With Navratri all set to begin from Sunday, people planning to visit Siddhivinayak temple will be able to park their vehicles at the Kohinoor Public Parking Lot (PPL) and take an AC bus to the temple from the very first day of the festival. In a story published on July 27 (Park and ride AC bus for Bappa's darshan), mid-day had highlighted that the temple trust was unhappy with this arrangement considering the parking lot was more than 2 kilometres away from the temple and the travel would be hectic for devotees.

However, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), this would discourage people from parking in the narrow lanes nearby.

After acquiring the parking lot at Kohinoor Square, BMC had initiated the process of starting an AC bus service for those who wanted to park there and visit nearby places.