Breach Candy residents draw up plan for a forest on Coastal Road open space

MUMBAI: It’s not often that you get 87 acres of brand-new green space fashioned in your neighbourhood, especially in a city like Mumbai. So when former municipal commissioner Iqbal S Chahal approached Breach Candy residents about the reclaimed spaces of the Coastal Road now ripe for designing, they got to work. “If we want to have any say in how the green spaces on our stretch are going to be, this is the time to send in our suggestions,” said a member of the Breach Candy Residents Forum. The townhall also discussed security concerns—they said that while the promenade cannot be closed off to the public, the green spaces should have time constraints, thus necessitating access points and boundary walls. “We will suggest that three honorary members work with the BMC at the planning stage for the green spaces,” said a member.