India, April 11 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) took back control of a verdant patch - the Cuffe Parade Residents' Association (CPRA) Greens Garden -- from the association on Thursday, following repeated complaints of alleged misuse of the civic body-owned plot and restrictions on public access.

Located next to Palm Springs on Captain Prakash Pethe Marg in the southern tip of the Mumbai peninsula, the park was handed over to citizens in 1987 for maintenance; however a board put up at the garden on Thursday citing its possession by BMC put an end to the privilege granted to the citizens' body.

Following BMC's move, the association has dashed off a letter to municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide to intervene and set things ...