Proposal withdrawn in 2007 revived, officials informed Bandra Tata Agiary Bandra railway station Mehboob studio . St Andrew’s Church (left) and the Bandra agiary Officials of St Andrew’s, St Peter’s and the Tata Agiary were informed orally that they would have to give up their setback land for the road widening. Notices have also been issued to licenced hawkers lining the road fromtoSetback is the minimum open space around a structure. The space is mandatory under municipal rules to keep the structure slightly away from the road line and it can be acquired by the corporation in public interest.BMC sources said that the compound wall of the Bandra police station may also have to be brought down to increase the road’s width from the current 90 ft to 120 ft. Seventeen commercial structures too would have to be demolished – partially or entirely – for the widening project. Of these, eight are located opposite Nature’s Basket store. Four commercial establishments near Rizvi Chambers and five near Tea Villa Cafe are also on the demolition list.Mani Patel, a community activist and trustee of H West Citizens’ Trust, and former member of the Hill Road Citizens Monitoring Committee, said the BMC’s H West assistant commissioner, Sharad Ughade, had visited the agiary. “There’s no letter or notice issued to the agiary. Ughade verbally communicated that the BMC wanted to reclaim our land. He along with another BMC official inspected the premises, we pointed out that as soon as the agiary is built, the land is consecrated,” Patel said.Fr Frazer Mascarenhas, parish priest, St Peter’s Church, said he had also met with Ughade. “Apart from the portion of the graveyards, they want the school playground as well. We have submitted our response in writing,” he said, adding that Hill Road didn’t require widening. “If they remove the illegal hawkers, the problem of congestion will be solved,” he said.

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