MUMBAI: The Pedder Road flyover has got environmental clearance from the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), thus crossing perhaps the final hurdle on its way. Keeping in view residents' opposition to the project—proposed 15 years ago— on the grounds that it will increase air and noise pollution, the MoEF has asked the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), which will build the Rs 200-crore flyover, to install noise barriers along its alignment during construction.
In anticipation of massive traffic congestion at Haji Ali after the Bandra-Worli Sea Link was opened in 2009, the flyover proposal was strongly taken up with the Centre. The 4.2-km bridge is proposed between Lala Lajpatrai College on Annie Besant Road near Haji Ali and Wilson College on Marine Drive.
Hundreds of Pedder Road residents, including singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle, had opposed the flyover, though people living in the suburbs have always been in its favour. Veena Singhal of the Pedder Road Residents' Association said, "I cannot believe the project has been cleared because according to my knowledge it cannot get clearance. We will continue to oppose it and work with the central and state governments to come up with a better alternative. A flyover cannot solve the problem of heavy traffic here."
In its clearance to the project, the MoEF has written, "Though the public hearing on the project (conducted about 18 months ago) was disrupted and ended abruptly, the major issues raised by citizens included noise and air pollution. Hence, the state was asked to submit an action plan and follow it to avoid pollution during the flyover's construction and after it."
The MoEF order goes on to say, "Thick vegetation cover, wherever required, will be used for the attenuation of noise. Stationary construction equipment will be placed away from habitation. Construction contract specifications should mention use of less noise generating equipment.
"High noise generating construction activities like drilling and compacting should be carried out only during day time in residential areas. Asphalt and hot-mix plants should not be used at site. Dust should be controlled by sprinkling water on the ground. Big solar-powered air purifiers should be mounted on streetlight poles. The construction as well as excavated material should be disposed off during the night, when traffic will be less."
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