So far, the BMC knew how to handle two kinds of building proposals: repair and redevelopment. And just when it may have thought it had seen it all, along came the residents of a ground-plus-four storey building on Third Agyari Lane in Zaveri Bazaar asking for assent for ‘100% repair’ — something akin to redevelopment or reconstruction, but not quite.

The residents of the building, which was declared dilapidated in June 2012, first sought permission for repair, but when work commenced in March 2013, they realised that the building would have to be constructed afresh.