The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)  has once again postponed the date of submission of tenders for the underground parking lot at Patwardhan Park in Bandra. Now the date is June 23. This is the sixth time that it has pushed the date ahead in the past two months. Local residents have filed a PIL against the construction on the open space and the hearing is expected in June.

The BMC had floated a tender to construct the underground parking beneath the north side of Bal Gandharva Rangmandir at Patwardhan Park in Bandra West on March 6. The move came after Additional Commissioner P Velrasu visited the site in February 2023. Residents and activists opposed the decision and asked for a meeting with local MLA Ashish Shelar who had moved the proposal for the underground parking. The meeting hasn’t taken place yet and since then, the BMC has been dragging its feet on the proposal.