Mumbai: Bombay High Court Led by Head Judge Didankar Datta, Tuesday continues one November 1 living in activities to prepare proposed cycling, jogging track on the Powai lake next to IIT-B in Mumbai until January 31, two PhD students from the Institute of India Technology (IIT) Has filed litigation of public interest (pill) to ensure no damage caused by lakes because of reclamation for the cycle song they claim to violate the rules of Wetland.
Their advice Pradeep Rajgopal was briefly delivered that it was “a very serious problem and playing around with Lake Powai wetlands.” He said, “This is a brave action.” The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Joel Carlos’s advice tried more time to apply for his affidavit.
Similarly, the additional government of the Maharashtra Defenders of Abhay Patki and the center.
They must submit their answers and their answer applicants before the next trial.
The holiday bench of Judge SJ Kathawalla and SP Tavade in the framework of November 1 has noted that he challenges the actions of BMC and the State Start construction for cycles and jogging tracks around Lake Powai.
Encourages Rajmani Varma appears later for the applicant has submitted, “Lake Powai is located in Powai has a broad spread of 210 hectares per Institute of Fisheries Education Center and has a catchment area of ​​6.61 sq.
Km.” He said in 2011 as part of the project at the National Wetland Inventory Assessment (NWIA), the National Wetlands Atlas was prepared by the Space Center application, Indian Space Research Organization, and the same sponsored by the Ministry of Environment and Forest, the Indian government.
“This was conveyed that Lake Powai was so told as a wet land on the National Wetland Atlas map,” said the November order.
He also said that the Maharashtra government through the Urban Development Department in consultation with the Director, the City Planning Department, under the provisions of Maharashtra Regional Planning & City Act, 1966, was notified of the DC regulation for Greater Mumbai, 2034 (DCR) part VII DCR provided the use of the classification and Allowed to use.
Under DCR 34 specifically made for Powai and Vihar Lake to prevent soil erosion and siltation in this lake.
This gives “exclusive green belt 100m” around these two lakes “where no construction will be permitted.” But DCR also said “If in 100 m from the periphery of Vihar and Powai Lake there is a Municipal / Public Road, the green belt buffer outside the city / public road cannot insist.” The Petitioner’s advice had in November argued that the work of installing the cycle path violated the DCR clause and that students had applied for information (RTI) requests but had not received a reply Kathawalla and the tavade have observed that “serious and involving public interest.”