Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has taken political credit for the project claiming that the coastal road had been given all the necessary permissions after the Narendra Modi government took over from the UPA government. File photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/MintMumbai: In a big boost to Mumbai’s infrastructure overhaul, the Union government on Thursday gave the final environmental clearance to the coastal road project, clearing the way for the tendering process. Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announced this on Thursday saying the coastal road project would ease traffic along Mumbai’s western express highway. The 29.20 km long coastal road will run from Nariman Point in South Mumbai to Kandivli on the western end and is estimated to cost Rs15,000 crore. “The Modi government has given all permissions just in three years while the Congress-NCP government only kept talking about the project, Fadnavis tweeted.

Source: Mint May 11, 2017 18:45 UTC