Mumbai: Construction restrictions in the 10km buffer zone from the boundary of Flamingo Thore Creek asylum which is sensitive to ECO tend to affect real estate projects in most larger Mumbai.
Circular recently issued by the BMC development plan department (DP) has sent shock waves in the construction industry.
Circular, a copy provided for Toi, said that it would now be mandatory for builders in this zone to take previous construction permits from the National Wildlife Council.
Environmental lovers say the buffer zone should not be seen as ‘anti-development’.
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The buffer zone around the Thane bird sanctuary is very important but expanding it to 10km can affect hundreds of construction projects in Mumbai.
The Thane Department only had to ensure that no green cover was destroyed around the sanctuary.
Extending the buffer zone to areas such as omelet and Kurla does not make sense.
At 15 wards in Mumbai covered in a 10km buffer zone, according to BMC circular.
Suburban suburbs include areas such as Kurla (L), Chembur (M East and M West), Bhandup, Mulund (T), Ghatkopar-East (N), Kandivli, Borivli, Dahisar, Andher-East and Bandra-East.
The city island area including Dadar (G North), Matunga (North F) and Parel (F South).
Vinod Chitore, who heads the BMC DP department, said the builder whose project fell below the buffer zone would first have to get permission from the Ministry of Forestry before their plan was approved by his department.
Bird Sanctuary Restrictions Shock Builders, satisfying Greensbilders and environmental lovers seem to have the opposite point of view of construction restrictions in the buffer zone of 10 km from the limit of Sanctuary Flamingo Thore Creek.
Builder Deepak Goradia, President of Credai-Mchi, said that as of December 2018 the Supreme Court’s command, a 10km buffer must apply to all forest asylum where the country has not decided on environmental sensitive limits.
He said the country was given the freedom to complete and revise the buffer zone.
“Last March, the Maharashtra government resolved the ecosensif boundaries to 3.89km and sent a proposal file to Delhi.
The Ministry of Environment Union called on objections and suggestions and a 60-day period gets more than June.
We are waiting for the final notice from the center,” said Goradia .
Vinod Chitore, who heads the DP BMC Department, said, “We heard that the Ministry of Environment The Union is expected to reduce the buffer zone, but so far no one has noted and circular this will take effect until then.” BMC circularly referred to a letter from the Deputy Conservator.
Forest, Division Thane, stated that previously needed permits needed for all development / construction works that fell in the buffer zone of 10km.
The leading Mumbai developer said, “The conditions needed from the 2018 Supreme Court command have fulfilled and the distance limits have been published.
Sudden BMC circular will have a big negative impact on more than three lakh migrant workers who have just returned to Mumbai and on projects worth more than Rs 5 Lakh Crore.
The authorities must resolve this problem because sudden shocks have a big negative impact on investors and buyer’s sentiments.
“The neighborhood D Stalin said,” It only means that construction involving the vandal damage of nature will face obstacles.
But even they will be cleaned for cases using the right mitigation measures.
Right, now all builders have a free way without protection or mitigation in place.
The ecological area in the buffer will receive protection.
Construction is not prohibited, arranged.
“” The ministry has invited objections and suggestions with the notification concept and this has been forwarded to us.
We will now add our statement to objections / suggestions and place it before the Moefcc expert assessment committee for the final decision.
The meeting is scheduled for the second week of August, “said Virendra Tiwari from Mangrove Conservation Cells.
Final Notification Declares 16.9 Km Square as a Flamingo Protection Sproverred in 2018.
This is one of the mitigation steps for the Trans-Harbor Mumbai link.