BMC Secures Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Clearance for Versova-Bhayander Coastal Road Project | Mumbai News

Mumbai: Almost 10 months after the BMC awarded work orders for the second phase of the Versova-Bhayander coastal road project, the civic body received one of its mandatory permissions—the Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) clearance.
While this marks a key step forward, several other critical approvals are still pending, including those from the Forest Department, Maharashtra Maritime Board, and the high court. The Versova Dahisar Link Road (VDLR) & Dahisar Bhayander Link Road (DBLR) road proposes to link Versova to Bhayander.
A senior BMC official said, “These are complex approvals and it was anticipated that it would take time. Hence there was a clause in the project that six months’ time would be given for obtaining clearances for the project work to commence. Permissions like that from the MMB and the HC we hope to get soon while the MoEF&CC clearance from the forest department may take some time.”
In the case of the proposed VDLR, a 22-km alignment includes roads on land, elevated sections, roads on stilts, a cable-stayed bridge, and a cut-and-cover tunnel beneath a creek. tnn