A division bench of Justice Nitin Jamdar and Sharmila Deshmukh was hearing an amended petition filed by Godrej challenging the compensation of Rs 264 crore awarded by the Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition) for its land contending that the acquisition proceedings lapsed since the last hearing in 2020. The compensation was awarded on September 15, 2022.
The concerned authorities have acquired over 90% of the land required for the project. Other than this, 162 km of piling work, and 79.2 km of pier work have been completed.
Even after 25 days, CM Eknath Shinde has yet to expand his cabinet in the wake of a mad rush for ministerial berths and also because of ongoing legal and legislative battle, he has decided to personally keep an eye on the development of a slew of infrastructure projects of over Rs 10 lakh crore being proposed in Mumbai Metropolitan Region and rest of Maharashtra.