After a long wait of five years, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a circular on allowing rooftop restaurants in the city. Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray's ambitious plan, though opposed by former ally BJP, has materialised as civic chief Ajoy Mehta has allowed these restaurants on terraces of commercial malls and residential hotels with existing eating houses. However, without displeasing the BJP government, the civic administration has also set a rider that the commercial malls or residential hotels which want to start rooftop restaurants, should not be anywhere within 10 metres of residential structures.

The circular strictly states that the terraces where the rooftop restaurants will be started, should be open air without a canopy or construction. Thinkstock/representation pic