The Bombay High Court set a petition on Tuesday against the construction of a scaffolding in Colaba in South Mumbai and has issued certain instructions that the facilities built at the scaffolding are only used to offer convenience to passengers and not for other purposes.
The bank of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandep Marne ruled that the project seemed to be a well thought out decision aimed at tackling various safety, safety and other concerns about the existing five outdated scaffolding that are used annually by 30-35 Lakh passengers at the Gateway of India.
The proposal for building the “Passengers Steiger and Terminal facilities” includes setting up a “terminal platform” area of 80 x 80 meters, and offers parking space for 150 cars, a VIP waiting room, a food court, café and ticket -entellers/administrative areas.
This terminal area, with a facade of 250 ft on the sea -best paving, must be built at a height of 4.5 meters from the road level. The proposed construction also includes a tennis racket-shaped scaffolding that extends 570 meters in the sea and 203 meters wide, with 10 entry-level platforms that extend from the outer edge of the jetty. It is also proposed that an open -air fitheater is on the scaffolding. The built -up area above the sea on poles of piles is 25,116 square meters.
The bank clarified that facilities such as the amphitheater and the restaurant/café are only supportive for the project and should only be used to make the passenger to functional. The amphitheater cannot be used for entertainment purposes, and the proposed restaurant/café is limited to supplying water and packaged food products to passengers and offers no eateries.
The bank also noted that no sewage treatment plant is being considered in the project. “The functioning of the facilities should not be harmful to the environment,” the bank said.
The bank further gave the state to ensure that after the construction of the new scaffolding the existing scaffolding near the entrance gate is stopped as prescribed by the Indian Marine.
The bank heard three petitions that challenge the decision of the Maharashtra government to build a scaffolding and terminal near the entrance gate.
Indieners, Clean and Heritage Colaba Residents Association (CHCRA), Laura D’Souza, twee andere inwoners van Colaba en Cuffe Parade, en een derde verzoekschrift ingediend door Shabnam Minwalla en anderen, had zich verzet tegen het project met betrekking tot milieuproblemen, verkeersconstantie en openbare toegang tot de Heritage Site, de Gatch van India.
The petitioners claimed that part of the promenade of the coastal wall of the gateway would be demolished to create access to the terminal and claimed that the approval of the project was granted by the authorities involved without the correct application of the mind.
Maharashtra-Advocaat-General Dr. Birendra Saraf, who appeared for the Maharashtra Maritime Board, opposed the petitions while claiming that the existing scaffolding at the entrance gate were insufficient for the ever -growing passenger needs. He emphasized that the new scaffolding had been planned for more than two decades and would improve the convenience for passengers who would travel every day for work to South Mumbai from adjacent districts such as Raigad.
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