Row as tetrapods are dumped by Bandra Bandstand without study

MUMBAI: Questions are being raised after concrete tetrapods, leftover from the coastal road-building at Haji Ali, were dumped into the sea along the Bandra Bandstand promenade without waiting for a report on the erosion of the coast from the Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Khadakvasla.

In fact, the Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) issued permission to shift the tetrapods two days before a planned site visit of the CWPRS. The site visit came on March 5, two days after the Mumbai Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) had given MMB the go-ahead.

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It is intriguing that the state maritime board neither waited for a report from the Central Water and Power Research Station nor conducted a deep-sea study before dumping the tetrapods at Bandra Bandstand. Government engineers appear to have only two solutions for all ills — concrete and construction. They need to work with nature to create a liveable environment. [Readmore]