India, May 22 -- Two of the city's poshest neighbourhoods are battling it out over exits to the Mumbai Coastal Road. For at least a year, Breach Candy residents have been demanding an additional exit at nearby Nepean Sea Road, to share the traffic spillage into their locality. Now, the Nepean Sea Road camp is no longer speaking in one voice.

A section of residents from Nepean Sea Road and Malabar Hill appear to have switched sides. On May 4, residents of 120 housing societies from the wider Breach Candy, Kemps Corner, Nepean Sea Road and Malabar Hill areas participated in a signature campaign, urging chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to approve the additional exit.

Leading the initiative is the Breach Candy Residents' Forum (BCRF), which...