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But the bridge is to get the mandatory Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) clearance from Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF).In fact, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC)’s application for CRZ clearance is still pending with the MoEF. But the civic body seems to have gone ahead with construction of bridge sans the CRZ clearance and opened it for public on October 2.SMC commissioner M Thennaresan told TOI, “We have a conditional CRZ clearance from the MoEF (for the cable-stayed bridge). Ahmedabad/Surat: The much-awaited cable-stayed bridge over Tapi River was inaugurated with a huge fanfare by chief minister Vijay Rupani last month. The construction of Rs 143 crore cable-stayed bridge had started in 2010 and it took eight years for completion. It was delayed due to the collapse of curved portion of the flyover connecting cable-stayed bridge at Athwalines, which had killed 10 construction labourers on June 10, 2014.After the collapse of the flyover bridge, the construction activity of the cable-stayed bridge was suspended and it began only by the mid-2016..