MUMBAI, April 29 -- The Clean and Heritage Colaba Residents' Association (CHCRA), representing 400 residents, filed a writ petition in the Bombay high court on Monday against the Mumbai Maritime Board (MMB), the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA), the BMC's Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC), the traffic police and the contractor constructing the proposed 'passenger jetty and terminal facilities' in the sea. The project, 280 metres from the Gateway of India, is near the Radio Club end of the Colaba seafront. The residents have objected to the scale of the proposed project, calling it excessive, and have specifically contested the MCZMA's approval of March 2, 2023, which treated the project as a 'standalone jetty'. The petition states that the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification permits only consideration of 'standalone jetties'-a category that this large multi-functional structure does not fall under. The petition also contests the heritage NOC of February 7, 2025, granted by the municipal architect despite the project site lying within the buffer/vista zone of the Gateway of India, a Grade I listed heritage monument, and the Fort precinct. CHRCA has thus sought a review of the decision to build the jetty and terminal from the P J Ramchandani Marg footpath area into the sea. It alsourged the court to restrain MMB from demolishing the promenade wall, and proceeding with construction. CHCRA's advocate Prerak Choudhary told HT, "Despite giving us assurances, they proceeded with the project and left us with no option but to move court."...