The Bombay High Court, on July 16, 2019, quashed the coastal regulation zone clearances granted to Mumbai’s civic body and ordered construction on the proposed $1.7 billion (about Rs 12,000 crore) Mumbai Coastal Road project to stop. The Bombay High Court today set aside the clearance granted to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for the Hearing the Mumbai coastal road case, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice NM Jamdar also:The petitioners, comprising non-governmental organisations and fishermen associations, had challenged legal validity of the December 2015 amendment to Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, which permitted for the first time construction of roads in coastal regulated zones.The notification stipulated such construction must be in exceptional cases only. Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project was dreamt up over a decade ago.

We combine Bloomberg’s global leadership in business and financial news and data, with Quintillion Media’s deep expertise in the Indian market and digital news delivery, to provide high quality business news, insights and trends for India’s sophisticated audiences.The Mumbai coastal road project proposes to connect Malabar Hill in South Mumbai to Versova in North Mumbai.

The coastal road project will allow the space-starved city to create more open spaces for its public by building sea-side gardens, promenades, and jogging & cycle tracks. But according to scientists, the dumping of rocks on the inter-tidal space would increase daily high tides by up to 1.5 metres, which would be detrimental to the survival of local fisher-folk.MoEF&CC had also claimed said the project would be carried out strictly, in accordance with the provisions of the Environment Protection Act, 1972, and would render the coastal ecology of the area, including flora and fauna, in its original state after completion.In truth, the damage to all inter-tidal fauna and flora would be permanent where tidal waters will be blocked for reclamation of land.

The project is one of the most expensive infrastructure development projects, stretching 35.6 kilometres and connecting the entire western coast of Mumbai. The project is one of the most expensive infrastructure development projects, stretching 35.6 kilometres and connecting the entire western coast of Mumbai.The project aims to create 90 hectares of land by reclaiming the inter-tidal western coast of the city’s shoreline. CSR: Environmental Implications of Mumbai Coastal Road Project The Mumbai coastal road project didn’t receive an environmental clearance under EIA (environmental impact assessment) notification, 2006. (Source: Aaran Patel/Save The Coast)Missing BloombergQuint's WhatsApp service? While everyone is struggling for a cleaner environment, a project like such can completely contradict the purpose of SDGs.Corporate Social Responsibility is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model. Join our © Copyright 2019 The CSR Journal.

The Bombay High Court today held this notification was constitutionally valid and didn’t violate the Environment Protection Act.The court said it must strike a balance between conservation and human development, viewing them as interlinked aspects. There are no known methods to restore permanently destroyed inter-tidal habitats or shores and bring the marine life back to its original state.The project is an added burden to the fragile ecology.

With hearings in the Ayodhya case drawing to a close, the Supreme Court bench has agreed to hear pleas against the Bombay HC verdict that quashed the CRZ clearances for the Mumbai Coastal Road project . Mumbai Coastal Road Project: SC Stays HC Order, Allows Civic Body to Reclaim Land. It cannot be replenished.

In its defence, counsel for the civic body and Ministry of Environment said the present case was exceptional because:The court disagreed with the government’s submissions on the following grounds:The Bombay High Court held that the Mumbai coastal road would pass through an ecologically sensitive area and commencement of project without prior permission by the BMC wasn’t in accordance with the law.