THE BOMBAY High Court on Tuesday asked the Civil Aviation Secretary to act as its special officer and conduct an independent study by looking into the grievances raised in the public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the construction of overground Metro 2B corridor (DN Nagar to Mankhurd), passing through Swami Vivekanand (SV) Road in the vicinity of Juhu airport in Mumbai.
The court, however, permitted the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to continue with preparatory work such as soil testing through geotechnical investigation and utility identification at the site and sought the report from the Aviation Secretary in six weeks.
It clarified that apart from such preparatory work, no other work may be carried out without prior leave of the High Court at the site.
