Fresh from a ‘study tour’ of Istanbul, Turkey which they were roundly criticised for corporators from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation have decided to float a proposal to make the civic body turn restaurateur. So, if all goes to plan, you could be heading to your nearest BEST bus depot to eat ‘reasonably-priced’ food at a BMC-owned restaurant.

Corporators Sandeep Deshpande (second from left), Rais Shaikh (in blue shirt) and others with their counterparts from Istanbul at a municipal-owned restaurant in the Turkish city