With the civic authorities planning car parks underneath gardens, and locals opposing the move, a new front has opened in the parking in the city battle. More than 100 people, including locals and activists, gathered at Pushpa Narsee Park in JVPD Scheme, Juhu, recently, demanding that the BMC scrap its plan to build a parking lot underneath the garden. They reiterated their suggestion that parking lots be constructed underneath roads instead.

Acknowledging that parking paucity is a festering problem, they said that parks should be left alone and other viable options explored.