India, July 7 -- Although the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) is expanding, the tourism hotspots have largely been the same. In an attempt to introduce a new go-to place in MMR's tourism landscape, the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) recently decided to revive its plan to develop Nhava island.

Nhava island is 2.4 km in length, spreads over 60.8 hectares (ha), and two hills rise to a height of about 150 mt. According to the Coastal Zone Management Plan (2019), 19.77ha of it falls under a 50-mt buffer zone in mangroves. Of the remaining area, 10.17ha is under CRZ-IA, 12.87ha is under CRZ-II, and 4.17ha is under CRZ-IB. The remaining 13.85ha that is free of CRZ restrictions is where all activities, including the Regiona...