The residents of Malad East who have to visit the west side of the suburb for many BMC-related works will have to put up with the inconvenience for at least another year. The corporation’s plan to bifurcate the P-North ward (Malad) is likely to be postponed due to the upcoming civic elections, scheduled to be held early next year.

Among the largest and most crowded in the city, P-North has 18 electoral wards with a population of 10 lakh. During his budget speech of 2021-22, BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal had said that it would be divided into P-East and P-West wards for the convenience of the public.