Acting on court directives, the Agonda Panchayat has issued CRZ-related demolition orders to 30 structures that have allegedly cropped up after February 1991.

M G Devasahayam

The structures facing the promenade form a heritage asset. But neither the TN govt nor the hyperactive Union Ministry of Environment & Forest has done anything to preserve this eco-system, says

MUMBAI: Another cable-stayed bridge like the Bandra Worli sea link, albeit on a smaller scale, will come up across the Manori Creek. The structure is expected to cost Rs 200 crore and when ready, will help to improve connectivity of Manori, Gorai and Bhayander areas.

Chittaranjan Tembhekar | TNN

Mumbai: New skywalks, footpaths and roads in Borivli and Dahisar may benefit lakhs of commuters in future. But even before they come up, they are inflicting irreparable damage on the thick mangrove cover located in Dahisar (West) along the New Link Road.

An Environment Ministry order issued on November 3 banning ports and harbours on hotspot stretches on the beaches will not stop the CRZ (Coastal Regulation Zone) projects that have been already started, the ministry sources clarified on Monday.

Fishermen, toddy tappers get fresh demolition notices

Worried there was no word from Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh of solution on their old coastal dwellings falling within CRZ, Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott on Thursday informed people have started receiving notices again to demolish their age-old structures.

The Environment Ministry on Tuesday laid down strict conditions for allowing new projects and expansion of ports, harbours and jetties, lifting the ban clamped in August.
This follows receipt of the report on coastal erosion and accretion sought by an expert committee headed by Prof M S Swaminathan that was constituted to review comments on the draft Coastal Management Zone 2008.

MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has come up with an alternative method of protecting the Mithi river from encroachment, reclamation and siltation, after environmentalists protested against the proposal for concrete walls in a coastal regulation zone.