HC quashes green clearances for Rs 14,000-crore Mumbai coastal road

The proposed coastal road project will would connect Marine Drive area in south Mumbai to suburban Borivali in the north

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday quashed the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearances granted to the city civic body’s ambitious Rs 14,000-crore coastal road project, saying there was “serious lacuna” in the decision-making process and lack of proper scientific study.
 
A division Bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice N M Jamdar in its ruling said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) cannot proceed with work on the 29.2-km project, proposed to connect Marine Drive area in south Mumbai to suburban Borivali in the north.
 
The court noted that the environmental clearance was required to be taken by