Jairam Ramesh Says New CRZ Notification Will Save Mumbai

Mr. Ramesh who came to Mumbai to announce the provisions for the city, said that after a gap of 20 years, when the first CRZ notification was announced, special status was given to Mumbai, Goa, and Kerala, and for certain critically vulnerable coastal areas like the Sunderbans, Gulf of Mannar among other areas. He said India's 7,500 km coastline cannot have one law and “we must look at the special needs of Mumbai." Read the full report here.

Source: Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Mumbai.