The proposed Nariman Point-Kandivli coastal road seems to be encountering resistance at every turn. While Bandra residents’ protest against the proposed freeway got a big fillip with Aamir Khan’s wife, filmmaker Kiran Rao lending support to their cause on Independence Day, Versova residents told mid-day that they, too, have been opposing the project and have written to the BMC with their objections.

Residents claim that not only will the erection of columns for the road lead to the cutting of age-old trees and the digging up of lawns and jogging tracks, it will lead to the remaining shrubs living in the shadow of the proposed eight-lane freeway. Pics/Nimesh Dave