Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad has asked the civil aviation ministry to declare the area affected by the Mumbai airport funnel zone as "infrastructure affected", reported news agency PTI.

In a letter to civil aviation minister K R Naidu, Gaikwad, who represents the Mumbai North Central parliamentary seat, said redevelopment of more than 6000 buildings situated within the Mumbai airport runway funnel zone continues to be in a limbo owing to height restrictions imposed by the civil aviation ministry, reported PTI.