K.S. Sudhi

Minister denies potholes on Mission, Bussy Streets due to seawater intrusion

Plans afoot to construct groynes from Kuruchikuppam to Solai Nagar

PWD has also formulated a proposal to regain the lost beach

Even as the debate rages whether it was prudent to flush out stagnant waters of the Colva creek into the open sea, it has now come to light that the Water Resources Department carried out the construction of the trench following a request from the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority nearly two years ago.

The Supreme Court has held that constructions done by real estate firms between 1994 and 1996 in the 50-metre zones from the coast lines are not illegal. The constructions were allowed after government had brought an amendment in 1994 in the Coastal Regulation Zone Act, 1991 reducing the 100-metre 'no development zone' to 50-metre.

Ananya Dutta

KOLKATA India and Bangladesh will launch a forum for cooperation in the conservation of the Sunderbans, a region that is

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a Rs 1156 crore Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Project, which is to be implemented over the next five years by the ministry of environment and forests.

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority has finally given its consent for the Pedder Road flyover. It took 15 years for the approval to be given to the 4.4 km four-lane flyover. The proposal was approved by the MCZMA and will now be forwarded to the Centre for its consent. A decision to this effect was taken at a MCZMA meeting held in Mantralaya on Thursday.