Shivaji Memorial update
The Chhatrapati Shivaji memorial in the Arabian Sea will be one of the first eggs of the new government to get environmental clearance from the Centre, indicating the BJP's resolve to appropriate Shivaji's legacy in Maharashtra. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, after a long meeting with Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar, said the memorial will get environmental clearance within a week. Jayanthi Natarajan, the Union environment minister in the erstwhile UPA government, had granted in-principle clearance for the project.
Both Fadnavis and Javadekar have promised that projects would not lag for want of clearances. The CM said clearances for the Ambedkar memorial at Indu Mill from the Union environment ministry and the textiles ministry would be expedited as also clearances for the second and third phases of Chaitya Bhoomi development at Dadar.
A presentation on various pending projects was held at the Sah yadri state guest house on Thursday . Javadekar said that a fortnight from now, the hurdles faced by the projects would be discussed and decisions taken at a meeting in Delhi. In June, on his first visit to Mumbai after assuming office, Javadekar had given a similar assurance to fast-track projects stuck at the environment ministry .
Fadnavis said a timebound road map would be prepared for all the projects. "Unlike the previous governments, the governments at the Centre and the state will be proactive." On the coastal road project, the CM said, "There will be no compromising on environmental norms," he said.
Other projects include the redevelopment of koliwadas in CRZ III, redevelopment of slums on CRZ land, Metro carshed at Charkop and the conversion of 87,000 hectares of shrub land in Vidarbha, classified as forests, to revenue land.
Both Fadnavis and Javadekar have promised that projects would not lag for want of clearances. The CM said clearances for the Ambedkar memorial at Indu Mill from the Union environment ministry and the textiles ministry would be expedited as also clearances for the second and third phases of Chaitya Bhoomi development at Dadar.
A presentation on various pending projects was held at the Sah yadri state guest house on Thursday . Javadekar said that a fortnight from now, the hurdles faced by the projects would be discussed and decisions taken at a meeting in Delhi. In June, on his first visit to Mumbai after assuming office, Javadekar had given a similar assurance to fast-track projects stuck at the environment ministry .
Fadnavis said a timebound road map would be prepared for all the projects. "Unlike the previous governments, the governments at the Centre and the state will be proactive." On the coastal road project, the CM said, "There will be no compromising on environmental norms," he said.
Other projects include the redevelopment of koliwadas in CRZ III, redevelopment of slums on CRZ land, Metro carshed at Charkop and the conversion of 87,000 hectares of shrub land in Vidarbha, classified as forests, to revenue land.
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