The Bombay High Court (HC) has allowed the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) to cut mangroves spread over an area of 0.6266 hectare for the construction of a bypass bridge which will connect Uran and Panvel.
The court has asked the concerned CIDCO officers to provide an undertaking, within a week, of strictly complying with conditions laid down in permissions granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for the same.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni, on Wednesday, passed an order with regard to the CIDCO’s plea.
In its plea, the body had stated that it is undertaking the construction of an 11-metre-wide bypass bridge, starting from Hotel Anandi to Uran city in Dronagiri, Navi Mumbai.
