While the BJP and Shiv Sena are at loggerheads once again over a 'ground breaking' issue surrounding the coastal road project, the BMC has quietly started constructing the road.
Civic commissioner Ajoy Mehta visited the site on Tuesday and green-lit the construction of the ambitious Rs 12,000-crore project. The opposition has welcomed BMC's move, saying there is no need for a ground breaking ceremony anymore, but BJP and Sena corporators are still fighting to take credit for the project.

BMC sources said the go-ahead was given keeping in mind the delay the project has already suffered. The work orders for the road were issued about two months ago, and any further delay would have led to contractors being slapped with penalties under the conditions of the tender. While Mehta was not available for comment, an official associated with the project said only planning work has been started. But the work is far ahead from that stage. BMC has begun constructing one of the most important portions of the road — the jetties near Amarsons garden at Breach Candy and Worli Sea Face. Moreover, the contractor has also begun the boring work at Haji Ali. The jetties will be used for mobilising resources that will arrive via sea. If sources are to be believed, this mobilisation has begun too.