City activists, who have been opposing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's Rs 14,000 crore coastal road project, have alleged that civic authorities are carrying out work despite a court order restraining them from doing so until April 23.

Hearing two separate petitions - one against the cutting of trees at Tata Garden, Bhulabhai Desai Road, and the other about the lack of environmental clearance for the project - the Bombay High Court ordered the civic body "to not venture further into the coastal road with reclamation work". The petitions were filed by NGOs and activists, who think that the project will have an adverse impact on the environment and marine life.