The Maharashtra government is keen on reducing the no-development zone limit in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) area, to 200 metres from the coastline, against the existing 500 metres, it said on December 21, … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra government, on December 4, 2017, accorded administrative approval to the Versova-Bandra Sea Link (VBSL) project, eight years after the State Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (SCCI) cleared it. In a government resolution (GR), … READ FULL STORY
The environment ministry was open to reviewing the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) guidelines, one of its top officials said, on November 28, 2017. Arun Kumar Mehta, additional secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate … READ FULL STORY
The task, to remove encroachments on nearly four acres of mangrove land in Mumbai, has been carried out over the last two months in suburban Chembur and its neighbouring areas, where people had built … READ FULL STORY
“Primarily and importantly, the metro has to come to Mumbai. Considering the traffic woes people are suffering from, the metro needs to come to ease them out. “Now, we will have to see what … READ FULL STORY
A Bombay High Court bench of chief justice Manjula Chellur and justice GS Kulkarni, has ordered the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) to prove that it did not damage a children’s park, while … READ FULL STORY
The suburban collector’s office has registered an FIR against 53 unauthorised structures that it had identified, in the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) in suburban Versova, an official said. Deependra Singh Kushwah, Mumbai suburban collector, … READ FULL STORY
The Bombay High Court on March 10, 2017, asked the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL), to place before it documents pertaining to clearance from the Union Environment Ministry (MoEF) for construction of three stations … READ FULL STORY
The Mumbai suburban district administration will start the process of razing illegal structures in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) in Versova next week, an official said on March 5, 2017. The administration has identified … READ FULL STORY
The final coastal regulation zone (CRZ) notification regarding Mumbai’s coastal road project will be issued in a month. Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, said this after a meeting with Union Environment and Forest Minister … READ FULL STORY
The ‘Mangrove Cell’ of the Maharashtra government, will remove around 1,000 houses in the first week of November, 2016, for encroaching notified mangrove areas in the city. “The demolition drive is going to start … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on July 22, 2016, asked the centre to take possession and secure the 31-storeyed controversial Adarsh apartments in Mumbai and issued notices to various stakeholders, on pleas challenging the Bombay High … READ FULL STORY
