India, July 29 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has withdrawn its decision to convert part of a defunct cycling track opposite Shanmukhananda Hall in Sion into a pay-and-park facility, due to the presence of the Tansa water pipeline underneath the track.

The civic body's hydraulic engineering department, which owns the land, had issued a no-objection certificate (NOC) for the pay-and-park proposal in June. However, the department's Survey Section has now raised objections to the project as it violates a Bombay High Court order regarding encroachments on the land above the underground pipeline, which supplies drinking water to Mumbai, officials said.

As per the court's order, a 10-metre buffer on either side of the ground ...