BMC gets in-principle approval from Centre for diversion of mangroves for Mumbai Coastal Road (North) Versova-Bhayandar project
BMC will now apply to Bombay high court for approval clearance and also seek working permission. It plans to commence on-site work in Aug and complete the coastal road's phase 2 by Dec 2028.
Additional municipal commissioner (Projects) Abhijit Bangar reviewed the project on Tuesday. While the coastal road work between Bandra and Versova is being carried out by MSRDC, the Versova-Bhayandar stretch is being undertaken by BMC.
The nearly 60km project, which will include interchanges and connectors, elevated roads, bridges, and two tunnels, will extend from Versova, Malad, Malvani, Kandivli, Borivli, Dahisar, and Mira Road to Bhayandar.
It will help cut travel time from 90-120 minutes to 15-20.
According to a BMC official, the project will permanently impact 8.2 hectares of mangrove area, affecting around 9,000 trees. Additionally, around 68.5 hectares of mangrove area and 36,000 trees, which will be in the project's shadow region, will be impacted only during construction.
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To compensate for the mangrove loss, a comprehensive restoration plan has been prepared by the Mumbai Mangrove Cell, which will oversee its implementation, and BMC will pay for it. While nearly 1.4 lakh mangrove saplings will be planted, the mangrove cell will also undertake afforestation on 31 hectares of land in Bhayandar. BMC will also transfer an equivalent area of non-forest land — 103.7 hectares of land at Vihirgaon in Chandrapur district's Chimur taluka — to the forest department for compensatory afforestation.
In Aug 2024, the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) approved the second phase of the Mumbai Coastal Road project linking Versova-Dahisar and Dahisar-Bhayandar. Work orders for the seven packages, including the 22.9km stretch between Versova and Dahisar and the nearly 4.6km Dahisar-Bhayandar Link Road, were issued in Feb last year, but as permissions were pending, contractors did not commence work.
As most of the project passes through Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), Maharashtra Maritime Board and MCZMA recommended the project to the Centre in Sept 2024. The MoEFCC granted CRZ nod on Nov 13, 2024.
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