Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has rejected the plea made by City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco), which is a nodal agency for the Navi Mumbai international airport, to exempt from Forest Conservation Act clearances despite 110 hectare of land occupied by mangroves. Instead, the high court has asked the ministry of environment and forests to expeditiously consider Cidco’s applications for clearance under the Forest Conservation Act for the Navi Mumbai international airport and other projects provided the former had made applications in this regard.
Cidco had pleaded that the clearance under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 was unnecessary and can be dispensed with especially when the government had declared mangroves areas as protected forest area. High court delivered this order on January 18 a day after a high level team led by the additional principal chief forest conservator Lakhwinder Singh visited the project site to check present status of mangroves.
The high court, which is hearing the petition filed by the Bombay Environment Action Group, has convened next hearing on February 21.
21/01/13 Sanjay Jog/Business Standard
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Cidco had pleaded that the clearance under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 was unnecessary and can be dispensed with especially when the government had declared mangroves areas as protected forest area. High court delivered this order on January 18 a day after a high level team led by the additional principal chief forest conservator Lakhwinder Singh visited the project site to check present status of mangroves.
The high court, which is hearing the petition filed by the Bombay Environment Action Group, has convened next hearing on February 21.
21/01/13 Sanjay Jog/Business Standard
