Defence objections delay heliport at Nariman Point

Mumbai: Stuck in the permission glitch of various ministries of the central government, the heliports planned by the state government at Nariman Point and Nerul may not be able to meet their deadlines.
The state government has sent a reminder letter to the Centre requesting it to speed up the procedure for granting permission.
The defence ministry has raised strong objections to the heliport at Nariman Point, which is proposed to be constructed on a jetty and on the lines of the one in Manhattan, New York.
After a high-power committee finalised its decision for the heliports at Nariman Point and Nerul in March, the letters from the state government were sent to the various departments of the central government. Though the state government could have procured the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) permission, there was no response from the ministry of environment and forest.
The state government has set a certain time-frame for the project as it does for all other infrastructure projects. It wanted to complete all administrative procedures for the project by December and throw the heliports operational in two years after that.
18/09/10 Surendra Gangan/Daily News & Analysis

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