New rules a hurdle in BPCL’s plans

The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has requested the state’s coastal authority to alter the management plans for Mumbai’s east coast to allow more projects.

At least 40% of BPCL’s current work is restricted owing to the change in norms.

During the last meeting of the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA), BPCL requested MCZMA to consider revising the coastal zone management plan (CZMP) to facilitate current, and implement future projects to ‘meet environment and business requirements’.

BPCL pointed out that the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms were revised from 1991 to 2011, which led to the problem.