Recording the submission on Wednesday, a division bench of Justice Vineet Kothari and Justice R Suresh Kumar reiterated that its goal is to make the Marina a beach of international standard, and added that it would achieve it without interfering in the livelihood of fishermen.
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CITYMarina revamp won’t hit fishermen’s livelihood: Madras high court
TNN | Updated: Jan 30, 2020, 7:27 IST
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Loop Road near Light House
CHENNAI: Responding to a not-so-light nudge by the Madras high court, the city corporation has unveiled a six-week timeframe to retrieve the Marina Loop Road from the clutches of encroachers, and to construct a footpath along it.
Recording the submission on Wednesday, a division bench of Justice Vineet Kothari and Justice R Suresh Kumar reiterated that its goal is to make the Marina a beach of international standard, and added that it would achieve it without interfering in the livelihood of fishermen. Noting that the fishermencommunity should cooperate with the high court to achieve the objective, the bench directed that no subordinate court shall entertain any kind of application or suit or petition on matters relating to the Marina beach and the
Loop Road development, which are being monitored by the court.
On its part, the corporation explained the reason for seeking six weeks to commence the Loop Road work. “We would require an outer time limit of six weeks, so that requisite formalities may be completed by the corporation within two weeks and thereafter, in one-week time to forward the report from the state coastal zone management authority to the central environment ministry, and then in next three weeks, necessary approvals would be received from the ministry,” additional advocate general S R Rajagopal said.
On the purchase of smart carts to be distributed to licensed vendors on Marina and fixing fair rent for the carts, Rajagopal sought a week to file a report. As to the relief sought by the PIL-petitioner, Fishermen Care, to increase the allowance provided to families of fishermen during the fishing ban period, Madanagopal Rao, senior standing counsel for the central government, sought more time to get instructions from the authorities concerned.
Recording the same, the bench said, “If any petition is directly filed in this court, the registry is directed to attach such petitions with relation to aforesaid matters, with the present pleas and with the approval of the Chief Justice, those matters may also be placed before this bench.” The court posted the pleas to February 4.
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