to be borne. As these projects are important from the point of view of Mumbai's traffic, they should be given serious consideration, not to mention regret.

The outer turning route (interchange) of the coastal road at Tata Garden in South Mumbai has been challenged in court. Petitioner Shweta Wagh produced the research report regarding Ratnagiri beach. On behalf of the Municipal Corporation. Advocate Anil Sakhre, Advocate Srihari Ane, on behalf of the State Govt: Advocate Milind Sathe; and on behalf of the petitioners, Advocate Janak Dwarkadas and Gayatri Singh argued the case. The next hearing on the petition will be held on April 23.