Archive · 20 Jul 2025
BMC to Acquire Land for Mangrove Nurseries for Coastal Road Project
The city of Mumbai is building a new road that will require cutting down some mangrove trees.
To make up for this, the city will get a 15-acre plot of land to grow new mangrove trees.
Mangrove trees are important because they protect the city from floods and erosion.
The city will lease the land from a private owner and grow many new mangrove trees there.
The government has approved the project, and the city will work with experts to plant and transplant trees.
BMC to acquire a 15-acre plot in Borivali for mangrove nurseries.
The move compensates for the loss of green cover due to the coastal road project.
9,000 mangrove trees will be cut for the coastal road project.
The land will be leased from a private owner for 5-10 years.
The government has given in-principle clearance for the project.
- Who
- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
- What
- BMC to acquire land for mangrove nurseries to compensate for the loss of mangrove trees due to coastal road project.
- When
- The agreement will be finalized in the next month.
- Where
- Borivali's Eksar, Mumbai
- Why
- To compensate for the loss of green cover due to the coastal road project and to protect the shoreline.
Those Concerned about Environmental Impact
Those Supporting Infrastructure Development
Environmental Impact vs. Development
Those Concerned about Environmental Impact
Focus on the immediate destruction of mangroves for construction.
Those Supporting Infrastructure Development
Focus on the long-term benefits of infrastructure development and ecological compensation.
- Land Area
- 15 acres
- Location
- Borivali's Eksar
- Project
- Coastal Road
- Trees to be cut
- 9,000
- Land Lease Duration
- 5-10 years
- Cost of coastal road
- Rs 25,000 crore