I t is united we stall as the stateu2019s Maha Vikas Aghadi ( MVA) alliance members u2014 the Shiv Sena, Congress and the NCP, put up a united front in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporationu2019s ( BMC) Standing Committee meeting to reject a R 20- crore proposal mooted by BJPu2019s Bandra ( W) MLA Ashish Shelar to beautify the 17th century Bandra Fort.

Earlier this month, the standing committee had deferred the proposal to give the fort a makeover. Some of the points the proposal had were a cycling track, use of basalt rock in the gardenu2019s sitting area and installing a plaque narrating the fortu2019s history.