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PRESS NOTEINDEPENDENT PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL ON ENVIRONMENTPublic Hearing on Mumbai
Coast Road
Organiser: Human Rights Law Network, Mumbai
Date: Friday, 9 October 2015.
Registration: 9.30 am; Tribunal hearings commence: 10am
Venue: St Paul’s Institute of Communication Education (SPICE)
The 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.
At the Public hearing persons from various backgrounds ranging from the fishing
communities, architects, town planners, governance, environmentalists and
experts will be deposing on the effects of the coast road on the environment,
fishing communities and on the financial viability of the project.
Justice (Retd.) Hosbet Suresh, former Bombay 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, 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, Nikhil Wagle, journalist,
Major General S. C. N. Jattar, President, Nagrik Chetna Manch and Meenakshi
Menon, media and communications expert and founder of Vanashakti NGO, are
Commissioners.
Address: Third Floor, St Paul’s Institute of Communication Education (SPICE),
TPS III, Near Tawa Restaurant, Opp. Duruelo Convent High School, Road Number
24, Bandra (West), Mumbai - 400050Phone:022 2643 5709
The event is open to the public, who 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.
A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT 1.30PM ACROSS THE HALL ON THE 3RD FLOOR
Anne Thomas Panicker,
Human Rights Law Network (HRLN),
First Floor, Jalaram Krupa, Janmabhoomi Marg, Fort, Mumbai - 400001
Tel: +91-22-2282 0109/2282 0192; 98924 61119 Email: mum...@hrln.org
