India, Feb. 19 -- The much-delayed Palm Beach Road extension project from Ghansoli to Airoli has finally begun after the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) secured all environmental permissions for construction in an area where mangroves exist.

CIDCO's construction of the 21.12-km long road from Belapur to Airoli sector 10A to connect to Mulund-Thane-Mumbai had run into bottlenecks after completion of a 19.20-km stretch from Belapur to Ghansoli, as the remaining 2 km of work fell in the mangrove zone.

While a 2-km road was initially planned in the area, the plan now is to extend it to the Airoli-Mulund creek bridge, making it a 3.47-km road.

Since the road will cross the mangrove area, the project was stuck for years. NMMC then p...