Citing technical difficulties and affect on the challenge, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has refused to simply accept solutions of shifting open areas in direction of the seaside alongside the coastal highway to make it ‘citizen friendly’.
In a written reply to architects and concrete designers this week, the BMC’s Coastal Road division stated that greater than 50 per cent of the challenge’s bodily progress has been achieved in response to the current alignment and contemplating different challenges like amendments within the Coastal Regulations Zone (CRZ) clearance, the solutions can’t be thought-about.
“Any modifications in alignment at this stage will have serious impacts on the project in terms of redoing design works, loss of executed works on major structures, change in work logistics, seeking fresh NOCS from various departments and cost, time & legal implications on this project,” the letter added.
The BMC is establishing a ten.58-km lengthy coastal highway from Princess Street at Marine Lines to Worli finish Bandra-Worli Sea Link Road. For the challenge, the civic physique is reclaiming 111-hectares from the ocean. Of these reclaimed land 70 hectares are to be developed as open house.
On March 7, a bunch of 70 city-based architects and concrete designers had written a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in addition to the BMC suggesting that each one the open areas created throughout the challenge ought to be moved in direction of the seaside.
The architects had additionally supplied to assist the company in making modifications.
The group are planning to answer to BMC’s letter.
