That the BMC is a forward-thinking organisation is an accusation even its worst enemy wouldn’t make. It may be one of the world’s richest civic bodies, but its shortsightedness is not only astounding, it makes strategies of fly-by-night operators sound like they have come from Steve Jobs.

A case in point is the absurd idea of throttling parking space allocation for buildings that are close to railway stations in its new development plan 2015-2034.