MUMBAI: It has come to light that the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) submitted a deceptive status report in order to secure permissions from state government authorities for construction of a new DP road passing through vast stretches of mangroves, coastal regulation zone (CRZ), and wetlands in Bhayandar.
The irregularity came to the fore after the state government’s urban development department (UDD) in its notification dated July 5 refused to accord sanction for construction of the new 18m-wide DP road at Moti Nagar behind Nazareth Church in Bhayandar (west). The MBMC submitted the modification proposal in accordance with provisions of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966
Right To Information activist Krishna Gupta said, “The MBMC’s move is nothing but an evil ploy to wipe out the eco-sensitive area and promote illegal slums at the cost of the environment.”
