For a city where residents scream themselves hoarse to protect any scrap of open space, Mumbai seems to have a municipal corporation almost mute in its fervour to protect it. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, in its boundless wisdom, has let go of an open space measuring 7,220 sq feet in the choc-a-bloc western suburbs. The BMC general body rejected a proposal to purchase the plot, reserved for a recreation ground, in Bangur Nagar in Goregaon (W).

BMC has refused to buy this plot in Bangur Nagar in Goregaon (W) as it falls under the Coastal Regulation Zone, where industrial or construction activity is prohibited. Pic/Nimesh Dave