This court had earlier even refused to grant an interim stay of the judgment of High Court,” he said.Gonsalves said that heavy machines were removed from the site after the High Court order but they will return and start work if the court grants an interim stay.The bench said it would stay the High Court verdict and hear the matter in the month of March.The bench was hearing appeals filed by Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Larsen and Toubro Ltd and HCC HDC JV.On October 23, the top court had refused to grant an interim stay of the High Court verdict.The apex court had earlier sought a response from fishermen’s association, activists and residents on whose petitions the High Court on July 16 quashed the CRZ clearances, saying there was “serious lacuna” in the decision-making process and lack of proper scientific study.A division bench of the high court in its ruling had said the civic body cannot proceed with work on the 29.2 km project, which proposes to connect the Marine Drive area in south Mumbai to suburban Borivali in north Mumbai.The high court had noted that the environmental clearance was required to be taken by the civic body under Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification issued by the Centre.“We declare that the civic body cannot proceed with the works without obtaining an environmental clearance under EIA notification. Mumbai needs roads. Gavai and Surya Kant said, “We are of the considered opinion that the order of the Bombay High Court dated July 16 should have stayed till further orders”.It said that the respondents including Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai can reclaim and secure the land meant for the road project but cannot develop it till further orders of the court.At the outset, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the state said that it is a 29.2 kilometer stretch along the coastal line connecting Marine drive to the suburban area of Mumbai.He said that the High Court had stayed the order due to want of environmental clearances.Mehta said there is no space in Mumbai and this project was started in 2018 to ease the traffic situation of the city and there is a deadline of the year 2022 for its completion.Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the civic body, said that they had Coastal Zone Clearances but did not have environmental clearances as it was not a national highway.“There is no need for any clearances.

Mumbai Coastal Road: No green nod yet, project to miss Oct 1 deadline; Mumbai Coastal Road: No green nod yet, ... A senior official working on the Coastal Road project stated that the process of granting final approval has come to a standstill since the cabinet reshuffle took place earlier this month. The Coastal Road project will not start work by October 1 due to the delay in acquiring environmental clearances. in News And Views 1 min read. Further, permission under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 should also be obtained,” the high court had said.The high court quashed and set aside the approval granted by the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) on January 4, 2017, the nod given by the EAC on March 17, 2017, and the final approval granted by the MoEF on May 11, 2017.The high court, however, had upheld the December 30, 2015 amendment to CRZ Rules which permitted reclamation of land in coastal regulated areas for constructing roads.In April, the high court had prohibited the civic body from carrying out any further work on the project following which the corporation appealed in the Supreme Court.The petitioners challenged the reclamation and construction work for the project on the primary ground that it will result in damage to the coastline and destroy major marine life along the coast and livelihood of the fishermen.They claimed that the coastal road project will irreversibly damage the coastal ecosystem and deprive the fishing community in the city of its source of livelihood.The civic body had earlier told the high court that it had all the necessary approvals for the project.The project, which proposed to connect south Mumbai with northwestern suburbs of the metropolis, was one of the flagship infrastructure schemes of the earlier BJP-led Maharashtra government.Mumbai Coastal Road Project: SC Stays HC Order, Allows Civic Body to Reclaim Land It has caused the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to miss the deadline it had set for itself.Even though the BMC had released the Expression of Interest (EOI) for the first five packets, the work on the ground, including soil testing as part of the geo-technical survey, cannot commence without the clearances.Due to the changes in the alignment made by the BMC later introduced in the five packets of EOI floated in April, the BMC has to write to the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) to seek approval for the new alignment.The civic body had changed the starting point of the project from Nariman Point named in the original plan to Princess Street flyover, which shortened the total length from 33 km to at least 29 km.After the first application for approvals, the MCZMA had made certain recommendations like including a tram, planting five times the number of mangroves which will be uprooted, among others. In April, the high court had prohibited the civic body from carrying out any further work on the project following which the corporation appealed in the Supreme Court.Representative image of the coast in Mumbai. Mumbai Coastal Road Project: ... is no space in Mumbai and this project was started in 2018 to ease the traffic situation of the city and there is a deadline of the year 2022 for its completion. This road is within Mumbai,” he said.Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, appearing for the petitioners before the High Court, opposed the state government and said that it is a serious matter and the court should fix it for final hearing after the winter vacation.“We have to protect the coastal areas of the country. They have been reclaiming land and pouring concrete into the ocean. Cidco To Sell 1,100 More Houses Through Lottery.