Bombay HC allows felling of mangrove trees for construction of bridge, asks CIDCO to comply with MoEF conditions
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.
