Borivli's New Link Road has footpaths. Many of them. But, these are strictly for parking vehicles on. Pedestrians can go find some other space to walk on. That's what mid-day found on its visit to the suburb. The encroachers here are shopkeepers and hawkers, two-wheelers, three-wheelers and cars belonging both to residents and showroom owners, making the footpaths here the biggest example of illegal use of public space.

Borivli Link Road
The stretch from I C Colony to Don Bosco junction is an extremely traffic heavy one. The road is also lined by residential buildings, as well as shops and restaurants. There are many garages and car showrooms, too, that line a large portion of the road, which have taken over the footpaths. Cars are parked right on the footpaths either for repairs or to draw in buyers. Citizens, too, have contributed to the chaos by parking their own vehicles on footpaths outside their buildings.