Bombay HC allows 220 KV transmission line, permits Tata Power to displace 477 mangrove trees
The Bombay High Court recently cleared the way for the 220 KV transmission line project between Kalwa (Thane) and Salsette, which is an upgradation of the old 110 KV transmission line in Mumbai passing through a mangrove and its buffer zone, in view of “public interest”.
The court also directed authorities to permit the Tata Power Company Ltd, which supplies electricity to consumers in the island city, to execute the project as per permissions under environmental laws.
However, the approval will be subject to the company complying with the conditions imposed in clearances or permissions granted by the authorities and giving an undertaking of compensatory plantation of as many as 5,000 mangrove saplings against the displacement of 477 mangrove trees due to the proposed project.
