The several months-long battle of Bandra and Khar residents protesting against the controversial underground parking lot at Patwardhan Park concluded on Tuesday after the additional municipal commissioner concerned scrapped the project tender. While a controversial underground parking lot at Pushpa Narsee Park that Juhu residents had been protesting against was scrapped shortly after it was announced, Khar and Bandra locals had to fight for more than a year to get the BMC to ditch the Patwardhan Park plan. Vandre West MLA Ashish Shelar hinted at the decision during a flag-hoisting ceremony on August 15.

A civic official said that the tender would not be uploaded on the e-tender site. “After so many extensions the BMC decided to stop tendering for the project. There was resistance from locals as well as a case in the court. The additional commissioner concerned signed the document on Tuesday,” said an official from the BMC. Though the BMC needed permission to allot a work order as the matter is in the high court, it doesn’t need permission to scrap it. However, the civic official added that the tender can be floated in the future if required.