The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) has cleared a project to erect 47 transmission towers over a 14.5-km stretch between Airoli in Thane district and Vikhroli in the Mumbai suburbs.
The project, which is expected to augment Mumbai’s electricity supply, was handed over to the Adani Transmission last year. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray asked Adani Energy to speed up work on it when a major electricity failure had hit Mumbai in October last year.
The MCZMA, which cleared the project earlier this month, said 679 mangrove trees would have to be removed for laying the approach path and tower foundation for the project. Another 6,874 mangrove trees would be affected due to a stringing operation. The MCZMA has now asked the project proponent to plant six times the number of mangroves destroyed.
