India, July 20 -- A residents' group has urged the BMC to repossess a portion of K C Marg in Bandra Reclamation-allegedly illegally occupied by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC)-before it completes ongoing sewerage and cement concrete road works. The residents say that failing to do so could permanently compromise the road's planned width.

In its June 30 representation, the Bandra Reclamation Area Volunteers Organisation (BRAVO) pointed out that the road was unable to be developed as envisaged in the original layout plan on account of MSRDC establishing its office on a substantial portion of it and not vacating despite repeated requests over the years. "It is truly astounding that not hawkers, not slums, but a go...