India, Oct. 15 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday lifted a stay order imposed a decade ago and allowed the Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation (KIDC) to invite fresh bids for the construction of the long-stalled Kalu Dam project in Thane district. The dam, proposed for Murbad, is expected to provide an additional 406.55 million cubic metres of water to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

A division bench of justices Manish Pitale and Shreeram Shirsath passed the order on a plea filed by the KIDC, through advocate Priyanka Chavan. The interim stay order, imposed in December 2016, had restrained KIDC from awarding contracts for the dam's construction.

The project, approved in 2009, has been held up due to prolonged legal battle...