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PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT TOO INDEPENDENT PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL ON ENVIRONMENTPublic
Hearing on Mumbai Coast RoadHuman Rights Law Network, MumbaiFriday, 9 October
2015.Registration 9.30 am; Tribunal hearings commence 10amSt Paul’s Institute
of Communication Education (SPICE), Bandra WestThe Independent People's
Tribunal on Environment aims to conduct fair and credible investigations
focusing on issues concerning human rights and environmental justice and give
voice to the struggles of grassroots organizations and affected communities.
We are setting up a Public Hearing to deliberate the feasibility of the
proposed highway on the Rs 12,000 crore, 35-km long Coast Road on the western
sea front of Mumbai that will connect Kandivali to Nariman Point on Friday
October 9, from 10 AM to 6 PM.
Not only will it affect the environment but also the fishing communities whose
livelihoods depend on the riches of the coast. At the Public hearing we will
call in persons from various backgrounds ranging from the fishing communities,
architects, town planners, governance and environmentalists.
Hosbet Suresh, former High Court judge; D.M. Sukthankar and Jamsheed Kanga
(former Municipal Commissioners); D.T. Joseph (former Urban Development
Secretary); B.C. Khatua, Director of the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit
(MTSU, a parastatal body); Gerson da Cunha of Action for Governance &
Networking in India (AGNI); Shirish Patel, civil engineer and one of the three
proponents of Navi Mumbai; Shabana Azmi, actor and activist; Prof V.
Subramanyan, former IIT-Mumbai geologist; Sunil Shanbag, theatre director;
Rambhau Patil, President, Maharashtra Machhimar Kruti Samiti; Dr Rakesh Kumar,
Chief Scientist, in charge of National Environmental Engineering Research
Institute (NEERI) in Mumbai; Ajit Ranade, economist, and Nikhil Wagle,
journalist, have agreed to be Commissioners.
In 2001, the Human Rights Law Network conducted an enquiry into the Bandra
Worli Sea Link The venue will be the third floor auditorium of St Paul’s
Institute of Communication Education (SPICE), up the Tawa restaurant lane
northwards off Turner Road in Bandra West.
Address: St Pauls Media Complex, TPS III, Near Tawa Restaurant, Opp. Duruelo
Convent High School, Road Number 24, Bandra West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400050
Phone:022 2643 5709
The event is open to the public, which can also send written submissions to the
Commissioners during the day’s proceedings.
We look forward to full coverage by the print and electronic media.
Human Rights Law Network: Name and number Darryl D'Monte Chairperson,
President, Bandra West Residents Assocaitin (BWRA)
