Breach Candy on Tuesday night turned into a theatre for a people- power and protest drama after a group of locals assembled at Scandal Point to question authorities over the Coastal Road project. It all began with a message on the Coastal Road WhatsApp group — there is little use chatting, it is time people did something about the work in the neighbourhood.

The local's message triggered at least 60 people into gathering at the work site at 11 pm asking the L&T representative to show them the permission to dump debris into the sea. Locals also "wanted to know if they have permissions to work through the night," said Dr Nilesh Baxi, founder Breach Candy Welfare Group, and a regular walker at the Tata Gardens adjoining Scandal Point.