‘Threat to livelihood’: Worli fishing community writes to CM, seeks design change in coastal road project

Fearing that work on the coastal road will permanently impact the routes of their boats, people from the fishing community from Worli Koliwada wrote to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray demanding a design change to increase the gap between two pillars of the bridge proposed under the project.

The letter, submitted on Monday, pointed out that despite the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) promising that their project won’t hamper the community’s livelihood, the ongoing work has obstructed their boat routes and fishing area at Worli.

The BMC is constructing a 10.58-km coastal road from Princess Street Flyover in Marine Drive to Worli end of flyover on the west coast of the city.