The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) displayed a united front in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) against a proposal supported by the BJP. The proposal of beautifying and revamping the Bandra Fort (Castella de Aguada) and areas around it, mooted by BJP MLA Ashish Shelar, was turned down by MVA members in a standing committee meeting on Friday. BJP corporators claimed this was a planned political move.

The BMC had planned to revamp the fort at a cost of R20.62 crore, of which, R11.87 crore was to be spent on construction activities, R2.47 crore was for the garden work while the remaining amount was for miscellaneous work. The civic body had also planned to develop urban forestry around the fort and the entire work was to be completed in one-and-a-half years.