Coastal Regulation Zone

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To Weather Climate Change, Mumbai Must Embrace Its Wetness

Sukanya Charuchandra 24/10/2020

Whatever Mumbai does to deal better with the effects...

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In Election Year, Maharashtra Has a Water Shortage and a Solutions Shortage

Amit Ranjan 25/09/2019

A strong test of the chief minister's claims about...

A simple reclassification can multiply the development potential of land, such as is visible along Mumbai's shoreline. Credit: sarangib/pixabay

Circumventing the CRZ: Unlocking Mumbai’s Coastal Real Estate

Shweta Wagh and Hussain Indorewala 20/03/2018

Every amendment made to the CRZ without public debate...

The coast in Mumbai. Credit: Siddhartha Kar/Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0

There Is Still No Real Coastal ‘Planning’ in India

Meenakshi Kapoor 08/08/2017

While multiple parallel plans are in place, there is...

An artist's illustration of the Enayam port, once ready. Source: YouTube

How POSCO Steel and Enayam Port Both Enshrine Development by Destruction

M.G. Devasahayam 16/04/2017

What really is the mandate of the environment ministry?...

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A Bonanza for Builders in Mumbai, Thanks to a Change in Coastal Regulations

Darryl D'Monte 31/08/2016

In one stroke, certain stretches of Mumbai’s seafront have...