Mumbai Port Trust is going places
ByYogesh NaikYogesh Naik / Updated: May 2, 2021, 06:00 IST
berths and one terminal; assures govt that no reclamation will be required for the project
The
Mumbai Port Trust is constructing two offshore container berths and an offshore terminal and received permission from the
Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority for it on April 20.
The Mumbai Port Trust had told the government that there was no reclamation required and that it was an extension of earlier projects wherein two
docks were filled up. Earlier, concerns were expressed on the effect on flamingos.
The Mumbai Port Trust has already completed two berths and approach trestle, capital dredging for berth pocket, filling of Princess and Victoria dock, rail container depot, approach channel and turning circle dredging, and birth pocket. Now, the Mumbai Port Trust wants procurement of cargo handling equipment, container yard, and capital dredging in the approach channel. The Mumb
Versova-Lokhandwala bridge project will cause mangrove loss, say residents
MUMBAI: Supreme Court recently stayed cutting of mangroves for construction of a vehicular overbridge at the junction of Yari Road and Lokhandwala back road in Versova, Andheri.
The bench of Chief Justice of India S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Rama Subramanian issued notices to the central and state governments, BMC, MMRDA and Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority in a petition filed by group of residents largely from Versova. Their counsel Devadutta Kamat argued that forest clearance for the project was pending and, hence, felling of mangroves must be stayed.
File photo of Balasaheb Thackeray
MUMBAI: The state cabinet on Sunday approved Rs 400 crore for the conversion of Mayor’s Bungalow at Shivaji Park into the Balasaheb Thackeray memorial.
Recently, the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority approved the addition of a fourth building to the complex. The construction of the buildings will be completed in phase I and is estimated to cost Rs 250 crore. Phase II will include technological installations like laser show and virtual reality, and will cost around Rs 150 crore.
The initial expenditure will be borne by the MMRDA.
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Sewri-Worli elevated corridor in Mumbai: Five things to know
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today laid the foundation stone of Sewri-Worli Elevated Corridor (SWEC) and inaugurated one arm of the flyover at Kalanagar Junction and various other developmental works. Mumbai is growing day by day, hence we need to look at tech-enabled, systematic and sustainable development for the city, Thackeray said after laying the foundation stone of SWEC.
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