Some of the rules will interfere with the civic body’s plans for BRTS lane, parking, as part of the coastal road
MUMBAI: To allow reclamation of land, the BMC, implementing the coastal road project, has suggested three dilutions to the Union environment ministry’s draft notification. The civic body has suggested the condition in the draft notification, that intertidal zones should not be affected during construction of the project, be removed. MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which is to implementing the bigticket coastal road project, has suggested three main dilutions and changes to the Union environment ministry’s draft notification amending the Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) notification 2011 to allow reclamation for such projects.
The civic body has suggested that the condition in the draft notification, that the inter tidal zone not be affected during the construction of the project, be removed.
It has also said the condition that reclaimed land should not be used for any purpose other than the coastal road was unreasonable and leeway should be given to use this reclaimed land for other purposes such as parking and even the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), planned as part of the project.
The civic body also wants the central government to reduce the mandatory transplantation of mangroves hacked from three times to twice.
“There are three things that have been pointed out to the Centre and we hope that the final notification is out with these changes. Our DPR clearly mentions parking amenities and BRTS as part of the project and if the notification stops us from doing anything else on the reclaimed land, we will be in trouble. The same is the case with the tidal zone. If there is reclamation, the tidal zone will be affected. We are not building a road on stilts that it won’t affect the tides,’’ said a senior BMC official, on condition of anonymity.
The Centre is expected to issue a final notification this month. It remains to be seen whether BMC’s suggestions will be taken into consideration.
The draft notification that was issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change on June 25 was open to suggestions/objections for 60 days, after which the ministry will finalise the notification.
The CRZ 2011 notification was amended as it did not allow reclamation of land for building a coastal road.
The coastal road project is expected to reclaim 33% of the total road length for 11.61 km, which includes a 2.8-km stretch of mangroves.
Additional municipal commissioner Sanjay Mukherjee said, “The deadline for the suggestions/objections on the draft notification has ended and we are now waiting for the final notification.”
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