Mumbaikars are fed up of excavations in the name of either the metro, or road repairs, or sewerage and drainage work, water supply etc. Now residents of Matunga West, near DG Ruparel College, are complaining of continuous digging without heed to time of day or night. mid-day has found that the digging work is also being carried out though traffic police's permission for it has lapsed.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is laying a sewerage system at the site, using a new micro-tunneling technology. However, this is being done in violation of the traffic department permission, as it is being carried out on the ever busy Senapati Bapat Road even during peak hours. The traffic department had initially permitted the work only at night. Locals allege that it is also causing traffic congestion on Senapati Bapat Road.