Coastal road project: Activists file intervention application in SC, seek stay on reclamation work
(WorldNews India)

An intervention application seeking a stay on the ongoing reclamation work for the coastal road project has been filed before the Supreme Court. The work on the project, the application states, was causing irreversible damage to the ecology of the intertidal coastal area and livelihoods of fisherfolk at Worli Koliwada. The court will hear the application on February 25. Activist Shweta Wagh, a petitioner against coastal road project, said the intervention application was filed on behalf of the fishermen seeking vacation of the stay on the Mumbai High Court order granted by the Supreme Court. The application, Wagh said, has been filed on the ground that the reclamation work is being carried...