The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) ambitious coastal road project will attract butterflies. To put it clearly, the civic body has made a provision of Rs 10 crore to develop a botanical butterfly garden, on land that will be reclaimed for the coastal road.

Recently, the BMC's Standing Committee gave its approval for the construction of the first part of the proposed coastal road, from Princess Street flyover to the Worli end of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. This part, which is 9.2-km long, will cost the civic body over Rs 12,000 crore.