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HC quashes green clearances for Rs 14,000-crore Mumbai coastal road

<br>The planned coastal road project will would connect Marine Drive space in south Mumbai to suburban Borivali in the north<br>

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HC quashes green clearances for Rs 14,000-crore Mumbai coastal road

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  1. BUSINESS STANDARD HC quashes green clearances for Rs 14,000-crore Mumbai coastal road The Bombay High Court on Tuesday quashed the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearances granted to the city civic body’s formidable Rs 14,000-crore coastal road project, saying there was “serious lacuna” in the decision-making process and lack of proper scientific study. A division Bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice N M Jamdar in its ruling aforesaid the Brihanmumbai Municipal

  2. Corporation (BMC) cannot proceed with work on the 29.2-km project, proposed to connect Marine Drive area in south Mumbai to suburban Borivali in the north. The court noted that the environmental clearance was needed to be taken by the BMC under the environmental impact assessment (EIA) notification issued by the Centre. “We declare that the civic body cannot proceed with the works while not getting associate degree environmental clearance under the EIA notification. Further, permission under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, ought also be obtained,” the high court aforementioned. Read More

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