The Bombay High Court Tuesday directed the BMC to respond to an experts' body report stating that it had not conducted adequate surveys to study the impact of the proposed coastal road project on the fisherfolk in the city and on the marine life along the coast.

A bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice NM Jamdar directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to file its reply by April 23 this year.