However, residents objected to it and a meeting was held at BMC’s H West ward office on April 5, 2023, to hear them out. Despite this, the tender was not scrapped, even though the civic body had bowed to similar public demands in the case of a parking lot under Juhu’s Pushpa Narsee Park. Andheri MLA Amit Satam backed the citizen demand for Pushpa Narsee Park, whereas Bandra MLA Ashish Shelar has not met with Khar residents.

The crux of the opposition by citizens is that the parking lot will compromise an open space. “The corporation works for the citizens of Mumbai,” said Zoru Bathena, an activist and litigant. “We have already shown that there is ample space for parking in the vicinity that can be improved by planning. Why don’t they just scrap the tender like with Pushpa Narsee Park?” 

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Two architects—Samarth Das and Alan Abraham—are co-petitioners who sought that BMC permanently restrain itself from constructing a parking lot or a project similar in nature at the park. They argue that the civic body’s decision was arbitrary as no alternatives had been considered and it could lead to the loss of a natural sponge that protects surrounding flood-prone regions up to SV Road and prevents large-scale urban flooding.

Rs 75 cr
Estimated cost of parking facility as per BMC tender