Updated On: 05 April, 2025 07:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
Even as mid-day asks traffic department on the phone about a complaint letter from residents of Nepean Sea Road’s Simla House, a crackdown ensues

Before: Vehicles obstruct the entry gate. Pic/Anurag Ahire; (right) After: The gate cleared after cops were alerted to the complaint
Simla House, the mammoth housing enclave at Nepean Sea Road, was battling a crush of two-wheelers blocking the one huge access gate to the building, making entry and exit a huge challenge. Letters to the joint commissioner of police (traffic) in February elicited no concrete action, they said.
The mammoth housing enclave is battling with a crush of bikes blocking the one huge access gate to the building, making entry and exit a huge challenge. The colony has five wings A, B, C, D and E, with 246 flats and 87 garages. It houses at least 1000 residents. The Simla House residents wrote to the Jt Commissioner Traffic A Kumbhare in February this year, citing considerable problems and dangers posed by the bikes obstructing their right of way.