MUMBAI: Malabar Hill residents were seen taking their fight over the Siri road issue to the Mumbai mayor Snehal Ambekar on Monday evening. The proposal is expected to be tabled in the BMC improvements committee meeting on December 29.

Representatives of two citizens groups around the area accompanied by Shiv Sena corporator Anil Singh were seen meeting Ambekar raising their concerns over the BMC’s proposed plan of converting Chiranji Lolyalka Marg/Siri road walkway into a motorable road. Indrani Malkani, from the ALM of Little Gibbs Road, Malabar Hill said, “The heritage Kamla Nehru Park is sought to be comprised upon with a large area of it proposed to be taken for the construction of the road. This is unacceptable. With the Mayor being the first citizen of Mumbai and the Kamla Nehru Park being a USP of the city we wanted to know her views over it.”

The BMC in its recent improvements committee meeting presented a proposal of its plans to convert the road which is currently a pedestrian path inside the Kamla Nehru Park that connects to Tambe Chowk on its other end, into a vehicular road. Currently, the lane is made of tar and paver blocks up to certain points, after which there are steps that connect the road to the park area.

Anil Singh, the local corporator from ward no 213 said that since the proposal would to be tabled before the improvements committee meet next week, they are keen that the proposal is not passed. “There are Shiv Sena corporators as well in the committee and we have requested the Mayor to take cognizance into the matter,” said Singh.

