"It's less than 100 sq ft on a 4 km stretch," said actor, entrepreneur Dino Morea about the removal of his fitness station on Marine Drive, which saw his friend Aaditya Thackeray tweeting an impassioned open letter to various authorities in its support.

"We had received all our permissions from all the authorities concerned, including from the Heritage Committee," he said about the station, that had been used by many grateful citizens as part of their evening constitutional. "Then they wrote to me withdrawing permission, as it didn't fit in with the area's heritage," said an exasperated Morea.