Coastal roads Not an Solution for Traffic Congestion: Environmentalists
Environment lovers have started reacting to the approval of Coastal Roads in Mumbai, the environmentalist point that coastal roads is not a solution for traffic congestion in the city.
They claim that diversion of traffic through coastal roads will just divert the traffic away from the city, anyhow the traffic will be again rushed towards the city, which will only, in turn, lead to more consumption of fuel for the travellers.
Environmentalist believes that the only major option available for tackling the traffic problem is public transport. If the standard and efficiency of public transport are improved, people will automatically get diverted towards public transport.
For the construction of new roads, bridges, the energy such as electricity used is high and for various projects sand, cement, stones are required and then hills and mountains are broken which will have adverse effects on our biodiversity.
More than 35 countries in the world are worried about the global warming as the ice from the poles is melting day by day, which is leading to a rise in the water level of the water bodies.
If the construction is permitted on the coastal regions by filling the coastal areas, it might lead to serious drought situations in the mere future.
Due to global warming mainly Metropolitan cities like Mumbai and Shanghai are in a state of danger. These are the cities which will be hit badly in future due to global warming.
According to the Environmentalists, In the next thirty years, the sea level will rise high by twenty feet. If this is to happen, then Mumbai will be in a state of danger as the city is surrounded by sea. Public transport is what the civic body should emphasize on, environmentalists suggested. New development methods should be adopted keeping in mind that the developmental projects won’t any further harm the environment.
