India eased restrictions on construction along the Mumbai coastline, opening the way for the redevelopment of neglected buildings and neighborhoods.
The Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2011, published yesterday on the Environment Ministry’s website, replaces a law introduced 20 years ago to manage coastal construction. The new rules include special provisions for Greater Mumbai to allow for work on buildings previously in “no development” zones.
“With this relaxation a lot of projects for dilapidated buildings along the coast and slum redevelopment in Mumbai will take off,” Sunil Mantri, chairman of the Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry, said today by telephone.
Among the new measures, the “no development” zone has been reduced so that houses for fishing communities can be built 100 meters (330 feet) from the high-tide line, compared with the previous 200-meter stipulation.
The law also includes provisions to protect a chain of coastal lagoons known as the backwaters in the southern state of Kerala, and environmentally sensitive areas of Goa.
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