Mumbai: In a major boost for the proposed Navi Mumbai airport, the Bombay high court on Tuesday gave its go-ahead to Cidco's request to be able to clear mangroves for the greenfield project.
Hearing an application filed by Cidco, a division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M S Sanklecha approved the agency's plans to also create mangrove plots in another area in lieu of the mangroves that will be destroyed for the airport.
With the HC nod in place, Cidco has managed to obtain the last of the environmental clearances for the project. Environmentalists, however, plan to challenge the approvals before the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal.
30/10/13 Shibu Thomas/Times of India
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Hearing an application filed by Cidco, a division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M S Sanklecha approved the agency's plans to also create mangrove plots in another area in lieu of the mangroves that will be destroyed for the airport.
With the HC nod in place, Cidco has managed to obtain the last of the environmental clearances for the project. Environmentalists, however, plan to challenge the approvals before the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal.
30/10/13 Shibu Thomas/Times of India
