Musi Riverfront Development Project gets Environmental Clearance

The Musi Riverfront Development, the flagship project of the Telangana government portrayed as a paradigm changer in terms of city’s development, gained a major step forward by way of Environmental Clearance.Phase-1 of the project has been granted prior Environmental Clearance on August 5 by the Telangana State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), under the category of Area Development Project.Phase-1 comprises two components — Phase-1A, covering a 9.2-kilometre stretch from Himayatsagar to Bapu Ghat and Phase-1B, covering a 11.3 kilometre stretch from Osmansagar to Bapu Ghat.The Musi Riverfront Development Corporation has submitted the project proposals including plans for river training works, flood protection measures, sewerage and pollution abatement infrastructure, riverba