India, May 25 -- The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) has given Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance for the construction of new staff quarters for sanitation workers in Fort by demolishing the existing quarters, subject to statutory approvals and compliance conditions, officials familiar with the matter told Hindustan Times.

The project site falls in the CRZ-II area, on the landward side of an existing road, and it does not involve any change in land use, the MCZMA said on May 11 while approving the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's proposal to redevelop municipal staff quarter building number three at Cochin Street and Kalikat Street in Fort.

"Under the project, 54 residential units measuring 238 square feet...