While the BMC administrative officials prepare for the next hearing of the Coastal Road project in the Supreme Court, city corporators have sought to know the status of the project. Corporators demanded a presentation on the project status in the standing committee claiming that they haven't been kept in the loop over it. Work on the Coastal Road (CR) project was halted following the Bombay High Court's directives that highlighted a serious lacuna in the decision-making process over the project and lack of scientific study. The Supreme High Court too had reinforced the HC order. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for August 20.

The proposal of Rs 12,000 crore for the project was approved in the standing committee in September 2018. Another proposal for continuation of 22 temporary postings for the coastal road project was tabled in the standing committee meeting on Wednesday. Corporators across the parties, however, opposed it and demanded to know the current status of theproject first.