Relief appears to be in the offing for Bandra residents irked by the state of affairs at Patwardhan Udyan, located off the busy Linking Road. Taking note of mid-day's report on July 2, and citizens' repeated complaints of waterlogging and lack of cleanliness at the garden, civic officials came together for a meeting yesterday and promised locals that they would spruce up the place soon.

Assistant Municipal Commissioner Sharad Ugade held the meeting, attended by local corporator Swapna Mhatre and officials from the garden and water departments, inside Patwardhan Udyan. Ugade issued specific instructions to all officials to look into each complaint and also plan the space's beautification. Civic officials had earlier said waterlogging at the garden was due to a very old water pipeline passing through the place; its shifting is in process, they updated.