The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra government and BMC to come up with a permanent solution to protect suburban Versova beach from illegal encroachments.

A division bench of Justices Amjad Sayed and Abhay Ahuja was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Ameet Satam, BJP MLA from Andheri west constituency, through advocate Prahlad Paranjape, raising concerns over drug peddling and prostitution at the beachfront.