Part of a recreational ground in Matunga has been converted into a cage after the BMC enclosed its basketball and volleyball courts with iron bars, marring the aesthetics of the area. Residents and local activists have claimed that the garden is close to a heritage precinct, and hence, should have not been tampered with.

BMC’s garden cell has enclosed the basketball and volleyball courts at Hooper Garden, Matunga with iron bars, giving it the appearance of a cage. Pics/Pradeep Dhivar