Tirupati Balaji temple plot hits flood-prone hazard line snag, claim Greens
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Tirupati Balaji temple plot hits flood-prone hazard line snag, claim Greens

Hindustan Times  

The proposed replica of Tirupati Venkateswara Swamy temple at Ulwe in Navi Mumbai has got into another environmental tangle with the coastal zone management plan highlighting that coastal flood hazard line runs through the 10-acre plot allotted for the project, green groups claim. Tirupati Balaji temple plot hits flood-prone hazard line snag, claim Greens NatConnect Foundation director B N Kumar has already moved the National Green Tribunal challenging allotment of the plot taken from a temporary casting yard built for the Mumbai Trans Harbour Line. The fresh evidence of the hazard line cutting into the plot came to notice on Thursday during an inspection at the site as per instructions from the High Court-mandated Mangrove Protection and Conservation Committee following a separate complaint from Kumar on CRZ violations. The layout as seen on the CZMP clearly showed a blue line across the plot area and the CIDCO official confirmed it is the hazard line, the activist said.

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Amendment in CRZ notification facilitates progress for Tirupati Temple construction
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Amendment in CRZ notification facilitates progress for Tirupati Temple construction

Hindustan Times  

Navi Mumbai: An amendment to the Coastal Regulation Zone notification in 2019 has played a crucial role in proceeding the construction of the Balaji temple of the Tirupati Temple in Navi Mumbai. HT Image Principal Secretary of the state environment department, who also heads the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority, explained that under the new rules, projects within 50 meters …

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