MMRDA plans to bring down walls of private, commercial buildings for seamless BKC

Mumbai HT Image The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s latest move to decongest Bandra Kurla Complex seems improbable even as it attempts to persuade everyone that it has taken a leaf out Canary Wharf in London, Roppongi Hills in Tokyo and the Marina Bay in Singapore. MMRDA commissioner Sanjay Mukherjee confirmed this and told HT: “We will ask everybody in BKC to relook the need for compound walls. New projects will not be granted permissions, going forward.” MMRDA is the special planning authority for developing BKC, spread across 370 hectares, and is one of the most sought-after commercial business districts in the country with average rentals ranging between ₹250-300 per square feet. Sources said MMRDA is looking at providing free parking space inside the Jio World Center and has asked traffic police to identify and declare ‘no parking zones’ in parts of BKC. “MMRDA and traffic police should meet the BKC Association to understand the ground reality,” said Shah.