Mumbai: As far as March 2020, the Maharashtra Maritime Board has written to the Public Works Department to stop building an anti-erosion wall along the versova coast because there are no permits sought or given.
Anti-erosion wall requests made by residents around 2015.
Versova Mla Bharati Lavekar said residents complained erosion and asked for anti-erosion walls.
About general work requirements must have improved and fortify the retaining walls along the coast instead of building another wall, which will divide the coast in the middle.
Although the demand for anti-erosion walls comes from regional occupants, for government institutions to ensure the best environmentally friendly methods to be implemented contains erosion.
“I was just chosen and this was one of the first problems it was brought to me.
I have taken it with the government.
There are surveys carried out by the government and it is found that anti-erosion walls are needed.
After that, I followed up with the state government and funding center.
Minister Union Nitin Gadkari agreed to give a large portion of the funds through the center and then the head of the Devendra Fadnavis’s head agreed to provide the rest, “Lavekar said.
Lavekar said as the elected representative he had taken people’s problems, regulating funds for the same thing.
“It was for the Department of Public Works, Department of Environment and Maharashtra Maritime Council to work together and ensure all permissions were in place before starting work.
Complaints have come now when work approaches the settlement.
Therefore, I request a meeting where all stakeholders are present and problems Sorted, “he said.
Shiv Sena MP from Mumbai northwest Kirticar’s shock also claimed that he had followed up on this problem for the anti-erosion wall for five years because the beach was increasingly eroded.
“This project was approved by the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority and was in the advanced stage.
There are complaints that the population cannot run due to the avoidance and suburban of the Minister Guardian Aditya Thackeray has remained temporary.
My opinion that the anti-erosion wall must be built and the population must be able to Walk on the beach without obstacles, “he said in his letter to the Public Works Department.
Kyricsar will now take a walk on the beach on August 25 with the authorities and locals to understand this problem.
A letter from MMB to PWD stated that they had received complaints from Zoru Bhathena activists about the work carried out without following environmental norms.
“For every work along the coast, the NOC of MMB is mandatory.
The work on the anti-erosion wall has been carried out without getting NOC and must be stopped immediately,” said the letter.